Four global air carriers have been named to this year’s Dow Jones Sustainability Index. Delta, Air France-KLM, All Nippon and Qantas were recognized as “Sustainability Leaders.”
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It took three years, but Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa in Rancho Mirage, Calif., has earned Green Seal certification at the Bronze level. The hotel is the only Green Seal-certified hotel in the popular desert destination of Coachella Valley, which includes nearby Palm Springs.
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| Green Travel News | One of America’s most-visited seaside tourist attractions finally boasts a sustainable seafood restaurant. The San Francisco Seafood Watch Alliance has signed on Fog Harbor Fish House on Fisherman’s Wharf—which means the 220,000 meals it serves to visitors yearly with be prepared with only “ocean-friendly” seafood, and that customers will be […]
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| Green Travel News | This week is the 40th anniversary of the first meal served at Alice Waters‘ Chez Panisse, the iconic Berkeley, Calif. temple of green cuisine. In the words of syndicated columnist (The Edgy Veggie) Ellen Kanner: “All today’s precepts of a sustainable food system, the things we take for granted that […]
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| Green Garden State | Green New Jersey? Is that an oxymoron? If you think so, you don’t really know the Garden State. In fact, New Jersey is one of the nation’s most proactive promoters of ecotourism. From its 70 miles of the legendary Appalachian Trail in the north to the 200-acre Cape May Migratory […]
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| Europe Holiday Discounts | Most major airlines have just announced excellent sales on Business Class tickets from the U.S. to Europe over the long Thanksgiving weekend and the Christmas-to-New Year’s holidays. But you’ve got to move quickly, because the sale seats are limited (and you’ll need to be flexible in your dates and flight […]
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| Organic in Marin | These Sausalito green restaurants (plus a casual café) share a culinary stance that insists fresh, local and organic are simply better: better tasting, better for you. They share something else, too: seriously good cooking. On your way to or from Wine Country, or after an exhilarating ferry ride from San […]
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| Leela Palace & Green Leaf |
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| Green Travel News | The single most important eco-friendly thing guests want from a hotel is a green certification such as LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) or seal of approval from some other independent certifier. So says a new study of business and leisure travelers by the Center for Hospitality Research at […]
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