A travel blog about food, sustainability & life between two cultures.
Travel? Or sustainability? How about both!
Tilted Map is a blog about both travel and sustainability – with detailed reviews of sustainable products, travel tips, cultural insights from a longtime expat, and stories from the road.
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Latest Blog Posts
Why These Are the 2 Best Zero-Waste, Plastic-Free Deodorants [+ PAPR Discount Code]
Short-listed reviews of the best natural deodorant brands: PAPR and byHumankind. (And why these two companies are more sustainable options than Dove, Native, Myro and Ethique.) In…
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What It Was Really Like Visiting Maui During COVID-19
This is my personal experience of visiting Maui during the COVID-19 pandemic, in December, 2020, including testing options and requirements, mask rules vs. reality, and what we can…
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Bite vs Everyone [All The Plastic-Free Toothpaste Tablets, Reviewed]
Toothpaste tablets are a fairly new, very travel-friendly and eco-friendly alternative to your standard, non-recyclable tubes of toothpaste. I’ve already mentioned my favorite brand of plastic-free toothpaste tablets…
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Pasta With Broccoli: A Recipe Stolen from My Italian In-Laws
This is one of my favorite Italian family recipes – Pasta with Broccoli. It’s healthy, easy, meat-free, and can be vegan or vegetarian if you want it to…
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How Hard Is It to Go to Hawaii Right Now? (And Should You?)
This is a timeline of my experience traveling to Hawaii from the mainland US in December, 2020, plus current COVID-19 restrictions for Hawaii, the pre-travel test I took…
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Plastic-Free Toiletries: My Travel-Friendly, “Less-Waste” Routine That Works
This is my thoroughly tested, less-waste travel routine: Plastic-free toiletries that are mostly gender-neutral and feel like a treat to use – not a sustainability obligation. I actually…
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What Makes Cruising THAT Bad for the Environment?
An overview – in plain English – of the biggest sustainability problems with cruise ships, and some solutions for how to fix them. (From interviews with experts!) Among…
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