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My Favourite Metro Lines

8. January 2009

My home town, Melbourne in Australia, got its underground train line in 1981. Five stations. Very exciting – a world city (finally). Big enough to have to send people underground to move them around. Ha! Although five stations… one loop. Not exactly huge and complex. And it changes direction from morning to evening which always [...]

Where Are You Wearing?

18. November 2008

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Most people, if they haven’t cut them out because they itch, consult the tag on their clothing for washing instructions. I consulted mine for a travel itinerary. My goal was to track down the factory that produced my item of clothing, and meet the workers. To me this sounded like fun.

Living a Sustainable Lifestyle

12. April 2008

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At Viator.com we’ve spent a lot of time thinking about sustainable travel, and about how we can make a difference. There’s no denying that travel — air travel in particular — is a major source of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. Any serious attempt to grapple with global warming must include a strategy to [...]

A Tank Full of Palm Oil: Biofuel Flights to Start in February

22. January 2008

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The Future of Air Travel? In the UK, airline flights account for 7% of that country’s CO2 emissions, but thanks to more and more cheap flights this will probably rise to 25% in the next couple of decades. Worldwide, flights make up about 2% of all emissions, and again the percentage is rising. The numbers are not [...]

On Holiday with George & Johnnie

17. September 2007

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I got to thinking the other day: if George W. Bush (leader of the Free World) and John Howard (leader of the Free to go to the Beach World) were to go on vacation together, where would they go, and what sort of things would they do? Bush was not a big traveler before he got [...]

Live Earth Sydney Concert

9. July 2007

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Ok, so technically it’s a bit of a stretch to make Live Earth a travel related event, but let’s just say it was a global event and we are a global company. Viator are proud partners of Carbonfund.org and try to educate our customers of the impact which travel can have on the environment. Is [...]

Winners - Viator’s Earth Day Contest

3. May 2007

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A former ski chalet in the Swiss Alps? As part of Viator’s Earth Day celebrations, we kicked off a contest here on the Viator Travel Blog. We wanted to know what our blog readers thought about Earth Day, about global warming, and about how they could help minimize their impact on the planet. The contest posed a [...]

Earth Day Podcast

12. April 2007

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Be nice to Planet Earth Are you tired of reading about Earth Day on the Viator blog and over on Viator.com? No problem. Give your tired eyes a rest while you download an Earth Day podcast from Viator’s very own Rod Cuthbert. Rod claims he’s the CEO and founder of Viator; we think he’s actually a slightly [...]

Earth Day Writing Contest

10. April 2007

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A former ski chalet in the Swiss Alps? Maybe you’ve been reading Viator’s Earth Day page, or our new Go Carbon Neutral page. Maybe you’re feeling inspired to make a difference, to minimize your impact and offset your carbon footprint wherever and however you can. That’s great and all, but maybe we also hear you asking… “that’s [...]

Offsetting Your Carbon Footprint

10. April 2007

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Eureka! Offset your emissions. The other day I received an email from Rod “CEO” Cuthbert about an article he came across in the UK’s Guardian Unlimited. When I went to the website I found that the second article on the page (between Iran’s suspension of a sailor’s release plans and the new MC Rove) was about [...]