Sustainability in Traveling

The Study Abroad & Away office and the
Office of Sustainability encourage you to make responsible decisions about your travels to manage your eco-footprint. This list is not meant to be exhaustive nor are any of these services or organizations recommended by SJSU; these are resources to educate you on your potential impact on the environment while traveling.
- Spartan Pledge to Travel Better is a collaboration between SJSU Green Campus and Study Abroad & Away to encourage Spartans to travel sustainably.
- Sustainable Travel International provides resources on how to consciously and responsibly travel. You can calculate your air travel carbon emissions and learn how to offset your carbon footprint.
- Gold Standard will let you purchase carbon offsets and pick specific projects to fund.
- Trip Zero has a calculator to determine your carbon footprint on your mode of transportation and hotel bookings. Booking your hotel on this site will include carbon offsets for your hotel stay.
- Impact Travel Alliance shows how you can travel "plastic free."
- Lonely Planet explains how you can achieve zero-waste travel.
- EPA Greenhouse Gas Emissions Calculator shows you how to offset your entire carbon footprint, calculate your household carbon footprint, and learn about other impacts on the environment.