Herb Hiller

Herb Hiller

Herb Hiller

Herb Hiller, The Cli­mate Trav­el­er, has “pro­gressed across 55 years from travel insider to a solu­tions-driv­en crit­ic of main­stream tourism”.

Mr Hiller has lived in the Carib­bean region and the US states of Flor­ida and Geor­gia, work­ing much of his career on multi-mod­al mobil­ity. He ini­ti­ated the Carib­bean Tour­ism Research Cen­ter in Bar­ba­dos; led the reviv­al of the Flor­ida state bicyc­ling and B&B move­ments; inspired the Great Flor­ida Bird­ing Trail; and wrote the cov­er story for Flor­ida Trend in 1996 that called for the newly-estab­lished Vis­it Flor­ida DMO to go green.

Two of Herb’s books have won top hon­ours in their fields. A fourth is near completion.

A climate-conscious reading of ‘The New York Times’ list of ‘52 Places To Go in 2024’

January 30, 2024

Herb Hiller offers a "climate-conscious" reading of 'The New York Times' list of '52 Places to Go in 2024. This is a screen snip of a cover page of the online article. "GT" added "CLIMATE conscious?"

Cli­mate action advoc­ate Herb Hiller offers a cli­mate-con­­s­cious read­ing of The New York Times’ list of ‘52 Places to Go in 2024’.  It is his second “Good Tour­ism” Insight. [You too can write a “GT” Insight.] People love to travel but keep get­ting shoved around. We live in an epoch of cata­stroph­ic glob­al warm­ing, which fre­quently forces us […]

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Foraging for climate-conscious travel information: Where is our trusted guide?

March 14, 2023

Foraging for blackberries. What about for climate-conscious travel information? Image by Eduardo Jaeger (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/@designerjaeger

Des­pite warn­ings of cli­mate cata­strophe, declar­a­tions of cli­mate emer­gency, and the guilt and angst they stir up in many people, most of us still want to travel.  Herb Hiller sees the need for a trus­ted and author­it­at­ive source of cli­mate-con­­s­cious travel & tour­ism advice. The cit­ies and the coun­tryside of the Glob­al North grew wealthy […]

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