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With climate change-related disasters frequently occurring throughout the world, humanitarian aid organizations are struggling to keep pace with the increasing demands of affected communities.

A new round table study at Cornell University is trying to find the mythical "green bullet" when it comes to green hotels, as well as define what "green travel" really means, once and for all.

Ecocamp Patagonia is at the forefront of modern of environmental practices, having developed a highly-innovative, 4 star geodesic dome tented hotel - an almost entirely portable hotel that can be dismantled and removed without leaving a trace in the richly biodiverse National Park.

The new year's top ten travel and vacation destinations show how travelers want to go green, get active and find adventure.

From laptops to iPhones, travelers can compile and organize their travel itineraries in real-time, while actively sharing their scheduled adventures with others.

Hotel giant Marriott International, Inc. is planning to expand its "green hotel" portoflio by 10-times its current size by introducing a "green hotel prototype" that will be LEED pre-certified.

A new online store is aiming to transform how the hotel industry finds and buys eco-amenities for environmentally-conscious travelers.

Is it possible for us to enjoy the benefits of Galapagos diving without leaving further footprints on this, the most wonderful of natural resources?

A future nature preserve in Puerto Rico was taken off the agenda by the commonwealth's governor - sparking fears in many that the land will be used for hotel resorts and other detrimental human activity.

Regardless of your departure site and/or destination, here are some friendly and useful tips that just may make your holiday travel a little bit easier.

The United States is the only developed nation that has not committed to an emissions target. Poorer nations are threatening to stage a walk-out of the UN summit in Copenhagen next month unless President Obama commits to an ambitious carbon reduction.

Generally, the Olympics should benefit a host city's tourism economy. So, is there any real truth to claims that an Olympic Games host city can actual suffer economic and environmental damages by hosting the Olympics?

The State of South Carolina has just launched a new certification program for the hospitality industry called the South Carolina Green Hospitality Alliance.

Sin City's sustainable wonder, CityCenter, is unveiling its the intimate Vdara Health & Beauty -a "sensuous spa sanctuary" focused on holistic health and well being - on December 1, 2009.

The Climate Change Express is a one-month, 9,000-kilometer journey that symbolically joins the site of the last global warming pact with what is hoped to be the birthplace of the next major, and stricter, treaty to combat climate change.