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Slovenia, part 2: up on the eco-tourist farm

1 November 11

| Agrarian Base Camp | I am in search of some of Slovenia’s best eco-tourist farms, and my way is up, up, up, on mountain roads that prove an adventure in themselves. Driving is certainly not the greenest way to go. I pass plenty of bicycle riders pedaling their way up these same impossibly steep […]

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Ubud, Bali: sleeping in Michael Franti’s green bed

24 October 11

| Ubud’s Green Yoga | I’ve been a big Michael Franti & Spearhead fan ever since my friend Leah practically begged me to purchase the Everyone Deserves Music CD in 2003. So I am not surprised in the least to thoroughly love Franti’s new green Soulshine Bali yoga retreat—it’s just a short stroll beyond the […]

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Orchha, India: green lodging in the lair of the Bandit Queen

17 October 11

| Staying Green & Local | I have a hot lead on a green home stay (and a very cool community organization that fosters them) in the dusty central India town of Orchha. And so with my travel buddy Canada Mike, I hop a local bus and hit the road. Located in Madhya Pradesh state, […]

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Slovenia, part 1: the green mouse that roars

13 October 11

| Central Europe’s Eco-treasure | Church bells herald my arrival at the Bohinj Park Hotel, the starting point of my green tour of Slovenia. That’s not unusual; in this predominantly Catholic country, ornate church steeples overlook almost every town and village. What’s jarring is walking into the lobby of a five-star, 102-room luxury hotel in […]

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Sonoma’s Vineyards Inn: a perfect night in green wine country

4 October 11

| Eat, Sleep Green |   How cool! Awaiting us is what promises to be a perfect night in Green Wine Country: a “green” meal, a “green” sleep. At Vineyards Inn, the locally acclaimed organic tapas restaurant in Kenwood, dinner timing has just been confirmed, a key to our accommodations and instructions on how to operate […]

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The untouchable Himalayan Healers

15 September 11

| Nepal’s Green Massage | Can something as ahhhh-some as a massage be green? Why not? Our definition of green extends to experiences that give back, that are embedded in a local economy and directly benefit local people in need. If your massage does that, it’s green. But I go even further. I say massage […]

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4 airlines named to Dow Jones Sustainability Index

10 September 11

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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British Columbia: a ‘hunter-gatherer’ green chef honors the Okanagan

7 September 11

| Canada’s Western Wine Country | Western Canada’s British Columbia is home to native people called the Okanagan, who lived well for eons in the beautiful valley that today bears their name by foraging berries and roots, hunting the abundant wild game that drank from the clear waters of spectacular Lake Okanagan, and fishing the […]

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Calif.’s Coachella Valley: 1st Green Seal resort

29 August 11

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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1st sustainable seafood restaurant on SF’s Fisherman’s Wharf

26 August 11

| 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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