The Green Traveller

Richard Hammond is a writer, filmmaker and founder of the award-winning travel website greentraveller. co. uk. He was previously the Guardian's eco travel correspondent, Editor of Green Hotelier and Travel Editor of National Geographic GREEN and has written about sustainable tourism for a wide range of publications, including BBC Wildlife, National Geographic, The Times, Sunday Times Travel Magazine, and Geographical - the magazine of The Royal Geographical Society (of which he is a fellow). Richard has written several books about sustainable travel, including Green Places to Stay (Sawdays) and he was co-author of Clean Breaks: 500 New Ways to See the World (Rough Guides). He was the consultant to the Guardian Green Travel Guide and for the Travel Channel's series 'How to Holiday Greener'.