RESPONSIBLE TRAVEL Archives | We Are Travel Girls A Community Created To Inspire, Connect, Educate & Empower Female Travelers Thu, 28 Aug 2025 04:27:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wearetravelgirls.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cropped-wearetravelgirls-favicon-1-32x32.png RESPONSIBLE TRAVEL Archives | We Are Travel Girls 32 32 98104970 CHARITIES WE LOVE: PETA https://wearetravelgirls.com/charities-we-love-peta/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=charities-we-love-peta https://wearetravelgirls.com/charities-we-love-peta/#respond Thu, 18 Apr 2024 13:36:33 +0000 https://wearetravelgirls.com/?p=64031 Charities We Love is a series featuring inspirational charities from around the world. At We Are Travel Girls we care about giving back and hope this spotlight will help our readers discover organizations committed to bettering our planet. This week...

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]]> https://wearetravelgirls.com/charities-we-love-peta/feed/ 0 640312025-08-25T20:13:55Z 6 SUSTAINABLE ITEMS TO PACK FOR YOUR NEXT TRIP https://wearetravelgirls.com/sustainable-travel-items/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sustainable-travel-items https://wearetravelgirls.com/sustainable-travel-items/#respond Wed, 25 Sep 2019 13:00:58 +0000 https://wearetravelgirls.com/?p=38488 If you’ve spent any time traveling, you know two things; our planet is a beautiful place worth preserving, and that it’s drowning in plastic. A recent trip to Bali really opened my eyes to the impact of waste. So many...

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]]> https://wearetravelgirls.com/sustainable-travel-items/feed/ 0 384882025-08-27T12:31:47Z 10 EASY WAYS TO AVOID SINGLE-USE PLASTICS WHEN TRAVELING https://wearetravelgirls.com/ways-to-avoid-single-use-plastics-when-traveling/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ways-to-avoid-single-use-plastics-when-traveling https://wearetravelgirls.com/ways-to-avoid-single-use-plastics-when-traveling/#respond Mon, 06 May 2019 12:58:51 +0000 https://wearetravelgirls.com/?p=36336 At We Are Travel Girls we are very excited about the growing trend towards eco travel / responsible travel in 2019. As part of Travel Girls Giving, which is focused on giving back though travel, and responsible travel and eco tourism,...

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]]> https://wearetravelgirls.com/ways-to-avoid-single-use-plastics-when-traveling/feed/ 0 363362025-08-20T04:00:46Z REFORESTING THE WORLD ON YOUR TRAVEL PATH https://wearetravelgirls.com/reforesting-the-world/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reforesting-the-world https://wearetravelgirls.com/reforesting-the-world/#respond Thu, 28 Feb 2019 14:00:40 +0000 https://wearetravelgirls.com/?p=33955 “and into the forest, I go, to lose my mind and find my soul” – John Muir When travelling abroad, the trees and forests of a place work to cultivate our experience: the scent of the air we breathe, the...

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]]> https://wearetravelgirls.com/reforesting-the-world/feed/ 0 339552025-08-28T04:27:38Z 20 OF THE WORLD’S BEST LUXURY ECO HOTELS https://wearetravelgirls.com/best-luxury-eco-hotels/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=best-luxury-eco-hotels https://wearetravelgirls.com/best-luxury-eco-hotels/#respond Thu, 31 Jan 2019 16:00:56 +0000 https://wearetravelgirls.com/?p=32144 The hotel business is inherently not eco-friendly, but there are hotels all over the world striving to lessen their carbon footprint and operate sustainably. The 5-star hotels listed below all incorporate sustainable practices into their operations and are working to...

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]]> https://wearetravelgirls.com/best-luxury-eco-hotels/feed/ 0 321442025-08-27T13:11:38Z 24 EASY WAYS TO LIVE AND TRAVEL MORE SUSTAINABLY https://wearetravelgirls.com/easy-ways-to-travel-live-sustainably/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=easy-ways-to-travel-live-sustainably https://wearetravelgirls.com/easy-ways-to-travel-live-sustainably/#respond Fri, 07 Dec 2018 16:37:41 +0000 https://wearetravelgirls.com/?p=29739 I grew up on a solar-powered, eco ranch on the Central Coast of California. For as long as I can remember my step-father was into living a forward thinking, sustainable lifestyle. We were not hippies by any means – quite...

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]]> https://wearetravelgirls.com/easy-ways-to-travel-live-sustainably/feed/ 0 297392025-08-14T21:36:31Z SURFRIDER PACIFIC RIM: A GUIDE TO PLASTIC FREE TRAVEL https://wearetravelgirls.com/surfrider-plastic-free-travel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=surfrider-plastic-free-travel https://wearetravelgirls.com/surfrider-plastic-free-travel/#respond Tue, 27 Nov 2018 17:01:43 +0000 https://wearetravelgirls.com/?p=29395 Charities We Love is a monthly series featuring inspirational charities from around the world. At We Are Travel Girls we care about giving back and hope this series will help our readers learn about charities and non-profit organizations that are...

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]]> https://wearetravelgirls.com/surfrider-plastic-free-travel/feed/ 0 293952025-08-18T20:58:12Z VOLUNTEERING AT SOY CALLEJERITO ANIMAL SHELTER, PERU https://wearetravelgirls.com/soy-callejerito-peru/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=soy-callejerito-peru https://wearetravelgirls.com/soy-callejerito-peru/#respond Fri, 03 Aug 2018 13:00:29 +0000 https://wearetravelgirls.com/?p=26816 Charities We Love is a monthly series featuring inspirational charities from around the world. At We Are Travel Girls we care about giving back and hope this series will help our readers learn about charities and non profit organizations that...

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]]> https://wearetravelgirls.com/soy-callejerito-peru/feed/ 0 268162025-08-16T10:51:15Z HOW TO BE A MINDFUL TRAVELLER https://wearetravelgirls.com/mindful-travel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mindful-travel https://wearetravelgirls.com/mindful-travel/#respond Tue, 08 Aug 2017 16:02:44 +0000 http://wearetravelgirls.com/?p=16446 Maybe traveling is not just about capturing the perfect Instagram picture, or sharing our every moment on Snapchat. Before social media we travelled differently. Of course we had our cameras and captured moments, but these moments were for ourselves, they...

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]]> https://wearetravelgirls.com/mindful-travel/feed/ 0 164462025-08-26T00:23:32Z CORAL CONSERVATION AT THE ANDAMAN, LANGKAWI https://wearetravelgirls.com/coral-conservation-langkawi/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coral-conservation-langkawi https://wearetravelgirls.com/coral-conservation-langkawi/#respond Tue, 31 Jan 2017 08:43:54 +0000 http://wearetravelgirls.com/?p=11044 Responsible Tourism is becoming increasingly important with more and more travellers looking to combine their vacations with volunteering overseas or selecting their accommodations based on a hotels efforts in sustainability. Responsible tourism doesn’t have to take up your whole holiday (unless of course...

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]]> https://wearetravelgirls.com/coral-conservation-langkawi/feed/ 0 110442025-08-26T17:41:28Z 5 SIMPLE WAYS TO JOIN THE RESPONSIBLE TRAVELLER MOVEMENT https://wearetravelgirls.com/5-simple-ways-to-join-the-responsible-traveller-movement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=5-simple-ways-to-join-the-responsible-traveller-movement https://wearetravelgirls.com/5-simple-ways-to-join-the-responsible-traveller-movement/#respond Mon, 26 Dec 2016 05:24:46 +0000 http://wearetravelgirls.com/?p=10131 Have you ever heard the phrase “responsible tourism”? What about “sustainable travel”? These buzz words are flying around the travel industry at the moment. Combined with “Corporate Social Responsibility”, or CSR, they are shaping the way in which people are...

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]]> https://wearetravelgirls.com/5-simple-ways-to-join-the-responsible-traveller-movement/feed/ 0 101312025-08-22T09:18:53Z WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER RIDE AN ELEPHANT https://wearetravelgirls.com/reasons-why-you-should-never-ride-an-elephant/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reasons-why-you-should-never-ride-an-elephant https://wearetravelgirls.com/reasons-why-you-should-never-ride-an-elephant/#respond Wed, 26 Oct 2016 08:42:15 +0000 http://wearetravelgirls.com/?p=8353 Unfortunately, it’s quite common that animals are abused for the sake of tourist’s entertainment abroad. One of the animals that suffers the most is the elephant – a kind and friendly creature that is treated like a slave in many...

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