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Evelyn Kanter

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Best Green Hotels in U.S.: W San Francisco

The W San Francisco makes history by earning the first LEED certification for an existing building belonging to a major hotel chain, and only the  seventh hotel in the United States to earn the LEED Silver rating.  The W San Francisco is also certified by the state of California as a green business.  This is [...]

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18 Beaches the BP Oil Spill May Ruin Forever

Oil soaked wave

The newsletter Business Insider has identified 18 beaches Gulf Coast beaches that may never recover from the ecological disaster of the BP oil spill.  Here are the five most endangered beaches, with photos that are even more upsetting than the oil soaked wave shown here  –

Worst hit is Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, where [...]

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Travel to the Gulf Coast Now Despite the Oil Spill

Despite the BP oil spill, the worst environmental disaster in US history, most beaches along the Gulf of Mexico remain open and ready for visitors.  One of the best ways you can help resort communities in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and  Florida is to travel there and spend your money in the local, family-owned  restaurants, boutiques, [...]

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Best Women Only Travel Adventures

First, let me say that I despise the term ‘girlfriend getaway’.  That leaves out women only family travel such as a spa weekend for mother and daughter bonding,  a grandpmother taking a favorite five-year-old skiing, or the joys of solo travel.  So let’s talk instead about women only adventure travel.

Adventure Women tours offers these two trips in July 2010 to the American [...]

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Baltimore Gets its First LEED Certified Green Hotel

Baltimore’s first LEED certified green hotel is the moderately priced Fairfield Inn and Suites is in the heart of downtown Baltimore.  It is close to the city’s famous Inner Harbor and the Baltimore Heritage Walk, a three mile walking trail through four centuries of American history, making it an ideal choice for eco-travelers looking for a moderately priced hotel [...]

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Solar Powered Brewbub in Portland, Oregon

Lucky Lab Brewpub, Portland, Oregon, is solar powered

Portland, Oregon is one of the most environmentally friendly cities on the planet, so it should not surprise anybody that this green, eco-travel destination has a solar-powered brewpub.

Portland’s Lucky Labrador Brew Pub is the first brewpub in Oregon to use solar power to brew beer.  Definitely a green restaurant, but [...]

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