Painting Your Travel Experiences Green

Being environmentally conscious is becoming increasingly important these days so why not incorporate green initiative into your travels. There are plenty of ways to stay green when you're out of your own environment and there are even eco-hotels you can choose to travel to.

When you're planning your trip, keep the little details in mind. Like when you purchase tickets request the electronic version versus traditional tickets to save paper. Or when you're booking a rental car, choose a hybrid or electric car instead of one that uses gas or diesel.

Some hotels and resorts think of almost everything when it comes to being eco-friendly. One resort in the Bahamas is 100 per cent solar powered and even all the hot water is heated by the sun rather than electricity or gas. All of the buildings were constructed with wood taken from sustainable forests. This resort even uses composting toilets and water treatment systems to minimize waste - and even gets guests involved by neatly packaging plastic products to be taken home and recycled as they don't have a recycling system in the Bahamas. Have you gone - or would you go - to a resort like this?

This may not sound like the most pleasurable vacation for some people but there are other environmentally friendly things you can do at ordinary hotels. You can always tell hotel staff you don't need your linens changed every day which saves water. Or simply by making sure that the lights and air conditioner are off when you leave your room. Do you know of any other green traveling initiatives?