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Consider one of these five eco-hotels for your next travel escape, including one destination with a LEED certified spa and another within a UNESCO World Heritage site. The super green eco-hotels are new members of Beyond Green, a global portfolio of sustainable hotels, located in such popular destinations as Miami Beach, Lake Tahoe, Maine and
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I’ve just returned from nearly three weeks in Namibia, the country bordering South Africa and Botswana that I’ve wanted to visit for years, for its wildlife, scenery and people. Although I’ve visited some 100 countries in a lifetime as a journalist, Namibia was a life-changing experience. Here are some lessons learned. Water Conservation When it’s
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The Lucid Air wants to be the next EV game-changer. With a standard 400hp motor that can launch the vehicle 0-60 in a racetrack-like 2.5 seconds, a top speed of 200+ mph, and a range of up to 400 miles between charges, it has more power and more features than the Tesla S, and it
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The Omni Dallas Hotel proves once again that green can be beautiful, luxurious, and affordable. The Omni, which opened its doors on 11/11/11 — a lucky day for those of your who follow numerology — has earned LEED Gold New Construction certification. That makes this new Dallas landmark the first and only LEED Gold hotel
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The new Cadillac ATS performance sedan has been named “Best of the Year” 2013 car by MotorWeek, the longest running automotive series on television. This award includes only vehicles made in America, on assembly lines operated both by Detroit based manufacturers and foreign companies including Toyota/Lexus, Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz and Nissan/Infiniti, which have been building cars
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The Force has been with Volkswagen ever since it introduced the appealing 2011 TV commercial The Force. It’s just been voted one of the ten best auto commercials in the last 25 years. You know the commercial. It’s the one with the little boy dressed as Darth Vader, and when he points his hands at
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Volkswagen is known for manufacturing fuel efficient cars, like the VW Passat, so it makes sense that VW builds them in an energy efficient factory. VW’s new $1 Billion manufacturing plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is the world’s first and only LEED certified green auto manufacturing plant. Volkswagen saves both money and the environment with this
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The Epic Hotel is the newest Green Seal certified four-star hotel in Miami. That’s just it’s latest award. It also has been named one of the top 25 hotels in the U. S. in 2011, and one of the trendiest. The Epic is part of the Kimpton chain, which operates boutique hotels under the
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Zion Lodge, in Utah’s Zion National Park, has just received Green Seal certification for its environmental programs that protect the park’s ecosystem. The Green Seal certification is just the latest of many awards and honors the Zion Lodge has received for promoting sustainable eco-tourism and practices and environmental initiatives. The award recognizes efforts that include purchasing
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Go green with one touch at Bucuti & Tara Beach Resorts, Aruba’s top resort for couples and one of the most eco-friendly in the Caribbean. The resort has added what it calls a Green Button by the bed that allows guests to opt-in to the resort’s energy conservation program. The Green Button activates motion sensors
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