| Shades of Green | Green has many meanings on this island of drama and history in the eastern Mediterranean. Cypriots probably identify the word first with their infamous Green Line, which has separated them into mutually wary Greek and Turkish enclaves since 1974. Arriving in early spring, as we did, the absolutely stunning greens […]
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| Green Garden Isle | Think of the eco-impact these mega-properties have—nowhere else on Kauai’s fragile island environment comes close to matching the sheer scale of their consumption and waste, or the potential for contamination of the land and sea and air they touch. Owned or managed by big corporations from somewhere far away, they […]
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| Green Travel News | A new survey shows that 65% of America’s restaurant operators embrace the practice of recycling and have recycling programs in place at their restaurants. Also, the research indicates that six out of 10 consumers prefer to patronize restaurants that recycle, and more than half of consumers are willing to pay […]
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| Green Travel News | Sheraton Denver Downtown has won a 4 Green Key Rating through the Green Key Eco-Rating Program, recognizing the hotel for protecting the environment through wide-ranging policies and practices. Green initiatives at the hotel reflect corporate parent Starwood‘s mission of “30-20-20,” a goal of 30% energy and 20% water savings by […]
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| Green Travel News | Want to know how Delta Hotels and Resorts’ new environmental sustainability program is going? You can track it online. Canada’s largest independent hotel chain has challenged its 8,000+ employees at its 46 properties “to rethink everything we do to create positive, long-term environmental change.” They’re calling the program Delta Greens. […]
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| Green Travel News | America’s newest environmentally sustainable hotel is now open near the campus of Syracuse University in upstate New York. Hotel Skyler is only the third hotel in the United States to seek Platinum certification in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) from the U.S. Green Building Council. The 58-room boutique […]
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| Kanha Roars Back | Two young Royal Bengal tigers are gorging themselves on freshly-killed chital. This is the moment I had come on safari in India for. The moment everyone comes for. I feel safe atop my massive Indian elephant. (Tigers and elephants honor an age-old truce not to mess with each other—I’m hopeful, […]
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| Green Travel News | Mayakoba in Mexico’s Riviera Maya has been cited by the Rainforest Alliance for achievements in sustainable tourism, the first time that organization has so honored a tourism project. Comprised of three separate, independently owned resorts—Fairmont Mayakoba, Rosewood Mayakoba and Banyan Tree Mayakoba—this luxury development south of Cancun has instituted a […]
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| Style And Sustainability | Arriving at the five-star JW Marriott Hotel in Hong Kong, you step into an impeccably stylish, sun-filled lobby with heart-stopping views of Hong Kong harbor. Guests are huddled with one of several concierges, sipping cocktails in the bar or savoring a meal in one of the popular restaurants (which attract […]
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| Green Wine News | Cakebread Cellars, a long-time Napa green winery, hosts its 25th annual American Harvest Workshop celebration August 18-20, 2011. The centerpiece of the weekend is the Grand Chefs’ Tasting on August 19, which is open to the public. At this walk-around tasting, featuring dishes by 24 chefs, attendees will have the […]
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