I recently reported on Native American traditions and the way that those traditions shape a green lifestyle. When I saw that there was an opportunity to learn more about Native American traditions through Green Earth Travel, I figured I should tell you guys about it.
Green Earth Travel is an organization that is dedicated to providing people with travel opportunities that are environmentally friendly and conform to vegetarian/vegan travelers.
Green Earth Travel offers eco-trips,spas,accommodations,fitness,or cruises that wont force you to alter your lifestyle if you are a vegetarian or vegan.
One of the trips they offer,"Sustainable Energy in Motion," is a cycling tour through Oregon. The part that caught my attention is that the riders will spend time with Native Americans in their own communities. You will learn about traditional building techniques and work with salmon restoration.
The riders will stop off in different eco-villages and learn about different aspects of green living. Some of these aspects include, "permaculture, alternative building, appropriate technology and sustainable energy," according to the Web site.
The permaculutre sustainability tour that the cyclists will participate in and learn about includes, "a rainwater catching system, organic gardening, permaculture landscaping, a photovoltaic electric system, a passive solar hot water system, constructed wetlands, composting, fluorescent lighting, and natural building practices (straw bale walls, earthen plaster, passive solar design, and use of recycled and sustainably harvested lumber)," according to the Web site.
You can register for the bike trip online at the Green Earth Travel Web site, the tour can be one to three weeks long, and you bike somewhere between 10 to 70 miles a day.
If you are not the strongest of cyclists, but are interested in the trip, the Web site advises that the coastal ride is less intense of the two bike tours offered.
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