Richard Hammond

Richard Hammond is a writer, filmmaker and founder of the award-winning green travel website greentraveller.co.uk, which he founded in 2006. He was previously the Guardian’s eco travel correspondent, Editor of Green Hotelier and Travel Editor of National Geographic GREEN, and for over 20 years has written about sustainable tourism for a wide range of publications, including BBC Wildlife, National Geographic, The Times, Sunday Times Travel Magazine, and a column in Geographical - the magazine of the Royal Geographical Society. Richard has written and contributed to several books on sustainable travel, including editor of Green Places to Stay (Sawdays) and co-author of Clean Breaks: 500 New Ways to See the World/Great Escapes (Rough Guides). He was also the consultant to the Guardian Green Travel Guide and for the Travel Channel’s series ‘How to Holiday Greener’.