| Green Founding Mother | Here’s a 21 Organic Carrot Salute to a Founding Mother in America’s capitol. She is Nora Pouillon, chef/owner of America’s very first certified organic restaurant. Her Restaurant Nora north of Dupont Circle became so in April, 1999. This means 95% or more of everything served here comes from certified organic […]
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| Sonoma’s Slow Pleasures | There are many reasons to visit the town of Sonoma. Wine tops most lists, of course, as this is iconic California Wine Country, if more down-home than nearby Napa Valley. History lives on here, at Sonoma State Historic Park and Mission San Francisco Solano de Sonoma on Sonoma Plaza, the […]
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| Meeting Mr. Green | On Kowloon Island, in Hong Kong‘s energetic Golden Mile shopping and commercial district, the sleek and modern Eaton Smart, Hong Kong presides over Nathan Road like the world-class hotel that it is. Its top-notch amenities, central location, helpful staff and elegantly appointed rooms with amazing views of the Hong Kong […]
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| Maharana of Eco | Rajasthan is famous for its palaces. These fabulous fortresses scattered across this storied, and still fascinating, state of India remain as monuments to the enormous wealth and regal whims of their original occupants, the absolute rulers of these erstwhile feudal domains. But the palaces of southwestern Rajasthan, on placid Lake […]
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| Green Travel News | The number of baby boomers, Gen-Xers and millennials seeking authentic green experiences in their search for deeper meaning in their vacations continues to grow, reports Travel Weekly—even as the current economy has refocused travelers on price and value. Some travelers persist in believing that “having a green vacation would be […]
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| Meet GTG’s Guru | So you’ve decided on your ideal next trip: maybe it’s to a breathtaking archipelago in the South Pacific before the rising oceans reclaim it, the dreamscape backwaters of Kerala in southern India, or even a catch-up visit to brash, irrepressible New Yawk, New Yawk. Now comes the hard part: getting […]
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Frequent flier programs–like the entire airline industry–have recently hit turbulence. They haven’t totally altered course, but they are undergoing major changes. The latest mega-merger—between United and Continental—will mean a new mileage program for those carriers’ passengers. Meanwhile, recent new marketing agreements between American, British Air and Iberia, and between American and Jet Blue, will inevitably […]
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| Healthy, Organic Nepal | I won’t go into all the reasons that seeking out organic food while traveling—and even paying a premium for it—is totally worth it. But here are three. Reason #1: your body’s natural defenses are already on high alert, overburdened with the inevitable stresses and assaults that come with foreign territory—so […]
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| Green Travel News | Just launched: Green Hotels, a website devoted to green hotels and green travel in Greece. It’s said to be the first network of Greek eco-hotels, and it ranks lodgings based on criteria proposed by the International Tourism Partnership (ITP) as well as existing infrastructure and opportunities in the Greek tourism […]
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| Mexico’s Greenest City? | We are frankly amazed. It quickly dawns on us that, arguably, San Miguel de Allende could be the greenest city in all Mexico. On a per capita basis, this achingly lovely, authentically historic place (population 130 thousand) eclipses even the cosmopolitan capitol of Mexico City, whose huge heartbeat nourishes many […]
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