Green Tourism

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The Good Alternative Travel Guide Mark Mann, Earthscan, 2002, £9.99
Available from http://www.earthscan.co.uk earthscan.co.uk or Tourism Concern (see Organisations).
Written by a member of Tourism Concern, the largest part is a listing of local tour operators country by country. Options include staying with the Indian peoples of the Amazon jungle, the Inuits above the Arctic Circle or walking the Songlines with Aboriginal guides. Many are ecotourism holidays, some in mud huts, some in luxury. All are managed by communities, the profits going to the local community. Some are just day trips, some can be booked through the UK, others are booked direct. While mountain pony trekking might be too demanding for children for example, there are a good number where children would be fine as long as you are happy with the healthcare standards. If you prefer something more mainstream, an introductory chapter looks at the issues affecting responsible tourism.
Includes a useful holiday finder index, and a good resources directory.

The Green Travel Guide Greg Neale 1999 Earthscan, £12.99 http://www.earthscan.co.uk earthscan.co.uk.
Guide by Daily Telegraph correspondent with sections on the industry, regions and a travellers directory. Looks at how to be environmentally responsible on conventional holidays and suggests specifically ‘environmental' holidays around the world.

Green Holiday Guide: Great Britain and Ireland 2002/3 European Centre for Ecological and Agricultural Tourism, Green Books, £9.95.
Co-produced by the European Centre for Ecological and Agricultural Tourism (ECEAT) (see organisations) details around 180 places to stay, many on working organic farms. It lists which have forest gardens, use permaculture and bio-dynamic principles, and have buildings renovated using environmentally-friendly materials. A large number of the places listed have a activities run by themselves or nearby such as trekking, riding, cycling, bird-watching, painting, photography and courses on topics like organic and bio-dynamic farming and permaculture. Places included vary from the highly luxurious to basic camp sites with outdoor compost toilets and a cold water tap.

Green Holiday Guide: Spain & Portugal 2002/3 European Centre for Ecological and Agricultural Tourism, Green Books, £7.95.
Details of 120 places to stay in Spain and 40 places in Portugal. The accommodation includes campsites, B&Bs, guesthouses, self-catering houses/apartments and hostels. Locations rangie from the green north, Picos de Europa and the Pyrenees, the central plains and subtropical south.