Happy Earth Day, everyone! In this episode, we give you some tips and hacks for traveling and living green! We discuss what ecotourism is, as well as how to be more environmentally minded while planning a trip, traveling, and what to do to offset your carbon footprint when you’re back at home. With actionable tips and real services and products you can use to make a lighter carbon footprint, this episode has some great green travel hacks. Also, thanks to Anne from Belgium for a HILARIOUS Lost in Translation story that happened while learning two languages at the same time!

In language news, international researchers released findings in January that language learning utilizes ancient systems in the brain. Could this study have implications for making language learning easier in the future through medication or brain stimulation? Check out the article here: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-athletes-way/201801/language-utilizes-ancient-brain-circuits-predate-humans

Top 10 Ecotourism Destinations: https://www.shermanstravel.com/advice/top-10-ecotourism-destinations

Researching your destination before you book? Check out this site to see how eco-friendly your destination is! https://www.bookdifferent.com/en/green-travel-destinations/

For traveling cheaply, locally, and greenly, look into Blabla Car — a ride sharing service that utilizes people who are already going to the same destination as you: https://www.blablacar.com/

Some really cool products you can get to make eco-friendly traveling a breeze!

• The world’s first collapsible and reusable straw! In a keychain! Donate to the Kickstarter campaign to get yours in November of this year:  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/908228738/finalstraw-the-worlds-first-collapsible-reusable-s
• Steripen — a water filtering pen that lasts for years! Stop buying bottled water! https://www.steripen.com/

Finally, when you’re back at home, try to offset your carbon footprint with this awesome calculator https://sustainabletravel.org/utilities/carbon-calculator/

And thanks to Lonely Planet for the inspiration! Check out their article we referenced:

https://www.lonelyplanet.com/travel-tips-and-articles/how-to-go-green-when-you-travel/40625c8c-8a11-5710-a052-1479d27679e5

Finally, here’s the video from which we pulled the audio to play on our episode this week. Will you accept the #stopsucking challenge with us?

Thanks for listening, everyone! Don’t forget to like and share, and please leave us a comment if you have any more tips for traveling and living green! We’re also looking out for your Lost in Translation stories!

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