| 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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| Green Travel News | The Aquarium of the Bay now has a massive Sevengill Shark swimming in its midst as part of to its ongoing shark research program. The 9-1/2 ft. long, 319 lb. female notorhychus cepedianus is one of the largest sharks ever exhibited. The nonprofit marine nature center, a certified green business and […]
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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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| 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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| Green Travel News | Fairmont Pittsburgh has scored a double first: first hotel in that city and first in the entire Fairmont collection of hotels to get Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification at the Gold level from the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). This Fairmont property, which opened in March, is part […]
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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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