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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: ecotourism

ecotourism stories: 9 news summaries

Greenies Shudder as Big Biz Embraces EcoTravel

Environmental groups hammer out standard for 'sustainable living'

Jul 13, 08 3:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ecofriendly travelers once camped outdoors and foraged for food, but today a hotel in Times Square can claim it's as green as a lodge in the Costa Rican rain forest, Anna Kuchment writes in Newsweek. In other words, eco-vacationing has gone big business, and environmental advocates fear the notion is... More »

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environment • environmentalism • ecotourism • ecofriendly • hotels • sustainable tourism

Travel

 Time Slows 
 on Easter Island 

Ancient culture thrives despite tourism surge

Apr 20, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(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... More »

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travel • tourism • ecotourism • green travel • adventure travel • Easter Island

TRAVEL

 Frolic Guilt-Free in Costa Rica 

Flight, hotel promise to offset vacation's carbon footprint

Apr 15, 08 6:38 PM CDT
(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... More »

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travel • carbon offsets • ecotourism • Costa Rica • green travel • eco friendliness • NatureVacations • NatureAir

Darwins Were Planning Panama Canoe Resort

'Dead' boater and wife were working on a Panama paradise

Dec 8, 07 8:56 AM CST
(Newser) - The British man who faked his own death in a boating accident had been planning with his wife to open an eco-tourism resort offering idyllic canoeing holidays, the Times of London has discovered. John and Anne Darwin spent almost half a million dollars on property in Panama, including $390,000... More »

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fraud • Panama • England • ecotourism • insurance • accident • missing person • John Darwin • Anne Darwin

Melting Alaska, Tourist Hot Spot

Visitors flock to see climate change first-hand

Nov 14, 07 1:31 PM CST
(Newser) - Tourists traditionally head to Alaska for cruises and fishing, but for a growing number, it’s a global warming pilgrimage. Heating up five times faster than anyplace else, Alaska has drawn politicians, scientists, and now tourists to see the melting future, the Christian Science Monitor reports. “This has immediate... More »

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climate change • environment • Alaska • tourism • ecotourism • Arctic • glacier

World's Best Green Hotels

Leave a footprint as small as your carry-on at a luxurious eco-hotel

Nov 5, 07 10:15 AM CST
(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:
  1. Spice Island Beach Resort, Grenada
  2. Soneva Fushi Resort & Six Senses Spa, Maldives
  3. Heritance Kandalama, Sri Lanka
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Australia • green building • ecotourism • Sri Lanka • Switzerland • Tanzania • Egypt • list • ecology • Philippines • hotel • spa • Bahamas • Colorado • green travel • LEED • Maldives • Zanzibar

Tourism Heats Up as Arctic Does

Travelers flock to see dwindling ice caps, speeding up their destruction

Sep 24, 07 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The effects of global warming are drawing a crowd. About 1.5 million people will visit the arctic this year, as climate tourists swarm to see the world’s ice caps as they are beginning to melt. But it’s an ironic endeavor, the Wall Street Journal notes, because eco-tourists... More »

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global warming • tourism • ecotourism • Arctic • Greenland • ice melt

Israelis Eye Building Islands

Israel approves plans for new international airport on artificial island

Aug 17, 07 4:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Israelis want to build artificial islands in the Mediterranean, off the coast of Tel Aviv, and put an international airport on one of them. It's been talked about, on and off, for more than a decade; the project has finally been deemed feasable by a planning committee. The panel’... More »

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Israel • environmentalism • tourism • ecotourism • airport • Tel Aviv • artificial islands • Ben Gurion • Mediterranean Sea • island

Philanthropist Bets $40M on Eco-Tourism

Greg Carr would put nature back in Mozambique nature preserve

May 22, 07 6:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Philanthropist Greg Carr wants to turn an African ecosystem around—and he’s willing to pay to do it. The tech-bubble whiz kid will spend $40 million over the next 30 years to restore Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park, destroyed during the country's 16-year civil war. Stephanie Hanes follows Carr as... More »

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philanthropy • environment • Africa • farming • sustainable development • ecotourism • Greg Carr • Mozambique • national park

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