March 2009 Edition

Dr Reza Azmi and his team at Wild Asia scouts for the very best in eco-tourism around Asia for the annual Responsible Tourism Awards. The 2008 winners ranged from a community-run homestay in the Himalayas to a luxury resort in Thailand. Wild Asia will challenge you to rethink travel.

Buy It Like You Mean It (Bilumi.org), an online community created by Clay Ward and Lucy Mendel, is revolutionizing the buying process and creating new ways for everyone to become socially responsible consumers.

Virtually every business gets shipments and ends up with lots of boxes which can be difficult and expensive to get rid of. At the same time, people pay high prices for new moving and shipping boxes when used boxes can do the job. BoxCycle connects people with boxes, with people who need boxes. And everyone benefits, including the environment.

Gyuri Baglyas and Manó Domján started Beyond Budapest to lure travellers off the typical tourist trail to the “other side”, taking them on a unique social-cultural walking tour to experience the real Budapest.