I had an opportunity to visit the Big Easy for the French Quarter Festival, in which hundreds of bands play on stages scattered around the quarter. If you are a music lover, THIS is the event. The music is simply amazing. To see a city built on music transform itself into a music onslaught was … Read this post >>>
#gowithoutplastic
Monday, September 21st, 2015World Progress Now is proud to announce the launch of our first campaign to #gowithoutplastic. We are specifically targeting single use plastic products. This means plastic grocery bags, water bottles, soda bottles, shampoo bottles, and all other plastics that are thrown away. Tourism lends itself to convenience. Many travelers don’t want to be bothered by … Read this post >>>
Hydration (Water Refilling) Stations are Gaining in Popularity
Tuesday, September 1st, 2015Hydrating is an essential element of life. How we hydrate is up for debate. Do we get our water from our morning soda, coffee, smoothies, food, the tap or bottled water? Over the past twenty years companies like Nestle, Coke, and Pepsi have invested in bottled water, recognizing that a growing health trend was around … Read this post >>>
Responsible Tourism in Belize, Guatemala, and The Yucatan Peninsula
Monday, June 1st, 2015This past May, World Progress Now’s cofounders (Alec and Nicole Griffin) traveled to visit friends, explore new areas of the ancient Maya world and test out the possibility of responsible tourism (not using one-time-use plastic water bottles), with the goal of learning whether or not the formation of a responsible tourism infrastructure was needed or … Read this post >>>