| We Dive In | Who doesn’t love the Florida Keys? Sure, and that’s the problem. This chain of some 1,700 islands is so appealing in so many ways that, if we’re not careful, we might just lose the very things that lure us to the most accessible tropical paradise of the Caribbean Basin. Consider: […]
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|Best For You | It’s healthier. You gotta eat, right? So eat the right stuff and keep your body’s natural defenses at their peak to help ward off the stresses of the new and strange of travel. Study after study shows organic foods are just plain better. As in more nutritious. They also contain more […]
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| Before You Go | Green your absence. Turn your home’s thermostat to minimal heating or cooling—many have a vacation setting. Arranging to keep houseplants watered will not only keep them vibrant, it will maintain their production of oxygen and absorption of carbon dioxide and “bad air.” Be direct & plan to go longer. Choose […]
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| Sleeping, Eating, Doing | In this fragile ecosystem, going green is not just nice—it’s necessary. Here are our top picks for an unforgettable green visit to Hawaii. 1. Among the many shades of green when it comes to lodging choices, we especially like these. On Oahu, head for Waikiki’s eco-hip Hotel Renew, with its […]
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| Connecting Us All | Sometimes it seems everything we read and see about Africa screams conflict, famine, HIV/AIDS, disease. Little wonder, then, that so few of us travel there, beyond an all-inclusive green safari in Kenya or for the upcoming World Cup games in South Africa. But green travel is inherently about connection to […]
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| Greening in D.C. | As Earth Day 2010 observances wind down, we offer our own special tribute: a 21 Organic Carrot Salute to a Founding Mother in our nation’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. […]
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| A Thousand Words | How cool, how serendipitous is this? On a green safari in Kenya’s Masai Mara, we witness the birth of an African Buffalo. This mom is in the midst of her herd, a hundred or more, but her labor attracts not the least bit of attention. Her calf is almost out […]
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| Washington Slept Here | The historic towns, sprawling farmlands and leafy forests of the eastern side of immense Chesapeake Bay in Maryland are universally referred to hereabouts as, simply, the Eastern Shore. When Captain John Smith first sailed along this shore in 1608, he noted that it was “fit for harbors and habitations.” The […]
| The Green List | Share the green love, that’s what we say. Each morning, we wake up thinking about how we can turn you on. How, that is, we can excite more and more travelers just like you about going green, greener, greenest. And we’re not the only ones. If these green travel sites […]
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| Costa Maya Verde | Update: Balamku Inn on the Beach has been nominated for the Leading Green Hotel category in Central America and Mexico by World Travel Awards. Established in 1993, World Travel Awards celebrates excellence in the world’s travel and tourism industry. With thousands of votes cast by travel professionals from 183,000 travel […]
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