"Voluntourism"

Learn easy ways to lessen your journeys' environmental impact. Plus: Earth-friendly getaways from Hawaii to India and a guide to "green" golf courses

The former U.S. secretary of state takes the temperature on America's stature in the world

Asia's best-known environmentalist talks about the difference between the environmental polices of China and the United States

The 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner talks about the links between environmental degradation and poverty and the challenges facing her native Kenya

Condé Nast Traveler joins a tireless traveler on a turn through India, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam, learning a lesson in diplomacy and global impact

The star of Blood Diamond and Amistad talks about the work he's doing with Oxfam in Africa

The search for fossil fuels is cluttering the pristine landscape of the American West with new power plants and natural gas wells. PLUS: Who's managing your land?

Does touring impoverished places enlighten us, or does it just exploit those we go to see?

Weekly dispatches on how to become a more sensitive traveler from Perrin Post contributor Brook Wilkinson

More travelers want to benefit the people and places they visit, but it's not so easy. A report from Morocco on the challenges and rewards of sticking to the moral high road

Do we have an obligation to first do no harm?

Condé Nast Traveler's thirteenth annual ecotourism awards honor travel industry leaders in five areas: education, health, poverty relief, cultural and environmental preservation, and wildlife conservation

Our list of properties that give back to the community. Plus a guide to past recipients of Condé Nast Traveler's Ecotourism, Green List and World Savers awards

Purging Carbon Dioxide from the air may not be so easy

Across the region, forward-thinking hotels are proving you can have it all, treading lightly on the land and giving back to the locals without stinting on luxury

Social entrepreneur and Ashoka founder Bill Drayton celebrates the power of the individual to effect change

Now that the travel industry is beginning to tackle social issues from poverty to health care, the hotel you choose can make the difference

The Harvard University medical anthropologist and founder of Partners in Health on bringing medical care to impoverished communities

Our pick of threatened treasures to visit before it's too late

Why high-end hotels are going socially responsible and how a growing number of travelers are choosing to help others by spoiling themselves

Condé Nast Traveler's 17th Annual Environmental Awards honor a woman waging a battle to protect Siberia's Lake Baikal

As groups from the Maldives to Myanmar call for tourism boycotts to oppose oppressive regimes, Americans are weighing the right to travel against the desire to do the right thing

Charity may begin at home, but how should you respond to need when you journey abroad? Tips on what to do when faced with requests for handouts

How to tell the difference between an eco-lodge and just another business looking for a quick buck