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Richard Hammond @richardgehammond.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Yay! The launch of a new overnight flat-bed sleeper bus service in Europe - between Amsterdam and Zurich, and Zurich and Barcelona. Rhiannon Batten reviews it in The Guardian www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

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Flight Free UK @flightfreeuk.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Interesting new study on public support for 'degrowth' policies shows that reducing consumption might not be as unpopular as you think! Are we ready to confront the elephant in the room: our addiction to flying? www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Assessing public support for degrowth: survey-based experimental and predictive studies

Contrary to concerns from politicians and commentators that degrowth is broadly unpopular, the core degrowth proposal received substantial support from UK and US participants in this study, regardless...

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Green Traveller Media @greentraveller.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

New! The Autumn issue of The Green Traveller e-mag has landed, packed with ideas for great trips, including hiking in Herefordshire, wildlife watching in Gran Canaria, island-hopping across the Ionian Islands & community-based conservation in Saint Lucia issuu.com/greentravell...

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Richard Hammond @richardgehammond.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Is there really a future in green travel? I discuss this with @simoncalder.bsky.social on his Independent Travel Podcast. We talked about family travel to Europe on Flixbus, and the opportunities that increased competition could create for the UK's rail network shows.acast.com/green-list-t...

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Richard Hammond @richardgehammond.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Significant announcement from Intrepid regarding changes to its Climate Action Plan that will reverberate across the industry, incl "a new lifecycle target that takes full accountability of our total emissions, including customer flights to and from our trips" www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Tour operator Intrepid drops carbon offsets and emissions targets

Firm will instead invest A$2m a year in ‘climate impact fund’ supporting renewables and switching to EVs

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Richard Hammond @richardgehammond.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

We travelled by FlixBus coach to the French Alps to hike a section of The Grand Tour de Tarentaise trail, which caters for both experienced hikers and first-timers, with cosy mountain refuges offering the perfect place to recharge www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

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‘It feels as though the mountains are ours alone’: family-friendly hiking in the French Alps

The ‘wonderfully wild’ Grand Tour de Tarentaise trail caters for experienced hikers and first-timers, with cosy mountain refuges offering the perfect place to recharge

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Richard Hammond @richardgehammond.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

What is Community Tourism and how do you measure it? Find out in the latest episode of It's a Journey Podcast with guests Manisha Pande, MD of Village Ways in India, and Kelly Galaski, Head of Impact at the non-profit organisation Planeterra www.itsajourney.fm/podcast-epis...

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Green Traveller Media @greentraveller.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Our latest newsletter is out with news of the new sustainable travel podcast co-hosted by Richard Hammond & Holly Tuppen, the cross-channel sail service attracting low carbon travellers, and Sweden's Göta Canal Trail is Awarded Cycle Route of the Year 2025 www.greentraveller.co.uk/so/6dPVFxRhD...

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The Green Traveller Digest

Welcome to my latest round up of news, features and comments on green travel. This newsletter is written by me, Richard Hammond, the founder of Green Traveller. Please do forward it to anyone you thin...

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Richard Hammond @richardgehammond.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Just dropped! Thrilled to launch a new podcast — It’s a Journey: A sustainable travel podcast for the travel industry that I'm co-hosting with Holly Tuppen featuring guests from across and beyond the travel industry. Sponsored by Lemongrass www.itsajourney.fm

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Green Traveller Media @greentraveller.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Out now! Our Conservation Traveller's Guide to Saint Lucia with tips on characterful places to stay, where to find delicious locally inspired seasonal food, places of interest, and a wide range of community based low impact activities www.greentraveller.co.uk/conservation...

Home page of new online guide to Saint Lucia

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Green Traveller Media @greentraveller.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Coming soon... Conservation Traveller. In Saint Lucia 🌴 Filmed & produced by Green Traveller Media

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Richard Hammond @richardgehammond.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

My latest 60-sec interview with a prominent person in the travel industry, answering the question: "What is the one thing you'd change given the climate and nature emergencies?" 🙏 Bruce Poon Tip, founder of G Adventures

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Richard Hammond @richardgehammond.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

St Pancras plans for direct trains from UK to Germany, reports Charlotte Edwards for the BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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St Pancras plans for direct trains from UK to Germany

The London station's owner and Eurotunnel hope to expand routes to Cologne, Frankfurt and Switzerland.

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Richard Hammond @richardgehammond.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Why travel brands need to consider video marketing, post by me for Lemongrass PR's Insight series www.lemongrassmarketing.com/insights/vid...

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Richard Hammond @richardgehammond.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Eurostar resumes direct trains from Amsterdam to London, with an early morning train added to the timetable, leaving at 6.40am and arriving in to London at 9.57am www.dutchnews.nl/2025/02/euro...

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Eurostar resumes direct trains from Amsterdam to London - DutchNews.nl

Direct Eurostar trains from Amsterdam to London resumed on Monday following the opening of a UK border checkpoint at the Dutch capital’s main railway station. The service was suspended last June after...

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Green Traveller Media @greentraveller.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Our featured destination this month is Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwest France. Explore Bordeaux (just 2 hours by high-speed train from Paris) and the stunning Dordogne Valley... see our tips for great restaurants, characterful places to stay, and much more! greentraveller.co.uk/nouvelle-aqu...

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Green Traveller Media @greentraveller.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

The Big Rail Sale is back! Starts this Tuesday 14 Jan – make the most of up to half price discounts on over 2 million tickets for journeys made between 17 January and 31 March 2025 across Great Britain www.greentraveller.co.uk/post/rail-sa...

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Richard Hammond @richardgehammond.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Introducing a new video series where I ask leading lights in the tourism industry to explain in less than 60 secs the one thing they'd change to address tourism's impact on the climate and nature emergencies. First up is Al Judge, founder of AliKats Mountain Holidays and President of Montagne Verte:

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Richard Hammond @richardgehammond.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Flixbus - the budget, low-carbon, city-to-city transport revolution that is sweeping across Europe, dozens of them lined up here at Paris Bercy coach station as we made our way from London via Paris to Geneva en route to the Alps

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Richard Hammond @richardgehammond.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

On a snowy adventure - taking the overnight Flixbus from London Victoria to the French Alps - a low carbon route to the slopes

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Green Traveller Media @greentraveller.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

All aboard the train in Spain - article by Richard Hammond on how Spain is embracing the rail renaissance given the ‘open access’ liberalisation of the European rail network #WorldSustainableTransportDay www.greentraveller.co.uk/post/all-abo...

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All aboard the train in Spain

Train travel in Spain, including high speed networks and other long distance rail services

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Green Traveller Media @greentraveller.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

A taste of some of the first class dining we had in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, from the Michelin-starred Zéphirine, Le Cent 33 – the first restaurant here to be given the EcoTable label, and Vivants (all in Bordeaux) to Restaurant l’Entrepote in Sarlat and Chez Paulo in Brive.

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Green Traveller Media @greentraveller.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Introducing the Flow Vélo – a new 400km cycle route from The Dordogne Valley to the Altantic Coast. We joined the route at Sarlat-la-Canéda from where it runs all the way to the island of Aix in Charente-Maritime through the beautiful towns of Cognac, Saintes and Rochefort

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Richard Hammond @richardgehammond.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

All aboard the train in Spain - article by me on how Spain is embracing the rail renaissance given the ‘open access’ liberalisation of the European rail network www.greentraveller.co.uk/post/all-abo...

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All aboard the train in Spain

Train travel in Spain, including high speed networks and other long distance rail services

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Green Traveller Media @greentraveller.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Introducing the impressive 'Darwin Ecosystem', billed as "economically innovative and ecologically responsible", it's a former military barracks on an urban wasteland in the Bastide district on Bordeaux's right bank that's now a co-working hub and home to a huge organic bistro-dining hall

signage at the entrance to the Darwin ecosystem in Bordeaux

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Richard Hammond @richardgehammond.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

First Bus signs five-year partnership with Flixbus, boosting daily services across the South-West of England and expanding routes in northern cities including Leeds, Manchester, and Newcastle www.greentraveller.co.uk/post/firstbu...

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First Bus signs five-year partnership with Flixbus

First Bus, one of the UK’s leading bus operators and global travel tech company FlixBus,

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Green Traveller Media @greentraveller.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

This week we're reporting on our fabulous week in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, using trams and bikes to see the sights in Bordeaux for three days and then out by train and electric bike for a further three days in The Dordogne Valley #explorefrance #destinationNA

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