Let’s reinvent travel.
Leisure Lab is a think tank and media lab to promote sustainable tourism, or as we like to call it BREAK-EVEN TOURISM. In this LAB REPORTS section we publish news articles and create inspirational travel stories to help bring about positive change in the way we travel.
This Slow Travel Company Specializes in Flight-Free Holidays
Byway Travel, Katherine Martinko from Treehugger says, has replaced airplanes with boats, bikes, buses, and trains.
Google Maps to start directing drivers to 'eco-friendly' routes
[…] Google’s Maps app will start directing drivers along routes estimated to generate the lowest carbon emissions based on traffic, slopes and other factors, the company announced on Tuesday.
France to ban some domestic flights where train available
[French] MPs vote to suspend internal flights if the trip can be completed by train within two and a half hours instead, says Kim Willsher from The Guardian.