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  • April 2008

    • Time Slows on Easter Island

      W  |  Apr 20, 08 12:00 PM CDT

      Time Slows on Easter Island

      (Newser) - Tourists have left no stone unturned on Easter Island, flocking at rates of 50,000 a year to arguably the world’s most remote habitation. Five hours of flying over uninterrupted Pacific Ocean lands you on this mostly undeveloped volcanic rock with its haunting stone figures (moai), but today it boasts an eco-friendly luxury lodge among the pubs in its sole village, W reports. More »

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      travel  • tourism  • eco tourism  • adventure travel  • green travel  • Easter Island

    • Frolic Guilt-Free in Costa Rica

      Treehugger  |  Apr 15, 08 6:38 PM CDT

      Frolic Guilt-Free in Costa Rica

      (Newser) - If carbon-footprint guilt is keeping you from taking a vacation, one company has your sun-soaked answer, TreeHugger reports. From the domestic flight to the hotel stay—and even airport transfers in biodiesel vans—NatureVacations' eco-friendly package to Costa Rica promises to offset every ounce of carbon you produce on your island adventure. More »

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      travel  • eco tourism  • Costa Rica  • green travel  • eco friendliness  • carbon offsets

  • December 2007

    • Traveling Green? US Cities Getting Better

      Travel Leisure  |  Dec 24, 07 4:15 PM CST

      Traveling Green? US Cities Getting Better

      (Newser) - Traveling green still ain't easy States-side. US hotels lag behind Europe in water waste, car rentals, and chemical-free eateries. Quick fixes don't help either—recycling programs and low-flow showers may just be "greenwashing." Real green starts with original design. But some US lodges are stepping up to impress green ratings groups. More »

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      list  • San Francisco  • recycling  • Washington, D.C.  • green travel  • Portland

  • November 2007

    • World's Best Green Hotels

      Travel Leisure  |  Nov 5, 07 10:15 AM CST

      World's Best Green Hotels

      (Newser) - Solar-heated pools, energy-conserving lights, composted food scraps . . . hotels aren't all bastions of consumption and waste. Travel+Leisure teamed up with Conservation International to assemble a list of 20 eco-friendly hotels: Spice Island Beach Resort, Grenada Soneva Fushi Resort & Six Senses Spa, Maldives Heritance Kandalama, Sri Lanka More »

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      list  • Australia  • Egypt  • Colorado  • Switzerland  • hotel  • Philippines  • Sri Lanka  • Tanzania  • Bahamas  • ecology  • spa  • green building  • eco tourism  • green travel  • Maldives  • Zanzibar  • LEED

  • September 2007

    • Try Camping—Sans Roughing It

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 22, 07 7:12 AM CDT

      Try Camping—Sans Roughing It

      (Newser) - If "four seasons" makes you think of a hotel chain, glamping ("glam" and "camping") may be as close to Mother Nature as you want to get while not surrendering your hairdryer, writes the Los Angeles Times . At Paws Up in Montana, for example, "rough it" with butler-built fires and chef-prepared bison ribeye dinner. More »

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      luxury travel  • green travel  • camping

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