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Go for the green photo: #9

gtg2009 — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:58:32 +0000

| 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. Go for the green photo: #9 is a post from: Green Traveler Guides You might also like...Ubud, Bali: visit the Eat Pray Love cafeGo for the [...]

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Fighting poverty and disease, a bar of hotel soap at a time

gtg2009 — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:57:11 +0000

| 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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Farm-to-fork Michigan: Mind, Body & Spirits

gtg2009 — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:29:10 +0000

| 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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San Francisco’s “green aquarium” boosts shark research

gtg2009 — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:34:04 +0000

| 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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Tamarind Village: Chiang Mai green

gtg2009 — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:19:08 +0000

| 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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Sustainable TV?

gtg2009 — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:57:53 +0000

| 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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Pittsburgh’s newest luxury hotel LEED Gold certified

gtg2009 — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:19:25 +0000

| 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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Going green in Malta with new Crystal cruise

gtg2009 — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:47:23 +0000

| Green Travel News | This fall, Crystal Cruises‘ passengers can give back to the tiny nation of Malta. The luxury cruise line’s Go Green in Malta offers the chance to plant trees in the island’s only national park, donate food at a local charity and learn eco-conscious planting and harvesting practices at a local organic [...]

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Ulan Bator: a green pioneer in Mongolia

gtg2009 — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:38:25 +0000

| 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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Jalisco, Mexico: a fiesta of quince

gtg2009 — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:24:36 +0000

| Greening in Atotonilquillo | And now for some good news from Mexico…again this year, the annual harvest celebration in a farming pueblo near Jalisco‘s Lake Chapala is coming off without a hitch. Here in the town plaza the crowds are happy and well fed, the most wizened abuelas to the youngest niños. The vendors are handing out samples and [...]

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