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Consultant Ushma Pandya is on the road for much of the year. So when she travels, the New Yorker takes a number of steps to keep
Consultant Ushma Pandya is on the road for much of the year. So when she travels, the New Yorker takes a number of steps to keep
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2014-09-30
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Consultant Ushma Pandya is on the road for much of the year. So when she travels, the New Yorker takes a number of steps to keep her carbon footprint small. She packs light(theoretically, saving airplane fuel), stays at major hotels with well-articulated green policies, rents small or hybrid cars, turns off the heat or air conditioning when she leaves her hotel room and writes notes to make sure the hotel staff keeps it off, and brings her own toiletries in refillable bottles. "I’m always careful about the amount of waste I generate," she says.
Pandya’s actions are admirable. But do they make her a sustainable traveler? Ecotourism groups say that only responsible nature travel meets their criteria. Advocates of "sustainable tourism" say it’s not a matter of destination but of giving back to the local community and culture. "A lot of people want to use terms like ’ecotourism’, because it’s cool and hip now, and that’s created confusion," says Susie Blaire, director of communications for The International Ecotourism Society(TIES), which defines ecotourism as "responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the well-being of local people. "
For years the idea of eco-friendly travel was linked with trekking(徒步旅行)through wilderness and diving with sea turtles in exotic locations. Today a hotel in Times Square is just as likely to call itself green as a lodge in the Costa Rican rain forest. "Green travel has gone from a trend to a part of mainstream consumer and corporate culture," says Brian Mullis, president of Boulder, Colo.-based Sustainable Travel International. As eco-friendly travel has grown more popular, some organizations worry that its meaning is being watered down.
In October, 20 groups, including TIES, the UN Foundation and the Rainforest Alliance, will release a new standard for the term "sustainable tourism". A draft of the criteria mandates that sustainable-travel companies maximize benefits to the local population and culture through their businesses and take steps to remain carbon-neutral. To Kate Dodson, deputy director of sustainable development at the UN Foundation, a trip to Washington, D. C. , would be sustainable if one patronized(光顾)local businesses, including farmers’ markets and craft boutiques, stayed at an energy-efficient hotel that took steps to benefit the local community, took public transit and went for a hike at Rock Creek Park.
Next Christmas, Rachel and Eric Ellerman of Milwaukee will travel to Hawaii, where they’ll stay at local B&Bs, hike and relax by the beach. Is their trip eco-friendly? Yes. But that’s not how they think of it. "We’ve never called it eco-traveling," says Rachel, 30. "Our typical trip is a lot of backpacking and camping. We enjoy nature, and we think that that’s how we really relax, by getting away from it all." Perhaps that’s the best definition of all.
What might ecotourism groups think about Ushma Pandya’s travel experience?
选项
A、It isn’t sustainable travel.
B、It is respectable but irresponsible for natural protection.
C、It deserves credit but is far from being low-carbon.
D、It is valuable but not encouraging enough to be green travel.
答案
A
解析
细节推断题。首段介绍了Ushma Pandya在旅途中为保护环境作出的种种努力。第二段前三句指出,她的行为诚然可贵,但对于生态旅游团体来说,只有负责任的自然旅游才符合他们关于可持续性旅行的标准。由此推断,生态旅游团体认为她的旅行并非可持续性旅行,故答案为A)。B)“这值得尊敬,但是对自然保护不负责任”、C)“这值得赞许,但是远远不够低碳”和D)“这非常重要,但是不够激励人心,不能算是绿色旅行”,这三点都不是生态旅游团体的观点,均可排除。
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