The Latest from Seeing Green
Discover cleaner, greener brands, products and experiences—and practical ideas for healthier, more sustainable everyday living.
Hurtigruten Charts a More Thoughtful Journey Along Norway’s Coast
Hurtigruten brings travelers closer to Norway’s spectacular coastline through historic coastal voyages, unhurried adventures and locally inspired dining. Connecting communities since 1893, the company pairs immersive travel with investments in hybrid-electric ships, food-waste reduction and a greener future for coastal cruising.
Much Better Adventures Launches a New Kind of Wildlife Trip
Much Better Adventures’ new Wildlife Collection gets travelers out of the safari vehicle and into the wild, with 17 small-group trips built around hiking, biking, paddling, snorkeling and more. From swimming with marine life in the Maldives to biking through a Kenyan conservancy, the adventures combine unforgettable wildlife encounters with active exploration and conservation.
Viatu Rethinks Travel With Community-First Tourism
Viatu is a travel company helping conscious travelers experience immersive trips that are better for people and the planet. Committed to reshaping travel as a relentless force for good, Viatu opens the door to wilder destinations through digital-first, data-driven trip planning that builds itineraries to empower local communities, combat over-tourism and protect biodiversity.
Intrepid Travel Is Turning Adventure Into a Force for Good
Intrepid Travel is redefining adventure through purpose-driven journeys that connect travelers with people and places while protecting the planet. From carbon-labelled trips to community impact projects, they’re proving exploration can be both exciting and responsible.
UnCruise Adventures Shows What Travel Looks Like When Wild Places Come First
UnCruise Adventures is a small-ship expedition line offering immersive voyages to some of the world's most extraordinary wild places. With an emphasis on exploration over onboard extravagance, UnCruise brings travelers closer to nature, wildlife and the destinations they're there to discover.
Beyond Green Curates A Path to More Sustainable Luxury Travel
Beyond Green is a global portfolio of rigorously vetted sustainable hotels, resorts and lodges for travelers who want their journeys to do more than just look good on Instagram. Each property delivers exceptional hospitality while protecting nature, celebrating culture and supporting local communities.
Bamba Travel Quiets the Noise (and Footprint) of Modern Travel
Bamba Travel is a purpose-driven travel company that designs lower-impact, community-led trips focused on slowing down and connecting more deeply with places and people. By prioritizing eco-conscious stays, public transportation and local partnerships, Bamba offers travel that’s calmer, more thoughtful and better for the planet.
12 Days of Greener Giving: Day 12 - Adventure Travel with Purpose
Unforgettable adventure travel with purpose is our pick for today’s finale of 12 Days of Greener Giving, offering gifts that create unforgettable experiences while treading more lightly on the planet. Click through for some of our favorite travel companies designing journeys that prioritize nature, community and meaningful connection alongside exploration.
Six Senses Redefines Luxury Through Sustainability and Wellness
Six Senses isn’t your typical hotel group. Whether you’re waking up in a beachfront villa in the Maldives, sharing breakfast with monks in Bhutan or strolling through their urban oasis in Rome, each property is designed to connect you more deeply with place, people, and planet.
G Adventures Transforms Travel with Community-Led Exploration
G Adventures is a small-group adventure travel company founded in 1990 and now operating in over 100 countries. The company offers a wide range of trips -- from cultural and wildlife-focused expeditions to active adventures and local living experiences. Their model emphasizes intimate group sizes, local guides and immersive itineraries designed to connect travelers with authentic experiences in the communities they visit.
&Beyond Sets the Standard for Regenerative Travel and Conservation Tourism
&BEYOND is an award-winning experiential travel company on a mission to “leave our world a better place than we found it” through sustainable and responsible travel. Founded in 1991, the company is a bespoke tour operator for sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, South America and Antarctica as well as owner and manager of 29 lodges and camps across three continents.
Byway Makes Flight-Free Travel Effortless and Inspiring
Byway is a travel B Corporation on a mission to reimagine how people explore the world by offering personalized, overland journeys with lower environmental impact and greater economic contributions to local communities. Founded in 2020, the company specializes in curating multi-stop holidays that embrace the joy of the journey, helping travelers discover lesser-known destinations through thoughtfully planned itineraries.
Ecobnb Helps Travelers Book Greener Stays around the World
Ecobnb is a global platform dedicated to transforming travel by creating a bridge between conscious travelers and short-term rental hosts committed to sustainability. On a mission “to promote a new way of tourism that respects nature, places, and people,” Ecobnb connects travelers with eco-friendly lodgings that meet rigorous sustainability standards—ranging from agritourism farms and mountain huts to urban eco-hotels and off-grid retreats.
Green Traveller’s Travel Guides for Lighter, More Meaningful Journeys
The Green Traveller is an online platform promoting eco-friendly vacation options for conscious travellers. As the platform for Green Traveller’s Guides, the online site curates a wide variety of sustainable travel experiences to help promote low impact vacations that benefit biodiversity conservation and contribute to the resilience and economies of local communities, as well as low carbon trips that can be conveniently reached by train, bike, bus or ferry.
Eurostar Shows How High-Speed Rail Can Replace Short-Haul Flights
Eurostar is a high-speed rail service that connects the United Kingdom to mainland Europe, primarily operating routes through the Channel Tunnel. By making rail travel a more eco-friendly option, Eurostar enables passengers to make sustainable travel choices while enjoying a seamless and eco-conscious journey across Europe.
Tourism New Zealand Reimagines Travel Through Care, Culture and Community
Tourism New Zealand is the national organization responsible for marketing New Zealand as a premier travel destination to the world. The organization is deeply committed to ensuring tourism contributes across four well-being pillars: economic growth, environmental restoration, cultural respect and community well-being.
The Travel Foundation Is Reimagining Tourism as a Force for Good
The Travel Foundation is a global nonprofit organization established in 2003 to support the sustainable development of travel and tourism. Its mission is to ensure that tourism contributes positively to the destinations it touches, enhancing local livelihoods while preserving natural and cultural heritage.
Booking Holdings Is Working to Make Sustainable Travel the Easier Choice
Booking Holdings is one of the world’s leading providers of online travel & related services. With a sustainability focus on making sure “there is always a world worth experiencing,” Booking works -- at scale -- to help travelers book more sustainable trips across accommodations, flights, experiences, rental cars and in-trip travel.
Virtuoso Travel Is Elevating Luxury Travel Through More Thoughtful, Sustainable Experiences
Virtuoso Travel is a luxury and experiential travel network that connects clients with top-tier travel advisors who specialize in creating custom, high-end travel experiences around the world. Founded in 1986, Virtuoso partners with over 2,000 travel providers and maintains a network of over 20,000 travel advisors to deliver high-quality, personalized journeys that often incorporate cultural immersion, sustainable travel and local expertise.
Visit Copenhagen Turns Responsible Travel Into a Citywide Advantage
Visit Copenhagen, an initiative of Wonderful Copenhagen, is deeply committed to sustainability, focusing on promoting responsible tourism that benefits both the environment and local communities.