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The Green Travel Journal is an online platform that encourages and inspires environmentally friendly travel experiences. Founded with a vision of promoting sustainable tourism, their website and blog offer a wealth of resources, including destination guides, eco-friendly travel tips, and personal narratives from eco-conscious travelers. Dive into their articles to discover how you can make a..
Green Travel Journal
7M ago
When we returned to the Netherlands after our most recent road trip to the south of Europe in our electric campervan, we realised we’ve road tripped through 14 countries in our Fiat E-Ducato already! In the past year on the road, we’ve gotten to know EVanlife inside and out. Here are the top 5 invaluable lessons we learned ..read more
Green Travel Journal
11M ago
At the hight of the pandemic, when we felt the walls of our apartment closing in around us, we packed a tent for a camping micro adventure close to home in the Netherlands. We booked a stay in a local’s spacious backyard via Dutch start-up Campspace and experienced how easy it can be to switch off, as we spent an evening by a campfire sharing stories with a stranger ..read more
Green Travel Journal
11M ago
Lonely Planet released a new coffee table book: Epic Road Trips of Europe — and we got to contribute a chapter! It was a work dream come true to create a story for a Lonely Planet book and about one of our favourite subjects too, an amazing vanlife trip to the west coast of Jutland in Denmark ..read more
Green Travel Journal
11M ago
Because we wanted our campervan to be fully electric, we chose to install an induction cooktop and an electric convection heater. Here’s how we did it and what our experiences cooking and heating electrically have been like so far ..read more
Green Travel Journal
11M ago
After two years of dreaming about this moment, we’ve finally departed on our road trip in our fully electric campervan! We decided on our destination about one week before hitting the road and it was quite the mad scramble to getting everything ready – but we made it and we couldn’t be happier. Here’s how our first weeks went ..read more
Green Travel Journal
11M ago
When we bought our Fiat E-Ducato, it was an empty cargo van. With a DIY van build, we wanted to transform it into a fully electric home on wheels. Here’s how we did it and the choices we made to create the electric campervan of our dreams ..read more
Green Travel Journal
11M ago
Welcome to our EV travel guide to Champagne! When we visited Champagne in our electric campervan, we realised it’s a perfect region for an EV road trip. Read on for all our insider tips, like where to charge, sleep and of course taste delicious champagne ..read more
Green Travel Journal
11M ago
We just got back from a whirlwind, six-week road trip to France and Spain in our fully electric campervan. During our trip, we tested the public charging infrastructure in both countries thoroughly. Here’s how it went, including the apps and providers we used to charge our EV, and the challenges we encountered along the way ..read more
Green Travel Journal
11M ago
Time to talk about the elephant in the room: we have a weight issue. Fully loaded, right now our DIY-converted Fiat E-Ducato is over its maximum allowed weight of 3500kg. We’re going to make some adjustments to get it down to where it needs to be, but because of the added weight of the batteries, this is a big issue for electric campervans. So let’s talk about it ..read more
Green Travel Journal
11M ago
Six months after we’d received our brand-new Fiat E-Ducato, it stopped moving. We initially hoped the problem would be easy to fix, but it turned out to be so complex that it ended up taking three months and three weeks to repair. This is the full story: from our electric van breaking down to the issues that were found, how we dealt with it all, and finally: the fix ..read more