This weekend, the tiny town of Hokitika, New Zealand, population 4,500, will be flooded by 17,000 foodies, who are flying, driving and bussing in from all over sample the oddest delicacies they can get their mitts on.

The announcement came a week later than expected, but yesterday Al Gore went public with plans for the “Live Earth” concerts that will happen on July 7

Stowaway squirrels, Chinese environmentalism, and toxic LA.

A few months back, I blogged about Tribewanted.com’s Fijian island experiment. James Vlahos went along with the “first footers” who kicked off development on the island, and lived to tell the tale in National Geographic Adventure.

Sustainable food and living vlog Freshtopia has teamed up with Treehugger TV for a clip about traveling the country by rail.

Travel headlines for the weekend of 10/22/06.

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.