http://www.simplegreenchoices.com Green travel ideas from two environmentally conscious travelers Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:49:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Driving is far less harmful than flying, but if you have your heart set on enjoying a vacation in Hawaii, the only way to get there, really, is to fly. Unfortunately, though, there is no such thing as a green airline as yet, so its really a choice between the lesser of ... http://www.simplegreenchoices.com/2010/02/25/recycling-airline/ It's often ironic or sarcastic when someone says that one man can make a difference. But what if the subject is climate change and that one man is... Al Gore? VP Gore can and has made a difference all by himself, but the torch has now been passed to Bill Gates. You can see ... http://www.simplegreenchoices.com/2010/02/19/bill-gates-clmate-change/ The 2010 Winter Olympics gets underway in Vancouver in a few hours on Feb 12, and VANOC - the organizing commitee, has gone to great lengths to ensure the event is as green as can be. The Vancouver Olympics will have a 15% smaller carbon footprint than normal. They built venues which live up ... http://www.simplegreenchoices.com/2010/02/11/vancouver-olympics-green-offsets/ Going to a theme park? A water theme park like SeaWorld? Nice family-friendly attraction, get to fool around with goofy dolphins and cute seals, kids love it and all that. But just like you don't want to see how the sausage gets made, so it is with the dolphins in theme parks around the ... http://www.simplegreenchoices.com/2010/02/02/the-cove-theme-parks/ Water conservation by itself doesn't make for an eco-friendly golf course. Ever wonder how many golf balls must be soaking at the bottoms in the water hazards in golf courses? Hint - it takes between 100 to 1000 years for a golf ball to decompose naturally, and around 300 million golf balls are lost each ... http://www.simplegreenchoices.com/2010/01/27/biodegradable-golf-balls-ecobioball/ The Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Award Winners for 2009 were announced on Nov 11 at the World Travel Market. Whale Watch Kaikoura, from New Zealand, was judged to be the overall winner. Here's the full list of winners:- Overall winner - Whale Watch Kaikoura, New Zealand Best tour operator for cultural engagement - Village ... http://www.simplegreenchoices.com/2009/11/12/responsible-tourism-awards-2009/ When the World Monuments Fund (WMF) announced its 2010 Watch list of endangered monuments, no one batted an eyelid. After all, monuments which are older than your great great grandpa are supposed to start cracking up. But closer inspection reveals that 15 out of 93 monuments are actually from the 20th ... http://www.simplegreenchoices.com/2009/11/03/wmf-2010-watchlist/   Christmas is right around the corner (I know, I know, it's not even Thanksgiving yet!). But it's never too early to start preparing for an eco-friendly Christmas. That's right, a truly green Christmas that's fun and responsible - you can admire your Christmas lights guilt-free while sipping your eggnog. Here ... http://www.simplegreenchoices.com/2009/11/02/im-dreaming-of-a-green-christmas-eco-friendly-christmas-decorations/ It's almost ski season! If you're a skier, you might have heard about the Ski Area Citizen's Coalition, a  group that creates an annual report on the environmental friendliness of ten different Western ski resorts in the U.S. Regardless, you're hopefully interested to find out about the country's most and ... http://www.simplegreenchoices.com/2009/10/26/best-and-worst-eco-friendly-ski-resorts/ There are self-proclaimed green hotels. There are certified green hotels. There are LEED certified green hotels. And then there's Napa Valley's Bardessono, in a league of its own. What makes the Bardessono Inn and Spa in Yountville, CA so special? That would be because of the:- • 14,000 sq. ft of 200 kilowatt solar photo voltaic systems ... http://www.simplegreenchoices.com/2009/10/20/bardessono-napa-valley/