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Go for the green photo: #3

31 March 10

| A Thousand Words | Getting up before dawn is totally worth it when a BAT ready to be barbecued on a stick awaits! This jolly Thai lady is eager to sell us the LAST ONE, at a very local market that opens at 4:30 a.m. near eco-friendly Khum Lanna Lodge in northern Thailand.

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San Francisco: 5 great green to do’s

29 March 10

| Sleeping, Doing, Eating| The choice is tough in America’s greenest city. But here are our top picks, some inevitable and some not, for an unforgettably green visit to San Francisco. 1. Orchard Garden Hotel. San Francisco’s eco-stylish “green boutique hotel,”nestled in the heart of the City by the Bay, was the first in California […]

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Green Oahu: North Shore’s best b&b

26 March 10

|On The Beach | Could there be a cooler shade of green? Lodging with a leading Oahu environmentalist who lives where Hawaii’s Green Sea turtles do…which also happens to be one of the North Shore’s most famous surf spots. The Turtle Lady, she’s often called. But you could just as easily call her The Beach […]

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Green heroes: Turning the Tide

25 March 10

| Summit With Views | They’re calling it Turning the Tide, an environmental summit expected to draw 450 environmentalists, entrepreneurs and activists from throughout the world. The theme: connect, collaborate, inspire and act. Just as impressive, this gathering will be hosted in the newest lodge in America’s national park system: The Lodge at Cavallo Point, […]

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Green Lanai: where to stay & eat

23 March 10

| A Powerful Future? | How green is Lanai? The question might better be asked, Will this tiny Hawaiian island soon become the greenest of them all? Just how, exactly, says much about Lanai’s past, present and future. For this is a fiefdom. Except for a few parcels of land granted by the former Hawaiian […]

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Go for the green photo: #2

20 March 10

| A Thousand Words | Green travelers like us are always on the lookout for a great local market, like the one in Ocotlan outside of Oaxaca city, Mexico. Who knew we’d also find a Frida Kahlo lookalike?

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The Plastiki: afloat on 12,000 plastic bottles

18 March 10

| Toward Planet 2.0 | Update: The Plastiki got underway on March 20, 2010. You can follow her progress on Twitter: @DRExplore. We happen upon her as the sun is nearly tucking behind the hills across the bay. All we intend is to toast this perfect Sausalito spring day with chilled glasses of gewurz, but […]

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Green Molokai: where to stay & eat

15 March 10

| Time Forgot Isle | Molokai’s best hope for a green future lies in its steadfast desire to be left alone. It calls itself Hawaii’s most natural island. And, amazingly, it does still offer the distinctly non-21st century pleasures of no traffic and no traffic lights. Even though bustling Maui is but 8 miles away, […]

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Kauai: down on the farm

10 March 10

| Noni ‘n’ Goats | Who cares about the stupid beach when there are organic farms to be toured? Hang loose, just kiddin’! The island of Kauai does boast some of Hawaii‘s most iconic golden sands, but up on the North Shore, especially, you shouldn’t miss visiting these very Hawaiian farms. Steve Frailey may be […]

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15 reasons to go green ’round the globe

9 March 10

| Global Green Memories | Among the countless reasons to go green ’round the world, here are 15 of them. In northern Thailand, during our stay at eco-friendly Khum Lanna Lodge, we spent a magnificent day biking quiet farm roads, swaying atop an elephant on a river trail and lazily paddling a canoe through kiddy […]

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