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Nearly 900 Americas Best Value Inn and Canadas Best Value Inn hotels in North America will be putting soap, shampoo, body lotion and other guest amenities in biodegradable packaging. It’s a first for a hotel chain of this size, which is approximately 50,000 rooms total. Each year, more than 3.5 billion bottles and caps go into landfills [...] You can’t get any fresher fruits and vegetables than fresh-picked from your own backyard. When your backyard is The cuisine at Raffles Canouan in the Grenadines is fresher than ever, thanks to a new hydroponic farm on the resort property. The farm is managed by Sabrina Murphy, who has advanced degrees in both Agronomy and Agroecology, and it is thriving [...] Thailand is known for incredibly beautiful pagodas, beaches, wonderful food and a warm welcome to visitors. Now, its national airline, Thai Airways, is adding green programs to protect the environment. Here’s part of what they are doing to help us all travel green – A reforestation program at Hui Sai in Cha-am district, Petchburi province involves local [...] Travel is not negotiatiable, but just how you travel is negotiable, and small changes can make a big impact on the envirornment — and also save the green in your wallet. These tips on making your getaway more green from no less an authority than the Union of Concerned Scientists Flying – First class, business class and economy-plus [...] |
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