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To be honest, we’ve always thought of hostels as being fairly environmentally friendly, especially compared to their big brothers in the hotel industry. Without the massive laundering facilities, industrial-power air conditioning and unlimited shower products in wasteful little plastic bottles, hostels are already a huge improvement over hotels. Still, it’s nice to know many of [...]

Ever get the impression that environmental friendliness and lavish luxury are antithetical? Yeah, we do to, but apparently not! So says TreeHugger, whose listicle of 6 Luxurious Eco-Resorts suggests some great, relatively guilt free destinations for your next (post-recession?) fancy vacation. How fancy? Well, at least a few hundred dollars per night, on top of [...]

We remember going to a supposedly green hotel once and not really understanding how they reconciled the air-conditioning units in every room with their supposedly eco-friendly mantra. Well, for next time we go on vacation (if there’s a next time…) we’ll take this listicle from Planet Green along with us: 9 Questions for “Green” Hotels. [...]