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- Yao Ming Becomes UNEP's First 'Environmental Champion'
- Baseball Goes Green: Washington DC home to first "green" stadium in U.S.
- ECOLICIOUS: San Francisco's 'W Hotel' Adds gets down with a new Green Cocktail Mixer
- Doubletree pledges to plant trees for every Olympic Medal Team USA brings home
- Carbon Offsets on the Defensive
Yao Ming Becomes UNEP’s First ‘Environmental Champion’
Top Olympic athlete Yao Ming is the UN Environment Programme’s first-ever Environmental Champion, UNEP announced today.
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‘Thailand In Style’ launches family-friendly, cultural vacations
Thailand In Style have launched a series of itineraries suitable for individual families and their friends to participate in authentic Thai experiences while also enjoying traditional family expectations.
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Upaya Zen - Travel beyond ordinary
The Upaya Zen Center offers spectacular trips to the frontiers, monasteries, temples of Mongolia and Nepal throughout 2008.
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Johnny Depp plans to bring solar-hydrogen power to his personal Caribbean paradise
The “Sweeney Todd” star is aiming to bring some Earth-friendly elements to his 35-acre Caribbean island abode.
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TravelingMamas.com wants you to “Boycott the ‘Staycation’ “
Mom bloggers are encouraging families to hit the road–even with high gas prices; promotion includes a month full of giveaways on their popular travel website.
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IgoUgo members offer inventive vacation alternatives to keep costs down
Recent IgoUgo data shows that travelers are ready and willing to explore new and different vacation options to keep their costs at a minimum.
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WWF launches new TV channel
WWF has launched its own dedicated television channel to bring high quality campaign and conservation videos to a worldwide audience, hosted by the online environment channel green.tv.
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Sustainable Planet film festival hits Chelsea, NYC in July
Environmental economist and television producer Pamela Peeters will be hosting the third annual “Sustainable Planet” TM film festival on July 19th at the Chelsea Art Museum.
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“Money Can’t Buy Happiness” say tourism experts
How can tourism contribute to the well-being and quality of life for local communities? The BEST Education Network convened this week for Think Tank 8 in Izmir, Turkey to address the theme of Sustaining Quality of Life through Tourism.
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Consumers still confused on “sustainable”
In spite of all the latest buzz around companies claiming to promote “sustainable” products and business practices, consumers seem to be having a hard time truly understanding what it means to actually BE sustainable.
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Joaquin Phoenix Gets Inked ‘4Real’
Upcoming social-spotlight series, 4Real, by MTV Canada and Executive-Produced by Joaquin Phoenix, is set to shed some celebrity light on global community and environment issues, aiming to develop cultural and sociological awareness.
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No Smoking in Atlantic City starting in Fall 2008
The Atlantic City Council voted unanimously on April 23 to require all casinos there to be nonsmoking by Oct. 15 with the option of building enclosed smoking rooms. All of New Jersey’s 11 casinos are located in Atlantic City.
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