San Francisco

| Organic in Marin | These Sausalito green restaurants (plus a casual café) share a culinary stance that insists fresh, local and organic are simply better: better tasting, better for you. They share something else, too: seriously good cooking. On your way to or from Wine Country, or after an exhilarating ferry ride from San […]

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| Leela Palace & Green Leaf |

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| Green Travel News | The single most important eco-friendly thing guests want from a hotel is a green certification such as LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) or seal of approval from some other independent certifier. So says a new study of business and leisure travelers by the Center for Hospitality Research at […]

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| Garden Isle Green | Sometimes, a great notion: Even on a tropical island paradise like Kauai, we’re in the mood for the unique, the more personal, the less expected. We seek an intimate experience unattainable at a big, showy resort. From the lush north coast with its hidden bracelets of beach to the sunny […]

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| Ubud’s Organic Pioneer | The sun is setting over Ubud’s rice paddies, but I’m simply incapable of walking past a hand-painted farm sign proclaiming “organic” without stopping to investigate. Bali’s energy, as I’ve come to appreciate, opens doors to magical experiences. This mystical May evening proves to be no exception—in this case, with the […]

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| Gili Eco Trust | “You really should talk with Delphine Robbe.” Here on the Gili Islands, within eyeshot of the Indonesian island of Lombok and less than two hours by fast boat to Bali, this has been the refrain to all my questions about the environment. Marine conservation?  Garbage collection? Saving horses from neglect […]

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| Tata’s eco commitment | This is a tale of two Tajs. The Taj Mahal Palace and the Taj Lands End. Both are in vast, captivating Mumbai, a city equally well known for unparalleled elegance and sprawling urban slums. Both are luxury hotels of the first order yet could not be more different in style. […]

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| Traverse City Eco | Before Hemingway became obsessed with bullfighting, big-game hunting and deep-sea fishing, Michigan’s Little Traverse Bay region inspired his youthful imagination. In the woods beyond the family cottage and the opulent resort hotels, he eyed wildlife, gun in hand, and cast his line in crystal-clear streams and lakes, often making friends […]

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| Green Travel News | Southwest Airlines is spending the summer on 40 green projects to celebrate its 40th anniversary. High school and college students from the Student Conservation Association (SCA) will travel in a custom-designed Southwest Airlines biodiesel RV.  During the tour, the RV will stop in 25 cities, joining Southwest employees and community […]

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| Green Travel News | Hotels in Washington, D.C., Stone Mountain (Georgia) and San Francisco get this year’s Good Earthkeeping honors. This recognition comes from the American Hotel & Lodging Association, as part of its annual Stars of the Industry Awards, which have been given out annually since 1966. Hotel George in Washington, D.C.—a Kimpton […]

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