Ever wondered what happens to airplanes after they take their last trip to the hangar? According to the BBC, this question is on the minds of the bigwigs in the aviation industry.

Back in January, two brits, Ben Keene and Mark James, had the idea to lease part of a barely populated Fijian island, and in a very Web 2.0 twist, create a low-impact South Seas escape there.

Good news for green-inclined travelers today, online-travel giants Travelocity and Expedia are adding the option to balance out the greenhouse gases produced by flights, rental cars, even the average hotel stay, to their checkout pages.

As a reminder that the US and Canada’s national parks aren’t just for car-camping families, National Geographic Adventure has just posted a web-exclusive “Insider’s Guide to the Great Parks� with info on 30 parks throughout North America.

This month is Bike Month all across America. To set your gears turning about transportation alternatives, here’s a preview of a documentary charting one man’s 7-month, 10,000-mile bike ride around the perimeter of the lower 48.

In honor of Earth Day, I’d like to direct your attention to the very excellent, all-things-green blog Treehugger.

Extreme-travel guru Richard Bangs has parlayed his role as a founding partner of Mountain Travel Sobek into a career as a one-man adventure travel brand.