"See-it-while-it's-there" tourism

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Great article!

I think we all need to find out comfort zone and draw our own lines in the sand. Are you going to stop traveling or are you going to plan out your travel carefully so you're contributing less to the problem?

Even if you do everything within your power at home to be a green ambassador, you're going to wipe out all that goodness with one trip. And if you stop traveling completely, economies that depend on our tourism dollars will collapse.

Does that speed us toward a solution?

For me, I'm trying to find a comfort zone that allows me to feed my passion for travel without making the problems worse. Renting a hybrid instead of a gas guzzler, packing lighter and reusing linens all help.

I've outlined a few of my strategies in my blog ( http://www.gogirlfriend.com/reviews/does-your-conscience-travel-you-1890 ) but I'd love to hear how others are handling this dilemma.

It's not a black and white issue by any stretch of the imagination.

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