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Where to plan your next environmentally vacation: 15 green cities

by Anna Brones (RSS feed) on Aug 19th 2008 at 4:00PM

The good folks at Grist put together their own list of 15 green cities. Although their thought was probably to showcase the green efforts made by local governments and locals to make the cities more environmentally friendly, in reading it I realized it was a great list of places to chose your next eco-vacation.

If you're looking to take public transportation, play in parks and learn more about sustainability as part of your next vacation, here are the 15 cities that made the list:

Reykjavik, Iceland
Portland, OR, U.S.
Curitiba, Brazil
Malmö, Sweden
Vancouver, Canada
Copenhagen, Denmark
London, England
San Francisco, CA, USA
Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador
Sydney, Australia
Barcelona, Spain
Bogotá, Colombia
Bangkok, Thailand
Kampala, Uganda
Austin, TX, USA

Some of the selections surprised me; Bangkok for example, but apparently it's all about the city's strategy to make things greener. Check out the full list with accompanying explanations here.

What green cities have you visited?

Filed under: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America, Ecotourism

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