Green Getaways and Vacations
Having a "green" vacation or weekend getaway is becoming a trendy way to travel. If your looking to have and eco-friendly vaction or getaway here are a few suggestions.
The best new eco-getaways in around the United States are as follows:
The Lodge at Sun Ranch
Located in Cameron, Ont., notable among eco-resorts for allowing hunting of free-range organic elk; $900 a person for three nights, www.sunranchlodge.com. Outside says the ranch plants 10 trees in the Amazon for every guest.
Proximity Hotel
Located in Greensboro, N.C., a new hotel striving for top certification from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design code, a nationally recognized benchmark for green buildings. Solar panels heat 60 percent of the
hotel's water, and its elevator captures electricity produced by the brakes as the car descends; doubles from $199, www.proximityhotel.com
Orchard Garden Hotel
Locted in San Francisco, The hotel was built from concrete made from fly ash, a byproduct of coal power plants, with key cards that turn off the heat when you leave the room; doubles from $190, www.theorchardgardenhotel.com.
Gaia Napa Valley Hotel and Spa
the only LEED gold certified hotel in the United States, where a copy of Al Gore's eco-manifest "An Inconvenient Truth" is kept in every room along with the Holy Bible and a Buddhist bible; doubles from $60; www.gaianapavalley-hotel.com.
