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Alegria Oceanfront Inn Eco-conscious Submitted by Nancy Brow... on Sun, 08/03/2008 - 11:28pm.
Lights Off While it may not be welcoming, I was pleased to see the lights off in my Mendocino hotel room upon arrival. Owner and Innkeeper Elaine Wing Hillesland showed me to the Pacific Suite at Alegria Oceanfront Inn and Cottages, gave me a brief tour of the property and handed over the key to my 24 hour paradise. Eco-friendly lodging » read more
Does travel industry care about climate? Submitted by Nancy Brow... on Wed, 07/09/2008 - 4:09pm.
According to Darren Cronian over at Travel Rants the travel industry does not care about climate change. Now I realize that airplanes leave carbon footprints, car exhaust fouls the air, and cruise ships are not always polite in minding their garbage recycling manners, yet I beg to differ with Darren. » read more
Dumpster Diving & Recycling in the Burbs Submitted by Nancy Brow... on Wed, 07/02/2008 - 8:17pm.
As my neighbor pulled up to the Safeway parking lot in her BMW convertible, she scoffed at me while I schlepped over to the recycling center; plastic bags in tow, dripping trails of soda and dripping my own sweat from the heat. What had I gotten myself into? I'm a semi-green, cotton grocery bag toting, suburban mom. » read more  |
Featured Thought Leader A terrific article in the NY Times this morning on capturing wind energy in the form of compressed air. One issue with wind is that it only produces energy when it is blowing. Storing the excess in batteries or using it to turn sea water into hydro... Green Tips
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Pack a No-Waste Lunch Box
The idea of lunch brought to and from school in a paper or plastic bag seems so '80s, but the use of an actual lunch box or reusable sack (although they've been around for years, too) is back in style, and choi... Latest Forum Topic Sign this petition calling on theClorox Company (parent corporation of Brita) to expand its water filterrecycling program in the UK to all countries in which it sells itsproducts. ... Latest Poll dirty water 0% (0 votes) dead trees 0% (0 votes) this is a weird thing to ask 33% (1 vote) niether 67% (2 votes) Total votes: 3 |
