| Green Travel News | When the new Courtyard Charleston/Summerville in South Carolina opens in 2012, it will be the first Marriott to be built using a green hotel prototype developed in partnership with the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Marriott is first in the hospitality industry to create such a prototype, in pursuit of its ambitious goal of having 300 LEED […]
{ 0 comments }
| 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.
{ 0 comments }
| New In Sausalito | A San Francisco Bay Area first: Cavallo Point Lodge is adding integrative medicine to the menu at its Healing Arts Center & Spa. The program was designed and is directed by Bradly Jacobs, MD, founding medical director at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of California San Francisco. A national leader in integrative […]
{ 1 comment }
| Green Travel News | Alaska Airlines tested new landing procedures this month during a flight over Puget Sound that burned less fuel and reduced emissions by 35% compared to a conventional landing. The flight was part of the “Greener Skies” project at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) using satellite-based guidance technology pioneered by Alaska. The technology allows more direct, continuous approaches to […]
{ 0 comments }
| 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 have […]
{ 0 comments }
| Green Travel News | The fury of Katrina is 5 years past, but neighborhoods of New Orleans still need all the help they can get. Marriott has a way for visitors to lend a hand between servings of jazz and jambalaya. From August 3rd through the end of the year, guests who book the “Spirit To Serve […]
{ 0 comments }
| Green Travel News | Air passengers are getting a glimpse into the future of green flight. More than a flight of pure fantasy, the images of a concept plane by aircraft manufacturer Airbus at at England‘s Farnborough International Airshow illustrate what air transport could look like in 2050—even in 2030, if advances in existing technologies continue […]
{ 0 comments }
| Green Travel News | The International Ecotourism Society (TIES), as part of its commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the founding of the world’s oldest and largest association dedicated to promoting ecotourism, has launched an annual Innovation Leadership in Sustainable Tourism Awards to recognize and honor accomplishments by sustainable tourism leaders and pioneers. The […]
{ 0 comments }
| Green Travel News | A new resource for green travel tips and advice has been compiled by the U.K.-based Holiday Extras, an online travel booking service. Online articles range from the greenest time of day to fly to the hottest eco-tourism destinations. Although some of it is U.K.-centric, much of the information is valuable for green travelers everywhere.
{ 1 comment }
Website |
Publications |
|
|
|
|
|
"Best Green E-Book" — 2009 Green Book Festival |
