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Rebrand Skincare: the Easiest Routine + Why These Are the Best Refills

Pulling my camera out of my backpack, while the guide and other tour group members take photos on their phones during, all still standing over our electric bikes as we ride through rural Italy. ©KettiWilhelm2023

Italy | Packing Lists

What to Pack for a Bike Trip in Italy

Ketti Wilhelm, the author of this guide to organic wineries in Napa Valley, standing under the famous Welcome to Napa Valley sign next to Highway 29. ©KettiWilhelm2024

Destination Guides | Sustainable Travel | USA

How to Plan a Trip to Napa Valley’s Most Sustainable Wineries [Complete Travel Guide]

The public beach in the center of Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira, with hardly any tourists on a beautiful late summer day. ©KettiWilhelm2024

Destination Guides | Portugal | Sustainable Travel

Complete Guide to Terceira: The Quietest Island for a European Escape

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The separate, padded laptop compartment on the Cotopaxi Allpa fits a laptop and tablet, but the laptop doesn’t fit inside the backpack’s smaller and safer pocket (which also is not lockable). ©KettiWilhelm2023

Italy Bike Trip 2024 – Join Us!

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How to Plan a Trip to Napa Valley’s Most Sustainable Wineries [Complete Travel Guide]

Complete Guide to Terceira: The Quietest Island for a European Escape

ALT Steep green mountains on the island of São Jorge, Azores, lead straight into the waters of the Atlantic, with orange-roofed buildings at the coast in between. ©KettiWilhelm2024

Thinking about a Trip to the Azores? Read this first.

The author of this Adirondack weekend getaway itinerary, in an orange jacket, looking down from the platform of the Wild Walk, at the Wild Center, at the forest floor below. ©KettiWilhelm2023

3 Days in the Adirondacks: The Eco-Conscious Foodie Guide to a Weekend in the High Peaks

Two men ride e-bikes down a white road in the rural Marche region of Italy, with tress shading them on right and a view to the Adriatic Sea on the left. ©KettiWilhelm2023

E-bike Tour in Italy: A Delicious, Sustainable Cycling Vacation (You’re Invited!)

Three plates of pasta in Italy – the first course in this Italian meal and menu guide. ©KettiWilhelm2017

How to Eat in Italy: an Expat’s Guide to Italian Menus & Courses

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Greener Travel Anywhere

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My LARQ self-cleaning water bottle, and Grayl filtering water bottle, sitting on a rock with the turquoise waters of the Mediterranean behind. ©KettiWilhelm2021

Making Dirty Tap Water Safe: A Real-Life Test for Plastic-Free Travel in El Salvador

How to Pack Light for Europe (or Anywhere): the Guide You Need to Actually Make it Happen

Wearing my Unbound Merino leggings on a hike in San Francisco, in front of the Golden Gate Bridge. ©KettiWilhelm2022

Unbound Merino Review: Travel-Testing a Merino Wool Wardrobe [2024 UPDATE]

Aerial view of a sustainable castle to rent from group travel in Southern France from the vacation rental website Oliver's Travels.

Best AirBnb Alternatives with Flair: 13 Unique & Sustainable Options

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The Ill River traverses Strasbourg, France, under stone bridges, with sunlight filtering through the old buildings, and river cruise boats for tourists anchored at the shore. ©KettiWilhelm2023

I Got Hit by a Bread Truck in France: Would Travel Insurance Have Even Helped?

Ketti Wilhelm, the author of this blog, walking across the deck of a sail boat, while on a scientific research trip with Sail & Explore. ©KettiWilhelm2022

How to Embarrass Yourself on a Sailboat Full of Scientists Studying Microplastics

The author, perched on a castle wall in Ischia, with green mountains behind, working on her Italian habit of relaxation. ©KettiWilhelm2022

8 Italian Habits You’ll Pick Up After Living in Italy

When you visit France, sit on the dock in the town of Annecy and watch a pink and blue sunset like this one, and contemplate why all the flowery, pink French toilet paper has a matching motif. ©KettiWilhelm2019

What Pink French Toilet Paper Taught Me About Globalization

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Travel + Climate Series

Travel + Climate

Ketti Wilhelm, the author of this sustainable travel blog, holds a sign that read "Tilted Map declares a climate emergency." ©KettiWilhelm2022

This Travel Blog Declares a Climate Emergency [Part 1: Wait, What?]

I calculated the carbon emissions from my flights this year, while sitting on a plane over the Atlantic with this sunset view out the airplane window. ©KettiWilhelm2022

Confession: This Is My Carbon Footprint from Flights This Year [Part 2]

A view out the window of an orange sunset over an airplane wing, with three images of different graphs showing the carbon emissions of flights from different travel carbon calculators. ©KettiWilhelm2022

The Best Travel Carbon Calculators for Finding Lower-Emission Travel [Part 3]

Should You Buy Carbon Offsets for Your Travel or… Something Else? [Part 4]

An aerial view of a lake and forest in northwest Montana. ©KettiWilhelm2023

Climate-Smart Travel: 10 Tips to Make You Feel Less Bad About Flying [Part 5]

Rainbow on the airport tarmac, seen from airplane window seat. ©KettiWilhelm2023

All I Want for Christmas is Carbon Removal in the Travel Industry. (This is How We Can Get It)

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The blogger at an organic winery in Napa Valley, wearing the Unbound Merino travel dress and Rothy's sneakers made of recycled materials. ©KettiWilhelm2022

Hi, I’m Ketti!

I’m the creator of Tilted Map, a Sustainability Editor, and a fan of the good life (done better).

As a passionate advocate for more sustainable living through simple choices – both at home and when we travel – I’ve shown hundreds of thousands of readers (just like you!) easy ways to reduce their environmental impact without going all DIY, or giving up fun.

I lived abroad for years – mostly in China, Italy, France (here’s how). While in Italy, I did my Master’s in Sustainable Business & Energy (here are my big take-aways.) I love languages, outdoor adventures, and exploring cultures through food.

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My order from of Viori shampoo bars as it arrived, in its original cardboard shipping box, with recycled paper packaging materials. ©KettiWilhelm2023

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Bottles of local Marche wines at the organic and biodynamic winery Tenuta San Marcello, where we ate and slept on our ebike tour of this region of rural Italy. ©KettiWilhelm2023

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Earthling Co. vs HiBAR: the Winner of My 1-Year Shampoo Bar Quest

Change Your Toilet Paper, Save a Forest! (Finding the Best Bamboo & Recycled TP Brands)

Viori Shampoo Bars: Great Hair Products that Support an Indigenous Group

Lomi Composter: Pros, Cons & Lessons Learned (After 1 Year+ of Use)

Everist Review: Concentrated Shampoo for Travel = Better Than Bars?

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Misfits Market: Testing the “Rescued” Grocery Delivery Service

Comparing the plastic-free, environmentally friendly toilet paper from Reel and Who Gives A Crap – displayed on a white countertop next to a plant. ©KettiWilhelm2024

Change Your Toilet Paper, Save a Forest! (Finding the Best Bamboo & Recycled TP Brands)

Looking down into my Lomi kitchen composter machine, full of food scraps peeking out from inside a green, compostable garbage bag. ©KettiWilhelm2023

Lomi Composter: Pros, Cons & Lessons Learned (After 1 Year+ of Use)

A cardboard tube of Terraseed multivitamins inside their biodegradable shipping tube – a rare example of truly sustainable packaging for supplements. ©KettiWilhelm2023

Terraseed Review: The Only Honestly Plastic-free Vitamins? Really?

24 Easy Ways to Live More Sustainably in 2024 (in 2 Sentences Each!)

Glass jars and paper packets of plastic-free toothpaste tablets (Bite, Unpaste, Mouthful, Crush & Brush, and byHumankind brands) sitting on a stool with trees in the background. ©KettiWilhelm2021

Review: Bite vs Everyone (All the Plastic-Free Toothpaste Options Compared)

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