Consider walking or cycling during your trip, using public transportation, renting hybrid vehicles, and traveling by train rather than plane whenever possible.

Calculate and offset the carbon dioxide emitted by your travel and purchase your trip through companies with policies that consider environmental, economic, and socio-cultural impacts.

Ensure that local people benefit from your trip by spending money in community or locally owned businesses and work with tour operators and lodges that employ local people.

Choose a trip that strengthens the conservation efforts for and enhances the natural integrity of the places you visit, including protected areas and wildlife habitats.

Immerse yourself in and accept the differences of other cultures…learning about their customs and social norms before you visit, and speaking their language when possible.

Reduce, reuse, and recycle…and consider the efficient use of water, energy, and building materials as well as the method of waste disposal used by your tour operator or lodging establishment.