AM1090 Green Pages - Travel

With going green on the rise, cities across the world are attempting to become more sustainable. That's great news for the green traveler because it means your options are constantly expanding. But it's not always easy to tell if a city is really going green, or if it's just for show.

Here are 7 things to consider when choosing a green travel destination.

Are you look for the best dog food? This is a comparison of the best dog food brands including organic dog food options.

In honor of the Olympics, here is our complete guide to Vancouver 2010 -- from restaurants and things to do to green Vancouver and the Olympics.

Every four years, I let an obsession overcome me and I watch as much as I can take -- the daring spins and throws of figure skating, the jumps of snowboarding, and the thrill of speed skating of the Winter Olympic Games. This year my obsession is even worse because the 2010 Olympics are in Vancouver, an eco-friendly city that I happen to love.

Falling icicles kill people all of the time -- especially in Chicago and Russia. In fact, death by icicle goes back to at least 1776. Here are 10 chilling tales of people killed and injured by falling icicles, ice dams, and roof snow.

On our last hiking trip, we took our dog. It was quite a learning curve, because although we’d traveled with our dog many times, this was the first time we’d tried a green vacation with our dog. Here's how we made our hiking trip fun for us and our dog, and low-impact for the environment.

As we celebrate the two year anniversary of Go Green Travel Green, we look back on how we've gotten where we are today. From packing light and hypermiling to travel photos and water bottles, here are some of our most popular posts from 2008 and 2009.

Two years ago tomorrow, we launched Go Green Travel Green with the goal of making environmentally friendly travel accessible to everyone. Since then, we've been featured on Newsweek, Forbes, Los Angeles Times, MSN Money, National Geographic, PC World, Kayak, and Lifehack. We were even named one of the [London] Times Online’s Top 100 Travel Sites for 2009.

A review of the Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston, Massachusetts, from an environmentally friendly perspective. On our recent trip to Boston, Elizabeth and I were able to get an excellent rate at a gorgeous historic hotel, the Fairmont Copley Plaza. I don't stay in hotels often, but when I do, I pay close attention to what hotels are doing to go green. Overall, I loved staying at the Copley Plaza. Here's why, from an eco-friendly point of view.