ROAD READS
Road Reads
"Code Green," by Kerry Lorimer
Sunday, February 11, 2007; Page P02
BOOK: "Code Green," by Kerry Lorimer, et al. (Lonely Planet, $19.99)
TARGET AUDIENCE: People whose ethics never take vacations.
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Fine, you're a dedicated "green" traveler, but is your tour company just pretending to be sensitive to the environment? Further, notwithstanding your good intentions, how well can your selected destination handle even the most benignly motivated tourist crowd? "Code Green" presents responsible travel options covering places that could use the money, haven't been loved to death and are not so fragile that a few extra visitors would shatter them.
Each suggested green scene is described with a half-page article (and photos), some of them first-person accounts of the writers' respective visits. Examples: snorkeling in "one of the world's best coral gardens" off Tanzania, kayaking in Sydney Harbour, playing "both cowboys and Indians" as you live with a Cree family in Saskatchewan, doing the Julie Andrews thing in fields of Alpine wildflowers. Kermit the Frog was partly right. It's not easy -- but it is rewarding -- being green.
-- Jerry V. Haines
