Today's Fresh Blogs...

Claire Fauset: Make your mark and ground the growth of aviation

Published: July 25, 2007, 6:06 am

Tags: Activists, Society, Comment, Environment, Travel, Travel And Transport, Green Travel, Climate Change

Claire Fauset: Next month's Camp for Climate Action will put Heathrow airport at the frontline of direct action on climate change. Hundreds of people, including many from the local community, will be camping there.

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The wilderness years

Published: July 27, 2007, 7:05 pm

Tags: Travel, Guardian Saturday Travel Section, Green Travel, Yorkshire, United Kingdom, Family Holidays, Short Breaks

Like most of us, Kevin Rushby likes the idea of being green but doesn't want to give up flying or start holidaying on his allotment. Introducing a new regular column, he finds a quick fix on his doorstep.

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Reinventing the whale

Published: July 27, 2007, 7:05 pm

Tags: Travel, Guardian Saturday Travel Section, Cruises, Mexico, Green Travel

Environmentalist Stanley Johnson makes a new 50-tonne friend off the coast of Baja California, where eco-tourism has helped bring blue whales back from the brink.

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Eco dilemma: Is it OK to travel by ferry?

Published: August 3, 2007, 7:08 pm

Tags: Travel, Guardian Saturday Travel Section, Green Travel

Following improvements in waste disposal and engine pollution, travelling by ferry now leaves a minimal carbon footprint.

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Richard Hammond's clean break: Knoydart, Scotland

Published: August 3, 2007, 7:08 pm

Tags: Travel, Guardian Saturday Travel Section, Green Travel, Short Breaks, Scotland, Camping

Few places on the British mainland are as remote as Inverie on the Knoydart peninsula on the north-west coast of Scotland.

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Gavin Bell on the joys of Sardinia's Trenino Verde

Published: August 3, 2007, 7:08 pm

Tags: Travel, Guardian Saturday Travel Section, Sardinia, Green Travel, Rail Travel

It used to carry farmers to market and drove DH Lawrence to despair. These days, the island's ancient Trenino Verde takes tourists to a remote world little changed in over 100 years, writes Gavin Bell.

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Normandy's new state-of-the-art eco house to be offered for rental

Published: August 3, 2007, 7:08 pm

Tags: Travel, Guardian Saturday Travel Section, Hotels, Green Travel, France, Short Breaks

A new eco house in Normandy blends used tyres and bottles with solar panels and local stone. Intrigued? It'll soon be available to rent.

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The slow traveller

Published: August 4, 2007, 8:32 pm

Tags: Travel, Observer Escape Section, Green Travel, Cycling Holidays, Vietnam

Continuing his low-carbon trip around the world, Ed Gillespie enjoys the freedom of a bicycle in Hanoi but independent travel elsewhere in Vietnam is a struggle.

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How to... charter a train

Published: August 4, 2007, 8:32 pm

Tags: Travel, Observer Escape Section, Rail Travel, Green Travel

What does the green-minded millionaire do when carbon-guilt over the private jet kicks in? Charter a train instead.

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Eco answers

Published: August 17, 2007, 6:57 pm

Tags: Travel, Guardian Saturday Travel Section, Gap Year Travel, Green Travel

Can you recommend any gap year companies

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Meet the locals

Published: August 24, 2007, 6:53 pm

Tags: Travel, Guardian Saturday Travel Section, Adventure Travel, Green Travel, Tanzania, Brazil, Bhutan

As a third series of Tribe gets underway, Bruce Parry and his crew describe their personal highlights from their latest extreme adventures, and we tell you how to have a similar experience - without the whipping or frog poisoning.

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The Slow Traveller

Published: August 25, 2007, 6:50 pm

Tags: Travel, Green Travel, Vietnam, Cycling Holidays, Observer Escape Section, Observer Travel, Asia

In the latest stage of his flight-free trip around the world, Ed Gillespie finds a lovers' lake in Vietnam more suited to mud-wrestling and visits a rice wine distillery ... perfect if you're having dog for dinner.

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New dawning

Published: August 31, 2007, 6:59 pm

Tags: Travel, Guardian Saturday Travel Section, Ethiopia, Africa, Green Travel

The Ethiopian calendar hits the year 2000 this month. As the country prepares to celebrate, Aida Edemariam reflects on how much it has changed since she lived there as a child and how eco-tourism might help shape its future in the new millennium.

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How to tread lightly

Published: August 31, 2007, 6:59 pm

Tags: Travel, Guardian Saturday Travel Section, Green Travel, Family Holidays, France, Walking Holidays, Horse Riding

What has impeccable eco credentials, four legs and can alleviate tiredness in children on long walks? Kevin Rushby finds out in the Alpes Maritimes.

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The smaller the better

Published: September 7, 2007, 6:59 pm

Tags: Travel, Guardian Saturday Travel Section, Green Travel, Camping, United Kingdom

Don't pack away your tent just yet, the sun's shining - at last. Dixe Wills picks five of the best small sites.