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Traveling the Green Way

August 25th, 2008

What’s Green…at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado.

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 […]

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August 20th, 2008

Denver Hotels To Debut Nation’s First Wood Key Cards During Democratic National Convention.

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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July 12th, 2008

Daily Green Travel News (12 July 2008)

The Independent reports on The Green League Table: How environmentally friendly is your university?
Tripso’s Tim Leffel writes about Four cities, two countries, one planet: The ultimate green vacation.
Inhabitat reports on how the Democratic National Convention Vehicles will be beer powered.
Tags: beer powered cars, democratic national convention, green universities, Inhabitat

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