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Green hotels and eco-travel resources

Photo by Brian Tobin via Flickr Are there any green hotels in Beverly Hills? Los Angeles Times Emerald City blogger Siel responds to this question with reviews of several eco-friendly hotels in and around L.A.

If you haven’t seen it yet, the Emerald City blog is chockablock with eco tips, news and resources for living a greener life. Siel practices what she preaches and her voice is genuine and effusive.

What are your travel-related 2008 resolutions?

If you’re interested in upping the green factor for your future travels, check out these eco-travel resources:

The Green Guide [National Geographic]
Outside Magazine: The Green Issue [Outside]
10 of America’s Greenest Hotels [Forbes Traveler]

The green rooms [Guardian Unlimited]
2008 World Travel Directory [Planeta]
Sustainable Travel Blog [Sustainable Travel International]
Green Travel [Brave New Traveler]
Carbon Calculator [Be Green Now]

— Jen Leo, Los Angeles Times Travel Deal Blogger

[Photo: Brian Tobin via Flickr]

This entry was posted on Sunday, December 30, 2007 at 10:52 am by Jen Leo and is filed under Eco-Travel, Los Angeles, News, Tips & Advice. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a comment, or trackback from your own site.

2 Comments on “Green hotels and eco-travel resources”

Ron Mader Says:
January 2nd, 2008 at 9:29 am
What are my travel-related 2008 resolutions? I don’t want to travel anywhere in 08 for professional business in which the organizers have not created a public website for discussion before and after the event. I love face-to-face meetings but in the past few years it’s been clear that many events, even the ‘eco’ variety, are held simply to hold an event. Enough already! If we want a greener world, we need better information sharing and dialogue and the Web is a powerful tool that accompanies travel.

[Ron is the founder and editor of Planeta.com]
Larry Vance Says:
July 28th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
You know, there are a lot of ways that responsible citizens can help to reduce damage to the earth - and ourselves in the long run. One easy thing is to pick “green” accommodations when available, not just those who say they’re doing something, but those who actually are. You can do this through a website I’ve run across recently, iStayGreen.org, where you not only locate green hotels, but rate them, which puts pressure on hoteliers to do as much as they can to be well rated.

Uniquely, the site features a social networking system, so groups with like interests can get together, advise each other and exchange information. It’s about time something like http://www.iStayGreen.org came along.