Ready for some good news? Green, eco-friendly hotels have boomed in the past two decades. Entrepreneurs have implemented energy conservation, waste recycling, land conservation programs around the world. Here's the Planeta.com Guide http://www.planeta.com/ecotravel/tour/hotels.html Wiki http://planeta.wikispaces.com/hotels

1. Greening
@ronmader
Hotels
07.2014

2. Good Practices
• Local art
• Local newspapers
• In-room recycling
• Detailed info about conservation, local
efforts, waste reduction

3. Red Flags
Abstract Décor
Community noticeboards with corporate
messages
A management style unwilling to
experiment
Unhappy locals

4. Greening Hotels
! Access
! Architecture
! Battery Recycling
! Biodiversity Education
! Conversation and
Information
! Energy Usage
! Flora and Fauna
Protection
! Food
! Habitat
! Local culture
! Recycling
! Shampoo
! Toilets
! Towels
! Transportation
! Water Conservation
! Wi-Fi

5. Featured Hotels
" Black Sheep Inn, Ecuador
" Bugambilias, Mexico
" Hotel Xixim, Mexico
" Las Mariposas, Mexico
" Na Balom, Mexico
" Nisbet Cottage, New Zealand
" Te Nikau, New Zealand
" The Backpack, South Africa
" Vineyard, South Africa

6. Black Sheep Inn @BlackSheepInn
Hotel Xixim @HotelXixim
The Backpack @thebackpackcpt
Vineyard @Vineyard_Hotel

7. Oaxaca - Hotel Las Mariposas

8. Oaxaca - Hotel Las Mariposas

9. Chiapas - Na Balom

10. Yucatán – Hotel Xixim

11. New Zealand - Te Nikau

12. New Zealand - Te Nikau

13. New Zealand - Nisbet Cottage

14. South Africa - Vineyard

15. South Africa - Vineyard

16. South Africa – The Backpack

17. South Africa – The Backpack

18. Ecuador - Black Sheep Inn

19. Ecuador - Black Sheep Inn

20. Oaxaca - Hotel Las Mariposas

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