The Ultimate Guide to Sustainable Holiday Travel: Eco-Friendly Tips for Every Type of Getaway
As the festive season approaches, it’s time to pack our bags, map our routes, and get excited about those well-deserved escapes.
It is also a great opportunity to be mindful of our environmental impact. So, before we jet off, let’s add a sprinkle of eco-consciousness to our travel plans! Travel, especially during peak seasons, can come with a heavy carbon footprint.
Here’s how to keep it light on the planet and just as joyful. From transportation choices to thoughtful souvenirs, this is your guide to making every trip a little greener! With tailored sustainability tips on five different popular holiday travels, we are here to help you reduce your environmental impact, no matter where you’re headed.
1. Visiting Relatives: Greener Ways to Get Home for festivities
Traveling to spend time with family is a cherished tradition for many. But this type of travel, often involving long car rides or flights, can contribute to significant carbon emissions. Here are some eco-friendly travel tip...
Climate Change - Why personal responsibility matters
Last week I saw the amazing Clover Hogan, a young climate activist from Australia give a TEDTalkÂ
The link to her talk is on this week's written blog on our website, I encourage you to watch it - it's fantastic!
 “Climate change is not your responsibility, because it is outside your control, but what is your responsibility, is the things inside your control.”
So what does Personal Responsibility for Climate means?
For me, it all comes down to the things I have been speaking about on my weekly blogs for the past 2 years.
You can choose to;
1. Continue to live your life as you are..
OR
2. Continue to live your life with an added commitment to reducing your impact on the planet.
Two clear choices and no wrong answer.
YOU are in charge of your life and what do you with it is completely up to you.
I would not chastise anyone for choosing Option 1, however know that I am choosing Option 2 because I want to look back on my life in 10 years time and know that I did everything I poss...
Starting the Environmental Conversation
Today I looked at the definition of a “Green Hotel” and here is what google sent back to me from Wikipedia:
“An eco-hotel, or a green hotel, is an environmentally sustainable hotel or accommodation that has made important environmental improvements to its structure in order to minimise its impact on the natural environment.”
“Making environmental improvements to its structure”? It’s a bit much isn’t it? If I was a business owner, curious about greening my business, I would close the page and forget about greening my business straight away.
Improvements to a structure evoke to me SPENDING MONEY. Not just money, a small fortune more than likely.
I have always wondered, why does the Environmental conversation always start so big? Why does it keep asking regular people in the ground to insulate their homes, or buy solar panels, or invest thousands of €€€ in structural reforms in order to comply with Green living?
Big Environmental Actions
A couple of weeks ago I was delighted that th...
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Sustainability with a side of sass!
At Fifty Shades Greener, we’re not your typical sustainability crowd. Here, green isn’t just a color; it’s a lifestyle, and we live it with a bit of cheek and a lot of heart. Our team, a quirky blend of lifelong greenies, seasoned educators, and fresh innovators, believes that every little bit helps and that education is the cornerstone of sustainable change. Born from a simple idea in a hotel’s green team meeting, we've grown into a vibrant community passionate about turning the hospitality world a shade greener. We think greenwashing is as outdated as last season's fashion and are here to ensure sustainability is as authentic as it is actionable. From the early days in Doolin to the bustling workshops of today, our journey has been about making sustainability accessible, understandable, and, dare we say, fun. We don't just throw jargon around; we break it down with practical advice and real-world actions that everyone, from hotel managers to cafe owners, can take. So, whether you’re looking to start your green journey or you're trying to make your business a beacon of sustainability, we’ve got the know-how and the can-do attitude to help you make it happen. And while we’re serious about what we do, we believe a little humor goes a long way. After all, if you can’t have a laugh while saving the planet, when can you? Join us as we continue to write our story, one green step at a time. Here’s to making sustainability not just a necessity, but a norm. Ready to add a little green to your scene? Dive in—the water’s fine, and it’s getting greener by the minute!
