If you looked up the phrase "double-edged sword" in the dictionary, there should really be a picture of palm oil. Eco-conscious conservationists would likely prefer a complete ban on palm oil Keep Reading
How Palm Oil Deforestation Contributes to Climate Change
For anyone worried about what GMOs are doing to our agricultural system and how Monsanto is patenting plants across the planet, there's another dangerous devil on the horizon. Palm Oil Keep Reading
Are GMO Crops the Future of Food? (An Intro to Plant Biotechnology)
Since day one, the mission of Green Global Travel has been to learn how to live and travel more responsibly and sustainably, and then to share that knowledge with our readers. As our site has grown Keep Reading
The Effects of Mass Tourism (How Overtourism is Destroying 30+ Destinations)
Mass Tourism was arguably the most significant travel trend of 2017. Its downside, “overtourism”– the point at which the needs of tourism become unsustainable for a given destination– made headlines Keep Reading
ECO NEWS: Jason deCaires Taylor Unveils Museo Atlántico in Lanzarote
We first became fans of environmentally-focused artist Jason deCaires Taylor back in 2013, when we explored his stunning Cancun Underwater Museum (a.k.a. Museo Subacuático de Arte). As an art Keep Reading
Animal Selfies: The Problem with Putting Ego Over Responsibility
The selfie culture has become a worldwide phenomenon over the last decade, fueled by a narcissistic need for people to share every second of their life on social media. Coupled with a sense of Keep Reading
La Roya: Central American Coffee’s State of Emergency
La Roya: Central American Coffee's State of Emergency Last summer I was working at a green summer camp near the colonial city of Antigua, Guatemala, which– aside from being one of Central Keep Reading
ECO NEWS: Leading Elephant Poachers Arrested: Is the Tide Turning?
Elephants in Africa, particularly in Tanzania, have faced a devastating population drop in recent years. This is primarily due to a rapid rise in elephant poachers killing them for Keep Reading
INTERVIEW: How Fires in Indonesia & Palm Oil Are Killing Orangutans
Indonesia is burning. In what The Guardian calls "the worst manmade environmental disaster since the BP gulf oil spill," vast swaths of vital forests in Borneo and Sumatra are being consumed by Keep Reading
ECO NEWS: Can the Maritime Forest Survive Climate Change?
Can the Maritime Forest Survive Climate Change? Barrier islands have proven to be popular vacation getaways for well over a century now, and with good reason. Stellar views of Keep Reading
