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Top 10 Eco-friendly Getaways: From Hostels To High End Hotels (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 11.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Travel, Green Hotels, Green Hostels, Travel, Top Ten List, Top Ten, Green Living Top Ten, Green Living, Green, Green Energy, Hotels, Hostels, Eco Friendly Travel, Eco-Friendly Hostels, Eco-Friendly Hotels, Slidepoll, Green News

There are all sorts of ways to have a green vacation, and check out our slideshow of some of the top eco-friendly accommodations, from hostels to high...

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Best US City Beaches (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 09.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Travel, Us Beaches, Beaches Within City Limits, Ocean Beach, Slidepoll, Green, City Beaches, Green Living, Green Vacation, Staycation, Beaches, Nature, Environment, Slideshow, Eco-Friendly Staycation, San Francisco, Fort Tilden, Green News

While sand and the city might not seem like the best match for a day at the beach, the United States' shorelines offer incredible beaches nestled with...

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HuffPost Readers' Favorite National Parks (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Slidepoll, Green Travel, Green, Slideshow, Green Living, National Parks, Huffpost Green Readers, HuffPost Readers, Green News

After our slideshow of the top ten best national parks you don't know about, HuffPost Green asked our readers to submit their favorite national park g...

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7 Super Cheap And Stunning Eco-Tourism Vacations For the Last Days of Summer

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 09.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Eco Tourism, Tourism, Green Travel, Green Living, Green Trips, Green News

It's nearing the end of summer. The kids are getting ready to go back to school, work is about to kick into high gear again, and it's a great time to ...

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Save Money And The Planet: Play Locally

thedailygreen.com | Posted 07.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Travel, Staycation, Travel, Vacation, Green Living, Giy, Green News

More than 38 million Americans planned to travel 50 miles or more on a recent three-day holiday weekend, and 84 percent planned to travel by car, acco...

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10 Endangered Vacations: Going, Going, Gone

thedailygreen.com | Posted 07.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Travel, Climate Change, Environment, Vacation, Trips, Travel, Global Warming, Endangered, Green News

These are top U.S. destinations you might want to see before they die. "They" being the destinations themselves. Each of these vacation ideas is locat...

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National Park Free Entry Weekends: Yosemite, Grand Canyon And Yellowstone

Los Angeles Times | Jane Engle | Posted 07.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Yosemite, National Park Free Entry Weekends, Green Travel, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Travel, National Parks, Green News

The Interior Department on Tuesday said Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone and 144 other national parks would offer free admission on three weekends ...

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Costa Rica Green Report Card: Arenal Volcano Region

Perry Garfinkel | Posted 07.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Green, Hotels, Eco-Travel, Volcano, Spas, Costa Rica, Green Travel, Holiday Travel, Liberia, Arenal-New Mexico, Green News
Perry Garfinkel

Look, it's nearly impossible for a 114-room upscale hotel nestled into 750 acres of rainforest not to leave some footprint. But, under Wagner's guidance since 2006, not only has the hotel raised its luxury bar and won a handful of awards and stars but it also has tightened up on its various eco-programs.

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Amtrak Cutting Some Summer Fares By 25 Percent

AP | Posted 06.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Mass Transit, Green Travel, Amtrak Fare Cuts, Amtrak, Trains, Moving America, Green News

WASHINGTON — Amtrak is cutting fares by 25 percent on some Eastern trains this summer as the national passenger railroad looks to boost demand d...

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The Coolest High Speed Trains In The World

businessinsider.com | Jay Yarow | Posted 05.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Trains, Green Travel, Mass Transit, High-Speed Rail, Transportation, Green News

"There are those who say high-speed rail is a fantasy -- but its success around the world says otherwise," Obama proclaimed on the day he announced th...

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New Fuel-Efficient, Low-Pollution CSX Trains Unveiled (VIDEO)

AP, Fox | Posted 04.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Travel, Energy Efficiency, Gren Trains, CSX, Trains, Pollution, Green News

What could be more appropriate than green locomotives on St. Patrick's Day in Chicago? But four locomotives unveiled in the city Tuesday by the CSX r...

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Carry These 5 Small Things To Waste Less When Traveling

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 04.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Waste, Green Travel, Green Living, Giy, Reducing Waste, Green Vacation, Green News

#3 A Lunch Box Once you've arrived at your strange land, you should feel free to sample the local fare. But while you travel, a lunch box will be your...

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Small Montana Town Builds Campground Specifically For Cyclists

treehugger.com | Posted 03.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Bike Culture, Green Travel, Montana, Twin Bridges, Green News

From Concept to Reality Bill White contacted Adventure Cycling Association to find out what exactly do cyclists on long-distance tours need. "So ...

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7 Green Staycation Destinations: Skip The Airport!

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 03.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Travel, Staycation, Green Living, Giy, Green News

In an effort to reduce carbon emissions, people have started taking staycations, a vacation where you don't go anywhere. There is a lot of sense in th...

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9 Questions To Ask "Green" Hotels

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 03.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Hotels, Green Travel, Travel, Green Living, Green News

Since we can't stay with people we don't know, we have to stay at hotels. Hotels, in one form or another, have been around as long as strangers have. ...

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Carbon Offsets Coming To San Francisco Airport

New York Times | Kate Galbraith | Posted 02.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Travel, Carbon Offsets, San Francisco, Green News

This spring, travelers entering San Francisco International Airport will see a new type of kiosk at check-in -- one offering carbon offsets for those ...

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JATROPHA JETLINER: New Zealand's Biofuel Plane Uses 50-50 Blend

AP | RAY LILLEY | Posted 01.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Jatropha, Air New Zealand, Green Travel, Biofuel Jetliner, Biofuels, Jatropha Oil, Jatropha Seed, Green News

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Air New Zealand has tested a passenger jet powered partially with oil from a plum-sized fruit known as jatropha, in ef...

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I Met A Why Guy Today

Dave Burdick | Posted 10.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Green Travel, Tom Kostigen, Green Living, You Are Here, Green News
Dave Burdick

Kostigen's new book is sort of an eco-missionary's travelogue, following Kostigen from place to place, looking at the way climate change is affecting places you've heard of around the world.

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Is This The Way To Travel Green -- By Air?

Wired | Dave Burdick | Posted 10.06.2008 | Green

Read More: SeaPort Airlines, Green Travel, Seattle, Portland, Green Living, Airlines, Green News

There's no way around this one: travel by air is bad for the environment. I recently went to the Democratic National Convention in Denver, which was a...

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Chicago's Green Side

Planet Green | Sean Fisher | Posted 09.20.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Green Cities, Green Travel, Chicago, Chicago News

In green circles, Chicago gets cachet for its municipal campaign to slap a green roof on everything from City Hall to Wal-Mart. Then there's the world...

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Get Recession Ready! -- 7 Tips

Lloyd Alter | Posted 08.10.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Food, Green Travel, Economy, Green News
Lloyd Alter

Use less stuff, lower your heating bills, reduce your use of electricity, make your own dinner -- all these things that make less carbon dioxide also save us money.

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Green Travel: Top 7 U.S. Eco-Travel Destinations

The Green Guide | Paul McRandle | Posted 07.22.2008 | Green

Read More: Eco Travel, Green Travel, Travel Tips, Go Green, Travel, Green Business, Green Living, Green ZOne Hotels, Green Tips, Green News

Green travel isn't only about the journey--it's about the destination too. Here are seven great picks, recently surveyed by National Geographic Travel...

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Will America Wake Up to Rail Travel?

Jim Robbins | Posted 07.19.2008 | Living

Read More: Train Travel, Trains, Green Travel, Travel, Amtrak Passenger Train, Air Travel, Amtrak, Living News
Jim Robbins

I had forgotten what travel by rail was like, and after decades of flying around the country and the world, I found it an immense pleasure even though our passenger trains lag behind those of much of the world.

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Eco-Touring in the Middle East: How About Jordan, Iran and Lebanon?

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 07.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Jordan, Iran, Green Travel, Middle East, Environment, Lebanon, Travel, Treehugger, Eco-Tourism, Eco-Travel, Global Democracy, Israel, Green News
Karin Kloosterman

ISA issues aside, eco-touring is no longer a concept found only in the West. More Middle Eastern organizations are starting to cater to the ecologically minded and are marketing eco-tours.

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Eco-Travel Options Are Abundant

Los Angeles Times | Kimi Yoshino | Posted 07.08.2008 | Green

Read More: Eco-Vacation, Carless Travel, Eco-Travel Tips, Green Travel, Eco-Travel, Green Vacation, Green News

Santa Barbara's air pollution district has a little challenge for you: Leave the car at home. The district, in cooperation with the city's tourism of...

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