cheryl
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Easy tips to make you an environmentally friendly traveler - MSN
Oceans are warming, permafrost is thawing and wildfires keep burning.
As the 50th anniversary of Earth Day approaches (April 22), how can we, as travelers, be better stewards of Mother Earth?
Should we heed environmentalists who shout "Stop traveling"?
I would sooner stop breathing.
Travel is powerful and can make us better, more enlightened people (except when there's a jerk in the seat next to me).
But we must reduce the carbon emissions, food impact and single-use plastic waste resulting from our travel.
Oceans are warming, permafrost is thawing and wildfires keep burning.
As the 50th anniversary of Earth Day approaches (April 22), how can we, as travelers, be better stewards of Mother Earth?
Should we heed environmentalists who shout "Stop traveling"?
I would sooner stop breathing.
Travel is powerful and can make us better, more enlightened people (except when there's a jerk in the seat next to me).
But we must reduce the carbon emissions, food impact and single-use plastic waste resulting from our travel.