November 13th, 2008
Telegraph writes about Green getaways in lean times
Surrey Now writes that Green travel plans save money
CSRwire writes about how Go Green Expo ups The Green Ante
Tags: economy, finances, global, go green expo, green travel news, money, travel planning
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October 9th, 2008
Thinking of heading to Washington D.C. in January for the presidential inauguration. Well, green political junkies can have the best of all worlds with the ‘Red, Whte, Blue, and Green’ Package on offer at The Ritz-Carlton Georgetown.
Here’s what you get…
Four-night stay in a Presidential Suite
First Class Round trip airline tickets, including Flight TerraPasses to offset […]
By Liz Lewis -- 0 comments
October 1st, 2008
The seventh annual Ithaca Green Building Tour is scheduled for this coming weekend.
Twenty-seven homes and businesses will be open to the public, showing off their renewable energy or eco-friendly building practices.
Tags: Green Travel, ithaca, ithaca green building tour, travel green
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September 30th, 2008
TripAdvisor wants your help in giving away $1 million dollars. They have chosen 5 travel-related non-profit organizations to give the money…
* Conservation International
* Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
* National Geographic Society
* The Nature Conservancy
* Save the Children
But it’s up to everyone who gets how much. In an act of “democratic philanthropy”, TripAdvisor giving […]
By Liz Lewis -- 1 comment
September 26th, 2008
The Burning Man Festival, held every year in the northern Nevada desert is known as the largest ‘leave no trace’ event in the world. Within a day or two after it finishes, it’s hard to imagine that the area had been a temporary city for the over 50,000 attendees.
The festival’s disappearance without a trace is […]
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September 23rd, 2008
Conde Nast Traveler’s 2nd Annual World Savers Congress is being held today (23 September) in New York City.
Basically, the Congress is a gathering of travel industry leaders. They join together in one place in order to discuss ways to reduce environmental impact and help improve the economic well-being, health, and education of communities in which […]
By Liz Lewis -- 2 comments
September 3rd, 2008
The Republican National Convention was originally sidelined by Hurricane Gustav. But now that it’s up and running, it’s time to have a look at what’s green at the RNC….
I didn’t have to go far to find out. The RNC’s ‘green fact sheet’ has it all spelt out for us. Theres….
fuel flexible and hybrid vehicles
a paperless system […]
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August 29th, 2008
Anyone see the recent London to Athens car rally. With all partipating cars running on used cooking fat, it’s a quite unique. CNN, writing about it in July, called it the ‘Chip Pan Rally’. But it’s official name is ‘Grease to Greece’.
The brainchild of Londoner Andy Pag, the Grease to Greece car rally had […]
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August 25th, 2008
It’s all happening at Denver this week. The Democratic National Convention will be in full swing and it keeps on telling us that it’s a green one.
So what is so green at the DNC?
Well, to start off with, there are free bikes available for temporary use. Apparently there will be seven bike stations situated in […]
By Liz Lewis -- 3 comments
August 20th, 2008
Did you know that a typical hotel with around 200 rooms goes through approx 12,000 plastic electronic keys per year due to guests losing or taking them home accidently? These are cards that are not in the least bit renewable or biodegradeable. If you add up the numbers from all the hotels throughout America, it works […]
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