"Discover the charm of the Perigord in Le Hameau du Sentier des Sources, a little Hamlet overlooking the Dordogne valley and located 4 km from Sarlat. One of the gites uses solar panels to produce hot water and collects Rainwater. This eco Hotel in France offers 9 houses designed to the traditional style of the région and 5 wood chalets (each chalet has its own terrace with garden furniture). Le Hameau du Sentier des Sources offers also numerous leisure activities : swimming pool, water sports, tennis, pony ride, canoe trip down the Dordogne river, visit to the many tourist attractions in the Perigord region (castles, caves, Sarlat, Lascaux…).

This green hotel in France is new Hamlet built with ten houses built in traditional perigord style and designed to accommodate groups from two people up to twelve. The rooms of Le Hameau du Sentier des Sources are decorated with traditional materials : natural local stone, hemp, cork, lime, terracotta. Le Hameau du Sentier des Sources is focused on environmental and sustainability issues and conforms to the green key standards : use of low and no impact cleaning products, recycling or composting of garbage, local emloyees…

Le Hameau du Sentier des Sources is located in Sarlat-la-Caneda, in the region of Aquitaine of France . This country, with respect to its size, is an example to follow regarding its global ecological policies .
France’s president has been pushing for legislation that will conserve energy, as well as the environment. Some plans that the Grenelle 2 summit sumit has laid out include renovating all existing buildings to conserve energy, reducing greenhouse emissions by 20% in 2020, increasing the renewable energy rate from 9% to 20-25%, increasing organic farming, and creating an organization that will solely focus on reviewing and testing genetically modified crops. Along with all of this, sometime in the future, France plans to be home to a lot of nature reserves. Sarlat-la-Caneda more particularly is a city that has a low rate of investment on the part of its local population regarding the establishment of yet simple measures that could reduce some of the systemic problems of polution .
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