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The Green Grasshopper We are six students that created an online magazine related to responsible tourism. Follow our progress and visit our website: the-green-grasshopper.com

28/08/2019
Our concluding article encompasses the message that we would like to give our readers. Please check it out at https://ww...
09/08/2019

Our concluding article encompasses the message that we would like to give our readers. Please check it out at https://www.the-green-grasshopper.com/conclusion

During the past two years, we have been exploring what sustainable travel means by creating this platform. We all love travelling and are curious to discover new places. It gives us a feeling of freedom and forms an escape from everyday live. However, this romanticized picture of travelling is just....

Do you like wintersports? Have you ever thought of its environmental effects? We discuss them in the following article: ...
06/08/2019

Do you like wintersports? Have you ever thought of its environmental effects? We discuss them in the following article: https://www.the-green-grasshopper.com/wintersports

Winter tourism is highly popular in the Alps. In fact, the Alps have the best and most extended infrastructure of all mountain regions on our globe. This is actually no surprise, since St. Moritz in Switzerland is known for being the birthplace of Winter tourism itself. Since the year 1864 tourists....

Nature nowadays plays a large role in tourism activities. We examined the relations between nature and travelling in the...
03/08/2019

Nature nowadays plays a large role in tourism activities. We examined the relations between nature and travelling in the following article: https://www.the-green-grasshopper.com/nature

Being in nature is a very nice way to escape everyday life and is therefore a key attraction factor for tourism. The numbers of tourists are increasing worldwide, and many of them do have a desire to visit beautiful places in nature. The consequences of the growing numbers of travellers in nature be...

Are you always excited to try local food on your holidays? We connected food tourism to responsible tourism in our artic...
31/07/2019

Are you always excited to try local food on your holidays? We connected food tourism to responsible tourism in our article: https://www.the-green-grasshopper.com/foodtourism

Thinking about my past holidays, I clearly remember eating Nepali Dhal Bhat, Austrian Kaiserschmarrn and Italian pizzas, but also wandering around French farmers markets. When talking about foreign countries, its typical food always comes to mind quickly and travel guides often have a separate secti...

We have already discussed voluntourism in our destinations magazine (https://www.the-green-grasshopper.com/voluntourism)...
28/07/2019

We have already discussed voluntourism in our destinations magazine (https://www.the-green-grasshopper.com/voluntourism), but in the activities magazine, we highlight orphanage tourism. If you want to know more about this, find the article at: https://www.the-green-grasshopper.com/orphanagetourism

At the moment I am in Nepal for my thesis research and internship as part of the International Land and Water Management BSc. Nepal is a popular destination for mountain climbers and spiritual travelers, but tourist volunteers wanting to help those less fortunate and at the same time enjoy a vacatio...

Unfortunately, responsible tourism has its pitfalls as well. Greenwashing is one of the bigger problems that responsible...
25/07/2019

Unfortunately, responsible tourism has its pitfalls as well. Greenwashing is one of the bigger problems that responsible tourism has to cope with. If you want to read more about this, check out the following article: https://www.the-green-grasshopper.com/greenwashing

Imagine you have been convinced by our articles to travel more in a more environmentally friendly manner and you decide to book an accommodation that claims to be sustainable. Yet when you arrive, you see they do not separate waste nor have sustainable water practices. They do, in fact, serve locall...

22/07/2019

We have published the last magazine of our two year project today. This magazine focusses on the different activities that can be done during holidays, such as related to food, winter sports and nature. Check it out on https://www.the-green-grasshopper.com/activities

For our last article of the 'Transport' magazine, we interviewed an experienced traveler who was willing to tell us all ...
20/05/2019

For our last article of the 'Transport' magazine, we interviewed an experienced traveler who was willing to tell us all about his adventures while traveling in a rather unconventional way. Find our interview with Sjoerd van Dekken at: https://www.the-green-grasshopper.com/experiencedtraveler

Online magazine about responsible travelling | Positive and negative effects of ecotourism | Tips for travelling in a more sustainable way | Written by 6 students of the Wageningen University | TheGreenGrasshopper

Have you become interested in alternative ways of transport by our previous article? Then, you might also be interesting...
17/05/2019

Have you become interested in alternative ways of transport by our previous article? Then, you might also be interesting in a biking holiday. Our next article explores different ways to cycle through the Netherlands. Find it on: https://www.the-green-grasshopper.com/biking

Online magazine about responsible travelling | Positive and negative effects of ecotourism | Tips for travelling in a more sustainable way | Written by 6 students of the Wageningen University | TheGreenGrasshopper

Our next article explores whether a flight tax might be a good idea to reduce the environmental impacts of flying by ana...
13/05/2019

Our next article explores whether a flight tax might be a good idea to reduce the environmental impacts of flying by analysing the plans for a flight tax in the Netherlands. Read this article on: https://www.the-green-grasshopper.com/flighttax

Online magazine about responsible travelling | Positive and negative effects of ecotourism | Tips for travelling in a more sustainable way | Written by 6 students of the Wageningen University | TheGreenGrasshopper

Our article about alternative means of transport explores what other options, next to the airplane or the car, can be ch...
10/05/2019

Our article about alternative means of transport explores what other options, next to the airplane or the car, can be chosen from when deciding the means of transport for your next holidays. Check it out at: https://www.the-green-grasshopper.com/alternatives

Online magazine about responsible travelling | Positive and negative effects of ecotourism | Tips for travelling in a more sustainable way | Written by 6 students of the Wageningen University | TheGreenGrasshopper

The second article of the 'Transport' magazine includes a reading guide when you want to know more about carbon compensa...
06/05/2019

The second article of the 'Transport' magazine includes a reading guide when you want to know more about carbon compensation? It seeks to answer how carbon compensation works and what expert opinions exist about carbon compensation. Read it at https://www.the-green-grasshopper.com/compensation

Online magazine about responsible travelling | Positive and negative effects of ecotourism | Tips for travelling in a more sustainable way | Written by 6 students of the Wageningen University | TheGreenGrasshopper

In our first article of the 'Transport' magazine, we give an overview of the environmental impacts of transport. The art...
03/05/2019

In our first article of the 'Transport' magazine, we give an overview of the environmental impacts of transport. The article addresses the greatest emitters, the case of flying and possibilities for low-carbon holidays. Check it out on our website: https://www.the-green-grasshopper.com/impacts

Online magazine about responsible travelling | Positive and negative effects of ecotourism | Tips for travelling in a more sustainable way | Written by 6 students of the Wageningen University | TheGreenGrasshopper

29/04/2019

We have been working hard on our new magazine 'Transport' and we are happy to announce that the articles are now published at our website the-green-grasshopper.com/transport The following weeks, we will introduce the different topics of our new articles. Stay tuned!

Today, the Resource published an interview with Bart and Femke about our magazine and how to travel in a more responsibl...
25/01/2019

Today, the Resource published an interview with Bart and Femke about our magazine and how to travel in a more responsible way.

The world is becoming smaller, and the tourism industry keeps growing. Students also travel the globe. But is that a responsible thing to do? Wageningen honours students explore the world of sustainable tourism for their own online magazine, The Green Grasshopper.

Now that our second magazine has been fully introduced, we are happy to announce that we already started working on our ...
31/12/2018

Now that our second magazine has been fully introduced, we are happy to announce that we already started working on our next magazine. This magazine will be about (responsible) transportation and it is expected to be published in the end of February. Afraid that you will miss the publication of our next magazine in the new year? Join our mailing list and never miss an update! You can subscribe on our website: www.the-green-grasshopper.com

Online magazine about responsible travelling | Positive and negative effects of ecotourism | Tips for travelling in a more sustainable way | Written by 6 students of the Wageningen University | TheGreenGrasshopper

The last article in our ‘Destination’ magazine is about international voluntourism. In the article, we analyse the impac...
28/12/2018

The last article in our ‘Destination’ magazine is about international voluntourism. In the article, we analyse the impacts of this new way of tourism for the case of Nepal. You can find the article at https://www.the-green-grasshopper.com/voluntourism

Online magazine about responsible travelling | Positive and negative effects of ecotourism | Tips for travelling in a more sustainable way | Written by 6 students of the Wageningen University | TheGreenGrasshopper

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The Green Grasshopper

Dear Traveller,

Perhaps you were already wondering why this website is named the Green Grasshopper. Well, it is often believed that grasshoppers symbolize independence and freedom which very much reminds us of the adventurous and curious traveller who is hopping from country to country. But that romanticized picture of a traveller is just one side of the coin. Grasshopper swarms can easily grow too big and turn into a plague… just like mass tourism today. Nowadays, we have endless opportunities to travel due to ongoing globalisation. However, when carried away by wanderlust we often forget the harm we do to the environment and people living in it.

To address these problems , practices such as ecotourism and responsible tourism have emerged and become part of discussion among academic researchers. But, let’s face it. The audience reached by these discussions is quite limited.

In response to this, we - 6 students of the Wageningen University in The Netherlands – have taken on the task of creating an online magazine which seeks to bring this scientific knowledge closer to you. We hope to inform you about the positive and negative aspects of ecotourism and eventually to boost your motivation to travel in a more responsible way. We will focus on transport, destinations, and activities.