| Green Travel News | Look for a new global focus on the Discovery Travel Network series that highlights green. EarthCheck, a leader in eco travel and tourism certification and management, is teaming with the series Travel Wild to focus on destinations worldwide that take sustainability to heart. The show has traditionally shone its spotlight only on Australian destinations, but this new […]
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| Organic in Mongolia | Winter is long , cold and windy in Mongolia. And so the Mongolian diet, especially in the rural countryside, relies almost exclusively on meat (cow, lamb, yak, horse). Not a happy place for vegetarians or … gasp …. vegans! In every ger (yurt), so many deep-fried versions of piroshki filled with makh […]
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| Greening in Atotonilquillo | And now for some good news from Mexico…again this year, the annual harvest celebration in a farming pueblo near Jalisco‘s Lake Chapala is coming off without a hitch. Here in the town plaza the crowds are happy and well fed, the most wizened abuelas to the youngest niños. The vendors are handing out samples and […]
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| Greening With Wayan | Now that Julia Roberts has become Elizabeth Gilbert in her memoir Eat, Pray, Love, legions more will make pilgrimmages to the people and places rhapsodized in the book and movie. It’s gotten just plain silly. Hotels, tour companies and guidebook publishers are offering everything from do-it-yourself trips to luxury excursions based on Gilbert’s 2006 […]
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| Big Island Grown | Merriman’s is celebrating its 22nd year as a temple of Aloha Gastronomy on Hawaii‘s Big Island. Chef/owner Peter Merriman, a James Beard Award winner, is the godfather of Hawaii grown. You see it the moment you walk into his Waimea flagship restaurant. Adorning the walls of his quietly elegant dining room are […]
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| Green Travel News | Travelocity will add hundreds of luxury Hilton properties to its green hotel directory. All have been validated by Hilton’s sustainability measurement system, LightStay. Travelocity’s “eco-friendly hotel” leaf tag is being given to 300+ Hilton properties worldwide, each of which has made significant strides toward sustainability. Hilton and its portfolio of 10 hotel […]
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| Green Travel News | Wednesday, November 10th is an international day of action to help protect the world environment. World Responsible Tourism Day, now in its 4th year, is the only global event of its kind sponsored by BBC World News and the United Nations World Tourism Organization. An expo in London is expected to draw […]
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| Hot Green Fun | In between island sights, beaching it, and other hang-loose tropical pursuits, don’t miss these only-on-Maui picks. 1. Hike Maui. Ken Schmitt started Maui’s oldest hiking tour company in 1983 (after living … alone … in the island’s jungles), and today the “walking encyclopedias” who lead these richly informative and invigorating tours include a marine […]
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| Green Travel News | Latest evidence the global tourism and hospitality industries are surfing the Big Green Wave: Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI), along with National Geographic Traveler, has created the a Leader in Sustainable Tourism Award. The first award, which will be presented in January, 2011, will honor leadership and innovation in preserving and communicating […]
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| A Thousand Words | A sadhu—a holy man, a mystic—in stunning silks reclines at the entry to a ghat, broad stone steps that lead the Hindi faithful by the millions each year to bathe in the holiest of India’s rivers, the Ganga (Ganges), in the holiest of India’s cities, Varanasi.
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