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New Eco-Hotels to Consider

New Eco-Hotels to Consider

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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World’s Safest Country to Visit

World’s Safest Country to Visit

Once again, the shiekdom of Qatar has been rated as the safest country in the world for visitors. It is best known for dramatic skyline of ultra-modern skyscrapers, picturesque beaches and ancient markets. Since the country is a peninsula, it offers the perfect blend of sun, sand, and sea.  And now that the crowds attending
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Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings Get UNESCO Status

Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings Get UNESCO Status

Eight buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright have been added to the 2019 UNESCO World Heritage List, joining the Sydney Opera House, the city of Brasilia, and the Bauhaus School in Germany as modern architecture recognized as cultural icons. The new World Heritage Site designation, entitled “The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright,” includes the Guggenheim
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Best Green Hotels: Soneva Fushi in The Maldives

Best Green Hotels: Soneva Fushi in The Maldives

Sustainability is good for the environment and good for business, including for hotels and resorts, especially one located inside a protected UNESCO biosphere preserve in The Maldives, in the Indian Ocean. The island nation is known for its beautiful sunsets and scenery, including clear turquoise waters and coral reefs for snorkeling, scuba diving and other
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UNESCO Adds 23 Biosphere Eco Sites Around the World

UNESCO Adds 23 Biosphere Eco Sites Around the World

UNESCO has added 23 new Biosphere Reserves sites around the world, including four that straddle national boundaries, plus enlarging eleven others. Biospheres protect endangered environments, at the same time they are learning places for the sustainable use of natural resources. New and extended Biosphere Reserves are in every part of the world, from Europe and
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens Films Scenes on Ireland coast

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Films Scenes on Ireland coast

Spoiler Alert: A rugged, isolated island off Ireland’s south west coast is wowing audiences in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The final scenes were filmed on Skellig Michael Island, a UNESCO Heritage Site.  All we’ll tell you is that the plot focuses on the intergalacatic search for Jedi warriors, Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill). The closely
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ecoXplorer Evelyn Kanter is a journalist with 25+ years of experience as a newspaper and magazine writer, radio & TV news producer & reporter and author of guidebooks and smartphone apps – all focusing on travel, automotive, the environment and your rights as a consumer. ecoXplorer Evelyn Kanter is the Immediate Past President of the International Motor Press Assn. (IMPA) and an active member of the North American Travel Journalists Assn. (NATJA) and the North American Snowsports Journalists Assn. (NASJA). Contact me at evelyn@ecoxplorer.com. Copyright (C) Evelyn Kanter

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