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Visiting Venice May Be Very Different Post-Pandemic

After a year light on visitors, locals see an opportunity for the city to reset.

How Recycling Hotel Soap Can Save Lives

What happens to old hotel soap? One young social entrepreneur created a humanitarian and environmental nonprofit that saves, sanitizes and supplies recycled hotel soap for the developing world.

As wildlife tourism grounds to a halt, who will pay for the conservation of nature?

Even amid the Covid-19 pandemic, wildlife roam free in their protected grounds, and in our imaginations. We can picture an elephant herd at a water hole, lion cubs tussling in tall grass. A nature-...

Using Old Cellphones to Listen for Illegal Loggers (Published 2019)

Indonesian villagers are trying out a treetop surveillance system that uses recycled phones and artificial intelligence software to detect chain saws.

Here’s How To Ethically Buy Souvenirs—and Have a More Meaningful Trip, Too

An Instagram is worth a thousand words, but when you’re on vacation, bringing back a physical object that you can permanently display in your home can feel even more valuable. When visiting a new...

Visit Florida to tourists: Volunteer while you vacation

When splashing in the water or sprawling on the beach isn't enough, Florida tourism officials now have a different pitch to the state's visitors: Find deeper communion with nature in knowing your...

How to Be a More Responsible Traveler

These tips for being a more responsible traveler will go a long way in ensuring that the destinations we love so much stay beautiful and open to visitors.

Generic Geotagging: An Opportunity for Influencers to Rethink Their Impact

In the spirit of low-impact travel, people have long been asked to “take only pictures, leave only footprints,” but now ...

Bill Gates tweeted out a chart and sparked a huge debate about global poverty

The Murky Ethics of the Ugly-Produce Business

America’s wonkiest fruits and vegetables have ignited a food war.