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Go Lightly | Car-Free Trips
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A blog about green, ethical travel. Archive for ‘Car-Free Trips’. May 27th, 2014. Hiking from the Garrison Train Station. Over the weekend, I headed up to the Hudson Valley. For another short hike. A trail begins directly off of the south end of the parking lot of the Garrison train station (which is about an hour from Manhattan on Metro-North. A few short and flat trails. Go along the Hudson River and the train tracks. Worth a bit of exploring if you have extra time. We followed the red-blazed trail up ...
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Go Lightly | Veg-Friendly Travel
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A blog about green, ethical travel. Archive for ‘Veg-Friendly Travel’. January 13th, 2011. Eating Well on the Road. And that’s part of the fun of it. But when you start to think about the tons and tons of junk food being consumed daily by all of your fellow drivers and passengers on the multi-lane highway, and look at the pile of trash amassing in your car as you drive by yet another McDonald’s, it all starts to feel a bit yucky. No? Posted in Eat Lightly. January 5th, 2011. I’m currently reading. And th...
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Hiking from the Garrison Train Station | Go Lightly
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A blog about green, ethical travel. Laquo; Car-Free Ocean Grove and Asbury Park. Hiking from the Garrison Train Station. Over the weekend, I headed up to the Hudson Valley. For another short hike. A trail begins directly off of the south end of the parking lot of the Garrison train station (which is about an hour from Manhattan on Metro-North. A few short and flat trails. Go along the Hudson River and the train tracks. Worth a bit of exploring if you have extra time. We followed the red-blazed trail up t...
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Go Lightly | Eat Lightly
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A blog about green, ethical travel. Archive for ‘Eat Lightly’. December 17th, 2011. Restaurants That Treat Workers Well. A lot of talk about ethical restaurant choices revolves around the food itself and whether it’s local, organic, seasonal, healthy, natural, humanely produced, and so on. Obviously, I’m interested in those foodie factors, but what about how the restaurant treats its employees? Restaurant Opportunities Centers United. ROC-United) just released a Diners’ Guide. Others that earned top mark...
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Go Lightly | Garrison
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A blog about green, ethical travel. Posts tagged ‘Garrison’. May 27th, 2014. Hiking from the Garrison Train Station. Over the weekend, I headed up to the Hudson Valley. For another short hike. A trail begins directly off of the south end of the parking lot of the Garrison train station (which is about an hour from Manhattan on Metro-North. A few short and flat trails. Go along the Hudson River and the train tracks. Worth a bit of exploring if you have extra time. We followed the red-blazed trail up to th...
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Go Lightly | Hudson Valley
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A blog about green, ethical travel. Posts tagged ‘Hudson Valley’. May 27th, 2014. Hiking from the Garrison Train Station. Over the weekend, I headed up to the Hudson Valley. For another short hike. A trail begins directly off of the south end of the parking lot of the Garrison train station (which is about an hour from Manhattan on Metro-North. A few short and flat trails. Go along the Hudson River and the train tracks. Worth a bit of exploring if you have extra time. We followed the red-blazed trail up ...
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Go Lightly | hiking
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A blog about green, ethical travel. Posts tagged ‘hiking’. May 27th, 2014. Hiking from the Garrison Train Station. Over the weekend, I headed up to the Hudson Valley. For another short hike. A trail begins directly off of the south end of the parking lot of the Garrison train station (which is about an hour from Manhattan on Metro-North. A few short and flat trails. Go along the Hudson River and the train tracks. Worth a bit of exploring if you have extra time. We followed the red-blazed trail up to the ...
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Go Lightly | Transportation
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A blog about green, ethical travel. Archive for ‘Transportation’. November 3rd, 2012. The Infrastructure We Take for Granted. Gas shortage photo by Brian Kingsley. Traveling to a place that’s very different from home is one way to gain a lasting appreciation for these systems that we base our entire lives on. Being in the path of a “superstorm” is another way, apparently. February 2nd, 2012. Deliver a Car, Get a Free One-Way Road Trip. For these types of driving opportunities. In Canada, Hit the Road.
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Go Lightly | Voluntourism
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A blog about green, ethical travel. Archive for ‘Voluntourism’. January 7th, 2011. Do Voluntourists Help or Harm? By Katia Savchuk for EthicalTraveler.org. Volunteer vacations also risked taking low-skilled work from locals and burdening host organizations with overhead costs, the report stated. The study made headlines in November 2010 in the Telegraph. Which published articles warning would-be do-gooders about the potential pitfalls of volunteering abroad. These trips raise profound questions about mis...
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