Green Travel

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Title:

Green Travel - The world's best eco-lodges and earth-friendly hotels
(Fodors, 2008) ISBN 978-1400007530 1-400007534

Theme:

This environmentally responsible accommodations guidebook describes green travel experiences and eco-friendly resorts, lodges and hotels around the world.

Sample Items:

The Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve & Uakari Lodge is located in the Amazon rainforest on the Amazon River, 663 km (411 miles) from Manaus, near the confluence with the Rio Negro tributary. Rich in biodiversity, the reserve was created to protect the indigenous flora, fauna and local caboclo (people who are part indigenous and part Portuguese) villages. As an ecological project, the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve & Uakari Lodge receives both government and outside funding. Ecotourism and cultural visits are its sustainable attractions.

Adrère Amellal Ecolodge is accessed from Cairo, Egypt, by an eight-hour bus ride via the Siwa Oasis. Adjacent to a huge white cliff, this reconstructed cluster of Siwan mud, sand, straw and salt buildings has no electricity or phones. The ecolodge provides local employment and consumes locally produced organic food. This green resort uses solar power, composting, wastewater recycling, traditional braziers for heating and oil lamps or beeswax candles for nighttime lighting.

Panchoran Retreat in Bali, Indonesia, is all things bamboo. Built into the bamboo forest, the garden and buildings have grown together for more than 25 years. Recycling and renewable energy complete this green resort monument to bamboo.

Notable Elements:

The Introduction lists selection criteria used by the authors to determine the environmental impact and social responsibility of the 100 resorts in the guidebook.

At the back of Green Travel, the Further Information section describes organizations that promote responsible tourism, carbon offsetting, community tourism, human rights and welfare, volunteering, conservation and responsible tour operators.

Tone / Style:

To assist environmentally-conscious travelers, this guide book recommends principles for responsible travel such as: learning about the country, spending your money locally, respecting cultural attitudes and local customs, minimizing your carbon footprint and environmental impact and learning from local people.

Green Travel is simply indexed by continent and geographical region. Features on green-colored pages describe ecotourism in the region. Examples include sea kayaking in Baja California, viewing grizzly bears in Alaska's Katmai National Park and searching for jaguars in Noel Kempff Mercado National Park in Bolivia.

Writers give their impressions of each destination, with information about history, activities and accommodations. For each ecolodge, an ECOFile sidebar itemizes location, how to get there, rates, best time to go, where to get further information and what makes the resort ecologically responsible. The sidebar includes an estimate of CO2 emissions required to travel to the destination and their carbon offset costs. A scale of one to five leaves ranks each eco-resort on its environmental and social impact.

Visuals:

Color images illustrate each of the ecolodges and earth-friendly hotels. Locator maps in each chapter identify ecoresort locations and cost ranges.

Contents:

Authors:

Richard Hammond, Rebecca Ford, James Jeffrey, Nick Maes, Richard Newton, Alex Robinson, Rory Spowers, Robin Barton and Rupert Isaacson

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