Time for a post on a more cheerful theme. Frankly, if you think too much about climate change and environmental destruction, you will definitely need a holiday. Since flying less is generally agreed to be one of the best ways of cutting the carbon footprint, it's a good thing that there are lots of other possibilities. Here is a quick selection of websites I've collected.
The king here is without doubt The Man in Seat 61. If you haven't already, visit his website and marvel at the definitive one-man guide to going absolutely anywhere by train.
50 'best no-fly holidays' from The Observer last year
More Holidays without flying from Responsible Travel
Low fly zone - less practical advice, and more general encouragement
http://www.loco2travel.com/ - with a list of trains to European festivals, one for the young and trendy
The latest deals from Eurostar
A blog on Slow Travel
(NB I'm not endorsing the commercial websites in any way.)
In fact, finding no-fly holiday options seems to me to be the easy part. Many would-be greenies find it much more difficult to persuade their partner whose heart is set on somewhere long-haul, or on cheap deal minibreaks. And is there a non-friendship-breaking way of telling a friend or colleague that they should change their holiday habits? Answers on a postcard please.
No comments:
Post a Comment