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The new "Your Parks Video Challenge" campaign, sponsored by the National Park Foundation and Olympus (the camera people), wants you to submit a video at Yourparks.com for a chance to win an exclusive trip to the National Park of Your Choice, an Olympus PEN Camera Kit, and more.

Nestled within the breathtaking canyons of southwest Colorado, "soft adventure" destination Gateway Canyons Resort will host the second annual Women’s Wellness Weekend on July 24-26, 2009. Headlined by award-winning naturopathic physician, Dr...

The UN Foundation has officially listed the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System as "World Heritage in Danger" due to unsustainable tourism activity...

This year's inaugural Green500 and Better Buildings Partnership awards saw the city of London's greenest lodging and lifestyle brands receive commendation by London Mayor Boris Johnson. The awards were handed out to organizations ranging from travel, sports, arts, education, transport and more...

As families and beach-lovers around the country prepare to flock to the shored for the July 4th weekend, the Clean Beach Council has just released its annual list of clean and healthy beaches for "National Clean Beaches Week" - highlighting family-friendly beaches that are clean, healthy and above...

Though beyond impressive in scale, design and stature, the 110-story monolithic structure certainly has a long way to go in order to wow the environmental crowd. This is all about to change.

The newest version of LEED certification - Version 3 - takes advantage of new technologies and advancements in building science while prioritizing energy efficiency emissions, meaning a potential boom for businesses in the green lodging technology space.

Sheraton Seattle has recently been recognized by AH&LA for its environmental commitment with the 2009 Good Earthkeeping Stars of the Industry Award...

Fairmont Hotels and Resorts has made many headlines for its efforts in environmental lodging, and is well known in the industry for being environmentally progressive...

California-based Paul Dolan Vineyards and Parducci Wine Cellars (the country's first carbon neutral winery) dedicate their business to responsible land stewardship, sustainable viticulture and green business practices that yield superior wines while protecting the environment and supporting local...

With summer in full swing, southern Pennsylvania's Alleghenies are a top choice for affordable, east-coast outdoor adventures and getaways; offering visitors an array of sunshine-abundant activities like on- and off-road cycling, fishing, boating, spelunking, and the ability to explore the history...

Three Marriott Vacation Club resorts, Marriott's Grande Vista, Cypress Harbour and Crystal Shores on Marco Island, have each been awarded with Florida's Green Lodging designation, making it easier for travelers to enjoy an environmentally-friendly getaway to the orange capital of the nation...

With proven practices and modern trends helping eateries serve up savings and boost consumer appeal, eating establishments across the country are taking a bite out of foodservice costs while helping to save the environment.

The Children of the Earth Foundation has expanded its youth "Survival School" to a new location in Grass Valley, California, bringing a rather unique approach to connecting children and nature in the western United States...

Local tourism is getting a big, green push in Charlottesville, Virginia, with the launch of new tourism campaign "Green Goes First!", challenging the local hospitality and tourism industry to join the state's initiative to become certified Virginia Green businesses.

This year's awards highlight best practices in tourism around the world for 2009, with emphasis on the importance of the interaction of the physical, cultural, and social environment the traveler’s responsibility and the need for active community participation for ecotourism.

In a survey by the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW), travel writers have compiled a comprehensive list of the World's Top 10 Train Rides, highlighting the most exciting and scenic rail lines throughout the world.

Companies looking for reliable insight into air travel-related carbon emissions now have full access to TRX's new Carbon Emissions Developer Toolkit - a robust set of calculations required to accurately assess the carbon footprint of air travel by corporations and individuals.

Scheduled to open in October 2009, The Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte will unveil a host of eco-friendly initiatives for the luxury lodging company, being its first environmentally-built hotel (and the first for greater Charlotte), designed to attain LEED Gold certification in two distinct categories...

The InterContinental San Juan Resort & Casino has started a new environmental education program for kids in line with World Sea Turtle Day...

According to the Geneva-based Air Transport Action Group (ATAG), the first drops of sustainable aviation biofuels could be entering aircraft tanks within 3 to 5 years...

With one year to go, Cape Town Tourism is gearing up for the surge of tourism anticipated in celebration of the 2010 FIFA World Cup with a year-long string of celebrations and social media events...

After ten years in the making, Destination Hotels & Resorts has officially debuted its newest property: the breathtaking and eco-friendly Pacific-oceanfront Terranea Resort...

After a long evaluation process, Naperville, Illinois’ Hotel Arista has finally earned an official LEED certification almost a full year since its opening, becoming the state’s first hotel to ever achieve LEED status...

iFly.com, an online guide to 350+ commercial airports, has just announced the launch of its iFly Airport Guide and iFly Pro iPhone applications, providing comprehensive, paper-free airport info to tech-savvy travelers...

Hidden Valley Cabins are officially the first 100% carbon neutral “ecolodge” in Queensland, Australia, serving as a role model for the tourism industry in their commitment to environmental improvement for over 20 years...

Williamsburg, Brooklyn is the home of “Green Canteen” - a new Mediterranean-American cuisine eatery in New York City’s popular non-Manhattan living space. The restaurant serves up high-quality, innovative and local foods, and is also the city’s first LEED Silver eating establishment...

President Obama’s “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act” presents a ground-breaking opportunity for America to re-emerge as an energy independent, environmentally sustainable and economic superpower. The question remains: How do we get there from here...

WorldNomads.com has just opened its “Van-Tastic Adventure” in which travelers are given the chance to win a 6-week Australian roadtrip. Capturing their experiences documentary-style, the travelers are then eligible to win $10,000 cash and frlights from Virgin Blue...

Corporate meetings software company, SignUp4, has just announced a new incentive for businesses looking to green their corporate travel profile - the company promises to plant three trees for every new customer or contract renewal...

Discovery’s popular green-living brand, Planet Green, will be ushering in the end of summer with “Blue August” - a month-long campaign of on-and-off-air programming focusing on the world’s most precious resource: water...

Green Globe Certification is getting a bit of an update as well as an upgrade, according to Green Globe International, Inc., owner of the Green Globe brand and a leader in worldwide sustainability certification for tourism businesses...

Starting tonight at 7pm (PST), eco-travel organization Pax Terra will be sponsoring an online live video stream of the World Environment Day Celebration being held at the Town Square at Puerto San Carlos Comondú, Baja California Sur, Mexico...

World Peace Tours to Iran: A Persian Journey, an effort by the International Institute of Peace through Tourism (IIPT), offers Americans the chance to visit and experience ancient, 9000-year old civilization while immersing into its rich culture and welcoming spirit of its local people...

Award-winning eco-adventure travel company Thomson Safaris is helping adventure enthusiasts get themselves in gear for a Mount Kilimanjaro climbing excursion by offering a free, four-week specialized fitness training program tailored toward the demands of the adventure itself...

InnerRewards.com, the popular online wellness and fitness community, has just launched brand-new local insider travel guides for cities like Dallas, Miami, Chicago, Tucson, New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Seattle...

In an effort to reduce America’s dependence on imported oil, President Barack Obama is working to develop a national biofuels strategy through a strategic partnership with the Governors’ Biofuels Coalition and members of his Administration...

Next time you want to scale Everest, would you rather consult an agent in the states or speak directly with a Sherpa based in Nepal...

With summer travel on its way, it has never been a better time for travelers to book their flights online. As of June 1st, both CheapTickets.com and Orbitz.com are officially eliminating all booking fees for domestic and international flights. What makes this news even better...

Ecoventura, a small cruise and tour vessel company based out of the Galapagos, is pledging to be rid of fossil fuels in their operations by the year 2015...

World Environment Day 2009 is just 6 months before the U.N. climate convention meeting in Copenhagen. As millions of people around the world prepare to celebrate the event, and in the spirit of the slogan ‘Unite to combat climate change’, the U.N...

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Through a new partnership between Pineapple Hospitality and Power brands, a line of eco-friendly bath amenities has emerged to offer hotel guests luxuriously green bath products...

As the latest initiative toward the city’s downtown revitalization effort, The Courtyard by Marriott - Portland City Center has recently opened its doors...

With the global economy facing the worst meltdown in decades, travelers are becoming more and more conscious of eco-options and practices...

Three conservation groups are joining forces in the fight for endangered wildlife with the filing of a new lawsuit against the U.S. government...

In commemoration of this year’s World Environment Day, photographers Nigel Barker (America’ss Next Top Model) and Luo Hong (Luo Hong Foundation in China), are pairing up for a photographic exhibition at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City...

Green Globe International, Inc., famous for its Green Globe brand certification for awareness of environmental responsibility and response to climate change, has partnered up with the corporate social responsibility advocate Responsible Business Alliance (RBA)...

As the latest addition to its "twiddler" series of mobile travel applications, San Francisco travel software company thumbble has just released "Super twiddler " - a unique iPhone travel app providing unique, emotion and location based travel guides to the tech-savvy explorer...

Tauck, one of the leading tour operators focusing on foreign adventures, has just unveiled a new brand initiative called “Culturious ” - a “new kind of guided travel” that takes intimate groups on adventures that deeply engage them in the cultures they’re visiting...

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, a leader in responsible tourism, promotes environmental stewardship and sustainability awareness via the implementation of its proprietary Green Partnership Program - a company-wide pledge to better handle waste management, energy and water conservation...

Car travel, especially across the States via smog-infested super-highways cluttered with gas-guzzling, unkempt vehicles, is a sore spot on America’s ongoing addiction to fossil fuel. For years, the auto industry has been at odds with environmentalists and individual states over fuel standards...

Students traveling the world in search of a complete and well-rounded education now have the means to offset their carbon footprint, wherever their feet may tread...

Whether its hiking, backpacking, camping, climbing diving or more, adventure travel enthusiasts now have the tools to do it all and share their experiences and ideas with others...

Over the last 2 years, the Fair Trade Tourism South Africa (FTTSA) took part in a study by the international Fair Trade Labeling Organization(FLO) to figure out exactly how fair trade standards could and should apply to travel in the South African region - identifying the region as a beneficial...

Travel documentary newcomers are being granted the opportunity of a lifetime to kick-start their career with an assignment to Vietnam...

Air travel consistently gets hit with criticism for being one of the greatest catalysts for climate change. Greenhouse-gas-spewing jets continue to streak the blue skies; as of yet, "greener" alternatives to modern airplanes, from small prop-jets to jumbo airliners, have yet to hit the mainstream...

Streaming live over the Internet in HD video on June 19-21, 2009, LIVE H2O, Concert for the Living Water, is aiming to inspire and interactively engage scientists, recording artists, religious leaders, spiritualists, and audiences worldwide to environmental activism honoring water for its myriad...

In the realm of environmental activism, global deforestation is probably one of the more infamous factors regarding the stripping of our ecological wonders. The latest research suggests that at he current rate of deforestation, by 2030, 75% of the Amazon Rainforest will be all but gone...

A few posts back, we announced that Nashville’s new, green Hutton Hotel would be the home for the historic 2009 North American Summit, a project put together by AL Gore’s The Climate Project. The organization has now released an official panel listing and agenda for the green business event...

Portland, Oregon based “MeetGreen” provides event management, consulting and training services that embrace eco-responsibility as its core value and defining specialty with green meetings services...

Last year, Marriott launched “Spirit To Preserve”, its environmental strategy to address climate change...

Eco-savvy adventure travel company, O.A.R.S...

With the current global economic crisis and influenza spread throughout the world, the demand for international tourism is dwindling, with international tourist arrivals declining at a rate of approximately 8% per month since January...

So, what are these links all about? “The Outer Links”, is designed to highlight some of the “best of the web” content as it pertains to a responsible and sustainable lifestyle, with an obvious emphasis on travel...

People across the globe are counting down to June 5: World Environment Day by participating in UNEP’s ambitious tree planting target that will not only encourage world leaders to seal a climate change deal in Copenhagen, but will also support the Billion Tree Campaign...

NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of digital map, traffic and location data for in-vehicle, portable, wireless and enterprise solutions, today expanded its travel and leisure guide portfolio with the addition of Lonely Planet for NAVTEQ: Travel Guide...

(EcoGreenHotel) - If you’ve ever been to Florida – especially to ecologically-sensitive areas like the Everglades and the Florida Keys – you know that the state has incredible natural resources...

The online travel mega-juggernaut has launched a campaign in support of the lifting of a U.S. travel ban to Cuba, based on findings of a series of traveler opinion polls. The OpenCuba.org campaign is designed to give Americans the opportunity to petition the U.S...

Climate change is a concern to most public health agencies, but few of them have resources to tackle the problem, according to a national survey conducted last year by Environmental Defense Fund, the National Association of County and City Health Officials, and George Mason University...