Travel

Pack Your Bags: A Guide to Traveling (Carbon) Light

Pack Your Bags: A Guide to Traveling (Carbon) Light

It's no secret that the travel and tourism industry leaves a huge carbon footprint on our planet. However, we don't have to settle for that fact. As tourists, we have the power to make responsible choices to mitigate climate change. From what we use to travel, to what we bring, to where we stay, etc., our trips are loaded with choices that impact the carbon footprint in question. So, what can we do to travel sustainably? And how can these lessons be applied in domestic traveling and our own communities?

Northern California - A Green Getaway In The Time of Love

Northern California - A Green Getaway In The Time of Love

Love happens all year round, but for the month of St. Valentine, double up on some good karma by giving some hearts to the planet! If you like to combine romance with travel, Northern California should be your go-to destination with its top of the line sustainable luxury hotels, farm-to-table restaurants and numerous other green treats!

Vancouver – The ‘San Francisco’ of Canada

Vancouver – The ‘San Francisco’ of Canada

Vancouver has many titles: 'Hollywood North', 'Gastown', 'Global City', are just a few monikers it's known by. However, this beautiful city has rapidly gained another exciting title - 'The Greenest City in Canada'. With buzzing hotels to zooming cyclists, this city has developed a uniquely wonderful and sustainable ambiance for tourists that will help make one's stay there an evergreen experience!

West Coast Green - An eco-journey up North America’s ‘Green’ coast

West Coast Green - An eco-journey up North America’s ‘Green’ coast

Travelling is a joy a lot of us like to splurge in. While exploring our beautiful planet is delightful, it comes at a price. Contributing author and travel journalist Kim Michele talks about how wanderlust can leave a very heavy footprint on the environment and what we can do to reduce our impact.

Welcome to WOC

Welcome to WOC

Windsor of Change (all pun intended), is a blog about climate change and how Windsor will be affected by it.  It hopes to put climate change in the context of our beloved city Windsor, and how we could/ would be affected by it. And most importantly, what we can do as a community.