| Green Travel News | Element Ewing Hopewell, a new eco-chic boutique hotel, has earned a coveted LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. Located in the central New Jersey town of Ewing, it is the state‘s first LEED-certified hotel. Designed to be “green from the ground up,” […]
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| Fundación En Via | Giving back is totally, totally green. As a responsible green traveler, contributing to a more healthy future for local—especially indigenous—communities is as important as finding that great green hotel or restaurant. After all, what’s more soul-satisfying than helping impoverished kids get crisp new school uniforms, or their grandparents getting their […]
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| Green Wine Country | Sonoma, in northern California wine country, is America’s first official Slow City. Bored teenagers here knew that long ago. They call it “Slow-noma.” But the Slow City designation is still something special—recognition for Sonoma’s sustainability practices and its unhurried pace. We wish we could linger longer in the historic town […]
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| Green Sugar Sand | The western edge of the southern Indian state of Kerala is virtually a long beach, but this isn’t the Costa Brava or even Goa. Only relatively few stretches are traveler-ready, and these, like Kovalam in the far south, are rapidly becoming overdeveloped to the point of serious strain on their […]
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| 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 […]
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| NYC … LA … SF? | It’s definitely Waikiki outside. And this is Hotel Renew, Honolulu’s first upscale boutique hotel with a hip, eco vibe. No tiki torches here. Instead you find a lobby space of limestone and sand-blasted oak. And before you can check out the sleek lobby lounge, you’re handed a naturally […]
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| Shades of Green | Green has many meanings on this island of drama and history in the eastern Mediterranean. Cypriots probably identify the word first with their infamous Green Line, which has separated them into mutually wary Greek and Turkish enclaves since 1974. Arriving in early spring, as we did, the absolutely stunning greens […]
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| Green Garden Isle | Think of the eco-impact these mega-properties have—nowhere else on Kauai’s fragile island environment comes close to matching the sheer scale of their consumption and waste, or the potential for contamination of the land and sea and air they touch. Owned or managed by big corporations from somewhere far away, they […]
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| Green Travel News | A new survey shows that 65% of America’s restaurant operators embrace the practice of recycling and have recycling programs in place at their restaurants. Also, the research indicates that six out of 10 consumers prefer to patronize restaurants that recycle, and more than half of consumers are willing to pay […]
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| Green Travel News | Sheraton Denver Downtown has won a 4 Green Key Rating through the Green Key Eco-Rating Program, recognizing the hotel for protecting the environment through wide-ranging policies and practices. Green initiatives at the hotel reflect corporate parent Starwood‘s mission of “30-20-20,” a goal of 30% energy and 20% water savings by […]
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