Keeping Hawai’i Green: Eco-friendly Travel
If you’re one of the 43 million U.S. travelers who is ecologically concerned, you’re probably looking for ways to minimize your impact on the environment when traveling. This is an important consideration for Hawai’i vacationers, since the islands are such a far-flung destination for just about everyone who doesn’t already live on-island.
For starters, the average cross-country commercial flight burns about 100 gallons of fossil fuel and creates nearly 2,000 pounds of carbon dioxide per passenger, according to Expedia Travel Trendwatch.
To help offset that kind of an ecological impact, you may want to buy carbon credits when purchasing your tickets. …read more
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