Eco-friendly vacations becoming more popular

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Late Spring and Summer are when many set aside time to get away from their everyday lives.

Shannon Casey, a marketing specialist with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's (TCEQ) Take Care of Texas (TCOT), spoke with KXAN about how to ensure a vacation is sustainable.

Casey suggested that travelers pack lightly -- there's a tendency to overpack that some have. A benefit of this is that you could save money by avoiding airline baggage fees. She also...