The cruise line industry is making significant investment to become more protective of the ocean environment.
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California
So many huge wins for the environment in the lodging industry that we may look back on 2013 as the year interest in sustainability exploded.
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| Mendocino Green Wine | In northern California you’re never far from wine country. And while name brand-name mainstays like Napa and Sonoma seem to steal most of the attention, we tend to favor smaller, more remote appellations that offer quality vintages, artisan pleasures and a nice, slow pace of life. One of our favorites lies […]
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The world’s largest travel site announces the launch of a GreenLeaders ranking to help travelers plan greener trips. Travelers will be able to tailor their TripAdvisor searches for hotels in the new program, and view a detailed list of environmentally friendly practices they can expect at each location.
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| Bay Area Eco-Getaway | We’re overlooking a perfect crescent of sandy beach, watching the clam diggers harvest a chowder. In the protected harbor beyond, a vintage yacht with a rakish bowsprit gently bobs, while on the riprap break wall, anglers lazily cast crab snares and bait their hooks. Where are we, New England? Some […]
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Wish a happy fifth birthday to the Big Solar of U.S. hotels, covering five acres and producing 10 million+ kW of electricity…
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Econo Lodge hotels says it is the first national eco-friendly economy hotel chain. All Econo Lodge hotels in the U.S. will implement a program to “reduce environmental impact and waste, meet the changing expectations of today’s environmentally conscious guests and potentially lower operational expenses.”
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| Finding ‘Undiscovered’ Bali | My quest for ‘undiscovered’ Bali continues. I yearn to be alone in the wilds, with scarcely another tourist within miles, in the Bali of my imagining before it was inundated by outsiders like me. This road trip is to the island’s north coast, following rumors of a sweet treat of […]
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| The Americas’ Greenest | Costa Rica and eco-travel have long been synonymous. And for good reason. Although smaller than West Virginia, this tiny Central American country is home to nearly five percent of all species on Earth, and over 25 percent of the Costa Rica has been permanently protected as national parks or nature […]
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