Recent Posts Tagged With 'lodging'

• Oklahoma Launches Sustainable Travel Programs (From The Journal Record in Oklahoma)

  Posted on Monday October 12th, 2009 at 10:46 in Hotel, recycling, lodging, environmental news, ecotourism, sustainable travel, oklahoma, eco friendly, oklahoma city, colcord hotel, hotels & lodging, clean the world

    As re-reported by Bnet.com, Oklahoma has unveiled a series - seven, to be exact - of sustainable travel programs designed to meet the growing needs of consumers interested in sustainable and eco-friendly lodging and travel options. I found this ar...

• Master-List of LEED Certified Hotels & Resorts

  Posted on Sunday September 20th, 2009 at 21:52 in hotels, resorts, lodging, u.s. green building council, leed, green hotels, usgbc, green hotel, leed certified, hotels & lodging, green lists, eco friendly hotels

  The U.S. Green Building Council says that as of now, there were 888 applications from hotels and resorts awaiting LEED certification. And 697 of these applicants are from the U.S. It’s soon going to be difficult for travelers to keep track or...

• Loews Hotels Offer Environmentally Friendly “Grrreen Dog” Packages

  Posted on Wednesday September 2nd, 2009 at 11:34 in travel, dog, environment, Hotel, Environmentally Friendly, organic, lodging, ecotourism, biodegradable, green policy, hotels & lodging, loews

  Traveling with a pooch? As someone who does often, I was interested to see that Loews hotels, already known for their green policies and commitment to the environment, are now offering a “Grrreen Dog” package. Rates start at $119/night, b...

• Eco friendly beach resorts

  Posted on Wednesday August 27th, 2008 at 13:25 in Family Vacation, lodging, golf course, green hotel, hotels & lodging, jean michel, marshlands, amelia island florida, world class golf, five star resort, top choices, barton creek resort

  Well the family vacation is over and of course, I need to start planning another one.  I am thinking of a beach vacation this winter that is eco-friendly and offers some soothing sun rays and great food.  Here are four of my top choices based on re...

• Whole Travel

  Posted on Sunday March 30th, 2008 at 10:45 in lodging, ecotourism, evaluating choices

  Back from an all-too-long hiatus, and I wanted to recommend a new site that really ties into a lot of things we’ve tried to do with SimpleGreenChoices. It’s WholeTravel, a new website that’s trying to integrate environmental criter...

• Marriott’s Environmental Initiatives: Parsing Bark and Bite

  Posted on Wednesday December 19th, 2007 at 00:37 in hotels, lodging, energy efficiency, waste, greenwashing, spudware, environmental practices, green initiatives, mariott

  Recently, the Marriott Corporation initiated a program of reducing waste at the company’s headquarters. It announced the new initiative by blasting a press release out on America Recycles Day to take advantage of the publicity opportunity, an...

• T&L’s Got Travelers Paying Green for Green.

  Posted on Monday December 10th, 2007 at 22:12 in hotels, lodging, green hotels, economic value, green lodging, t&l

  Last month, Travel + Leisure ran a story on its Top 15 green hotels in the world and the associated press release was picked up by a number of sources including USA Today. The list was assembled by the magazine in collaboration with Conservation Inte...

• Selecting an Environmentally-Friendly Hotel

  Posted on Friday October 12th, 2007 at 11:07 in hotels, lodging, factors to consider, evaluating choices

  Whereas the environmental impact of transportation is fairly clear-cut, other travel decisions can be significantly more fuzzy. Lodging is a good example. What is it that makes a hotel environmentally friendly? Sure, it’s great to give guests th...