California

| Traverse City Eco | Before Hemingway became obsessed with bullfighting, big-game hunting and deep-sea fishing, Michigan’s Little Traverse Bay region inspired his youthful imagination. In the woods beyond the family cottage and the opulent resort hotels, he eyed wildlife, gun in hand, and cast his line in crystal-clear streams and lakes, often making friends […]

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| Green Travel News | Southwest Airlines is spending the summer on 40 green projects to celebrate its 40th anniversary. High school and college students from the Student Conservation Association (SCA) will travel in a custom-designed Southwest Airlines biodiesel RV.  During the tour, the RV will stop in 25 cities, joining Southwest employees and community […]

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| Green Travel News | Hotels in Washington, D.C., Stone Mountain (Georgia) and San Francisco get this year’s Good Earthkeeping honors. This recognition comes from the American Hotel & Lodging Association, as part of its annual Stars of the Industry Awards, which have been given out annually since 1966. Hotel George in Washington, D.C.—a Kimpton […]

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| Green Travel News | A Gulfstream G450 is the first aircraft to fly from North America to Europe using biofuel. The Honeywell-operated aircraft touched down safely in Paris on a 50/50 blend of Honeywell Green Jet Fuel and petroleum-based jet fuel powering one of the aircraft’s engines. The biofuel is derived from camelina, a […]

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| A Mendo Wowie | There’s no mistaking the green of Mendocino. We don’t mean the color, of course, though the moods of this Northern California coastline transform ordinary chlorophyll into a pulsating emerald-on-acid. No, we mean our kind of green. And fellow green travelers, here in Mendo you just let out a big sigh […]

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| Beach House Biodynamic | Spring rains have only recently paused on the morning we veer westward, leaving  Highway 101 and heading into the feminine undulations of the Central Coast of California. Suddenly it’s vineyards, ranches and roller-coaster hills of a green so vivid against a sky so boldly blue it makes us positively giddy. […]

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| Fundación En Via | Giving back is totally, totally green. As a responsible green traveler, contributing to a more healthy future for local—especially indigenous—communities is as important as finding that great green hotel or restaurant. After all, what’s more soul-satisfying than helping impoverished kids get crisp new school uniforms, or their grandparents getting their […]

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| Green Wine Country | Sonoma, in northern California wine country, is America’s first official Slow City. Bored teenagers here knew that long ago. They call it “Slow-noma.”  But the Slow City designation is still something special—recognition for Sonoma’s sustainability practices and its unhurried pace. We wish we could linger longer in the historic town […]

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| Green Sugar Sand | The western edge of the southern Indian state of Kerala is virtually a long beach, but this isn’t the Costa Brava or even Goa. Only relatively few stretches are traveler-ready, and these, like Kovalam in the far south, are rapidly becoming overdeveloped to the point of serious strain on their […]

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| Cape Cod Green | We knew that “The Vineyard” was a favored playground for presidents, politicos and the privileged class, but never considered it to be a green travel destination. That is, until we arrived “on-island” and started sleuthing. Maybe we should have guessed. Seven miles from the closest mainland shoreline, the 15 thousand […]

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