| 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 year-round […]
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| Green Travel News | In its first-ever Sustainability Report, hotel giant Marriott says in the past 2 years alone its greenhouse emissions and energy use have each fallen by 11%. The company is also trending nicely to meet its goal of a 25% cut in energy and water consumption per hotel room by 2017. Marriott is the […]
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| Greening in Guangxi | If there’s one thing I love more than entrepreneurs, it’s entrepreneurs with life-changing epiphanies! Chris Barclay, an American expat living in China since the early 1990s, is just such an entrepreneur, with just such epiphanies. His award-winning Yangshuo Mountain Retreat and Yangshuo Village Inn, nestled in the stunning karsts of Guangxi […]
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| Greening With Pele| Come to the volcano, home to the Polynesian god Pele. Mark Twain, on first seeing the fire and majesty of Kilauea—the world’s most active volcano, on Hawaii‘s Big Island—enthused, “Here was room for the imagination to work!” Today there is even more reason to be awed by the daily spectacle that is Hawaii Volcanoes National […]
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| Gold Certified Green | You may have seen him on TV. Or bought his prepared foods at your local grocery. Or own his cookbooks. You may even have scored his James Beard Award-winning cooking—regional Mexican cuisine so authentic and so good you won’t easily find its equal even in Mexico, let alone by a gringo who grew up […]
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| A Thousand Words | When it comes to the spirit offerings—what gods wouldn’t be tempted by these soulful bits of beauty?—strewn on the byways of Ubud, in Bali, it’s eat pray love—all day, every day.
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| Green Travel News | There are 4.6+ million hotel rooms in the U.S. alone, where millions of soap bars are unwrapped and used daily. A Dallas-based nonprofit called Soap Hope wants to use this soap to improve local communities and fight poverty. It buys organic and natural soaps from eco-friendly producers, sells it to hotels, then […]
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| Green And Organic | Ed Begley, Jr. approves. Apparently, it’s a “build it and they will come” thing. The unlikely appearance of the Hollywood actor drawn to the equally unlikely appearance of Michigan‘s only certified organic restaurant—as well as one of the nation’s greenest. And so, the famous eco-activist scrambles up to the roof with owner Mike Plesz to inspect […]
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| Thai Eco Elegance| Surrounded by ancient temples and quaint streets in the Old City at the heart of Chiang Mai, in northern Thailand, is a boutique resort that takes its name from a 200-year-old tamarind tree that shelters it in a shady embrace. Tamarind Village Chiang Mai is a welcome relief from the scorching […]
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