Providing an eco-friendly way to beauty and relaxation With the holiday season upon us, we are all looking for some rest and relaxation. What better way to spend your holiday than at an eco-friendly French hotel and spa?
When Maho Bay Camps opened in 1976, the term ecotourism didn’t even exist. Environmentally sensitive travelers usually had to “rough it” to be close to nature. Now, the offering includes Maho’s tent cottages and Harmony Studios, as well as a sister resort, Estate Concordia Preserve that includes Concordia Eco-Tents and Estate Concordia Studios.
Eco-minded travelers may want to escape the cold this winter and head to the Waianuhea Bed and Breakfast in Honokaa, Hawaii. As an off-grid property, the water and energy sources are converted directly from the nature that surrounds them. The electricity used at the inn is harbored from the sun using a photovoltaic solar electric [...]
Sea kayaking is the key to what makes Boundless Journeys’ Palau Oceania Odyssey active adventure eco-friendly. In fact, the motto you think of when considering this eco-friendly adventure is the old adage “Take only pictures, leave only footprints,” and in this case no footprints are even left behind!
Botswana has been long known in safari-going circles as one of the “greenest” destinations in Africa. On a continent too often in the headlines for what is not going well, Botswana’s safari industry stands out as a beacon of stability and responsible stewardship. With national parks, game reserves, and private wilderness concessions, there are opportunities [...]
By Megan Webb After deplaning a six-hour flight arriving in Phoenix for the 2009 GreenBuild International Conference & Expo, I couldn’t wait to unpack my things, organize my thoughts for the long days of work ahead of me, and finally relax with a glass of wine and some food. Only five minutes after being picked [...]