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Learn how to eat good, green and local in NYC this summer

The New York Botanical Garden is welcoming visitors to “The Edible Garden” this summer – a 250-acre exhibition about growing and preparing good food and hosted by top celebrity chefs.

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Hilton shines a light on energy efficiency

The hospitality giant has revealed a new measurement system developed to calculate and analyze environmental impact of 1,300 properties worldwide – and the results are astounding.

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Doubletree helps Feed the World this holiday season

Doubletree has partnered up with the UN to combat worldwide hunger with its new “Community Drive to Fight World Hunger” campaign.

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What happens when city slickers go green? Find out from a new series on Planet Green

Premiering in 2010, a new primetime docu-series from the good green folks over at Planet Green turns the camera on two city dwellers who trade in their urban lifestyle to head for farmland hills.

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Worldwide wine tours scheduled for 2010 bring experiential travel to wine and food lovers

Popular wine tour operator, Wine Lovers Tours, has recently announced its 2010 wine and food tour destinations with excursions to Greece, Turkey, Piedmont (Italy) and the Rhone Valley and Provence in France.

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Taking it slow with sustainable dining in Napa Valley

Napa Valley’s Silverado Resort takes its culinary delights “slow and steady” while emphasizing environmental and agricultural sustainability.

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Eco eating in Crete: new Responsible Travel programs help preserve culture with tourism and good food

Crete’s Culinary Sanctuaries, the educational travel program noted for best practices in Responsible Travel, is offering a new workshop to educate professionals in tourism, conservation, agriculture, and the culinary arts from October 11-18, 2009 on how to implement programs that include heritage preservation, organic agriculture, and building mutually beneficial relations between local populations and the tourist trade.

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re-source: A fresh approach to bottled water, or not?

Over recent months, the bottled water industry has caught a lot of negative press for not only its negative eco-impact but its reluctance to “man-up” to the accusations. Sure, some brands have touted their new “eco-design” bottles and whatnot, but the facts still remain that bottled water places a tremendous stress on our natural resources throughout the world. Is the new brand “re-source” any different?

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Eco-aromatic tourism for sensual meditations, healthy living and herbal training in India

“Transformative” travel genre, eco-aromatic tourism, blends meditation, holistic education and green visions in Udaipur, Rajasthan – India’s most enchanting heritage site – through a series of Indian herbal workshops designed to provoke personal transformations, enhance professional growth, and suggest more sensual and effective health care solutions for the modern world.

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Eating green and local in Brooklyn

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.

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Sustainable cities: the next big thing in travel?

Some encouraging ideas are sprouting out on the other side of the pond this week, with two major green-city projects underfoot in both England and Dubai.

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Explore Sonoma's wine culture

Registration is now open for the ultimate wine harvest experience “Sonoma Country Grape Camp” in September – a behind-the-scenes three-day wine and food adventure designed to explore the fine craft of taking wine grapes from the vineyard to the bottle.

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New 'agritourism' webisode series shows the best local getaways for New Yorkers

EscapeMaker.com debuts New York State AgriTourism Webisode Series: Wine tasting, cheese making, maple sugaring, apple picking, wind mill farms Local food and local getaways make for the best in Agri-tourism inthe state.

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Eco-friendly water bottles improve health, save the planet and save money

One Green Bottle Ltd, an eco-friendly company based in England, is launching a range of stainless steel sports bottles – practical, stylish and safe, the BPA-free bottle is designed to reduce the use of plastic bottles, which have been linked to serious health risks as well as filling landfill sites with tons of non-biodegradable debris.

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ResortQuest offers savings at the First Annual Charleston Green Fair

ResortQuest Charleston invites visitors to Charleston’s beach resorts and the surrounding area for discounts and special benefits on vacation rentals during the 2008 Charleston Green Fair.

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