It might be a very symbolic gesture but it is clearly a great communcation success: so as to to persuade world leaders to go green and demonstrate their commitment to renewable energy, the President of the Maldives, Mohammad Nasheed will adopt a solar energy model at his residence shunning non-renewable energy. The Maldives are widely …
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Eco Resort – The American way …
the Gaia Napa Valley Hotel became lately famous for being the first american luxury resort to receive the gold LEED-certified Prize. But what is LEED corresponding to? LEED is an acronym for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. To get LEED certification from the United States Green Building Council, hotels must gain points in five …
The TOP10 Luxury and Eco Destinations
The website Conscious Ventures has come up with a list of destinations that include luxury resorts, spas, and lodges built according to strict environmental standards or renovating to improve energy-efficiency and water conservation. They have found 10 luxury and eco conscious destinations including countries such as the US or Costa Rica; here is their short …
ESTC conference in Portland (Sep8-Sep10)
Dear readers, Please have a look at the video on Planeterra’s YouTube channel at: www.youtube.com/planeterra#p/u/6/zC6iPxNmRQ8 . This aims at promoting the upcoming Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference (ESTC) Sept. 8-10 in Portland in the US. This conference is the only North American conference focused on green travel. Planeterra (www.planeterra.org/ )is bringing a focus on voluntourism …
Can Luxury Travel and Sustainable Tourism go hand in hand ?
Many people dichotomize luxury and sustainable development, claiming that it is impossible to mix the two. There is a nice article on the controversial subject here:http://www.gadling.com/2009/06/03/the-hard-truth-of-green-luxury-travel/ More info on luxurytravel is available in these good directories:http://www.oneluxurytravel.com/articleshttp://www.oneluxurytravel.com/glossaryhttp://www.oneluxurytravel.com/glossaire10http://www.oneluxurytravel.com/glossaire50http://www.oneluxurytravel.com/glossaire100http://www.oneluxurytravel.com/glossaire200
Marriott adopts the LEED certification
Marriott just annouced that it will follow the LEED guidelines for a greener hotels at The Courtyard Charleston/Summerville that will open in South Carolina in 2012. This will be the first hotel built using Marriott International’s green hotel prototype,,as part of a plan to have 300 LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) hotels by …
New Singapore Travel website
Just a short note to congratulate our friends from http://weekend.com.sg/ who have just launched this website dedicated to travel in south east asia on many topics such as http://www.weekend.com.sg/glossary They have quite a few pages focusing on green travel such as http://www.weekend.com.sg/cambodia/accomodation/green-hotel-siem-reap.html You can contact them at http://www.weekend.com.sg/contact and you can link to their site …
Alaska Green Awards
The Awards for new certified Travel Organizations in Sustainable Tourism in Alaska have been announced on March 10 in Palmer 2010 certified businesses include: GOLD LEVEL– Agate Inn, Harvey and Sandy Bowers owners in Wasilla, Alaska. 907-272-2290,Alaska@agateinn.com– Kayak Adventures Worldwide, Wendy and David Doughty owners in Seward, Alaska. 907-224-3960, fun@kayakak.com– Orca Island Cabins, Dennis and …
Ecotourism in Israel gets a push
on Earth Day, the Ministry of Tourism of Israel has launched a 2 yaer operation called ISRAEL: ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF GREEN. PLease havea look at their operation website at www.goisrael.com/green More info on green travel at www.greenty.com
Ecotourism in France
France is the world’s number one tourist destination, with more than 80 million foreign tourists every year. Whilst Ecotourism is very trendy all over the world, sustainable tourism has really taken an important share in the leading world destination: France. Nature tourism is really a growing activity in France. Eco-friendly tourism has been developed a …