Stay Grounded in your city

Dour immigration officials, unflattering swimsuits, rubbish hotel, dodgy food, pocket sized phrase books with tiny print you can't read, sand everywhere, all-over sunburn. Foreign holidays aren't all they're cracked up to be.

So instead of jetting off to some far-flung land, why not Stay Grounded and explore all the fun things in your own city? You'll save a shed load of CO2 whilst minimising your risk of getting Delhi Belly (unless you happen to live in Delhi).

• Check out all the fun stuff happening around the country, then use this invaluable site to see it all without a car. Use these for inspiration and check out what's free in the US and Australia.
• Your city is a hotbed of festivals, museums, art galleries, exhibitions, screenings, shows, and other cultural events that stretch the mind but not the purse. Check out what's on in your hood with the incomparable Timeout.
• The National Trust is more than just a chain of quaint little tea shops - they have lots of old buildings and heritage sites too, as well as organising Big Green Days Out.
• Engage with your city on a whole new level, become a locallectual.
• Make NYC your playground, or create an alternate reality in London. Learn more about the world of pervasive gaming here and here.

More info from the Green Thing Wiki >>

Here's a thing - around 12 million Brits jet off to Spain every year. If a third of us holidayed at home instead, we'd save over a million tonnes of CO2 - although the profit margins of Benidorm's Irish pubs would take a bit of a battering.