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The Eco-Speak Blog - www.HotelsMag.com/blog/Eco_Speak/
Ray Burger, a 30-year hotel veteran, talks about best practices, as well as the challenges and opportunities for hotel companies to become environmentally responsible businesses.

Fresh Ideas - www.PineappleHospitality.net/Newsletters.html
A newsletter that reports on green hotel programs and products that are good for the planet, popular with travelers, and save hotels money while boosting business.

ecoLingo - http://www.ecolingo.com/edu_LabelLingo.htm
A site offering a fairly extensive collection of green terms and concepts.

emagazine - www.emagazine.com
The online home of E/The Environmental Magazine.

Grist - www.grist.org
Environmental news and commentary.

GreenBiz - www.greenbiz.com
Business. The environment. The bottom line.

Treehugger - www.treehugger.com
An unabashedly green blog with high-quality and quantity reporting and opinion.

Design and Build

Greenbuild365 - www.greenbuild365.org
USGBC's interactive green building learning portal is a tool to engage professionals from a broad range of disciplines—design, construction, real estate, education and more—in the growing sustainability movement, connecting them to the knowledge they need to be active contributors to the changing dynamics of the industry.

renourish - www.re-nourish.com
An authoritative resource for checklists, certifications, and prominent ideas in the green design industry.

Lifestyle

EcoSeek - www.ecoseek.net
Billed as “your search engine for all things green,” the site’s mission is to connect and educate all consumers about eco-friendly products, manufacturers and local earth-conscious retailers.

One Green Globe Directory - www.onegreenglobe.com
“The Directory of Choice for Mind, Body, Spirit and Planet” is a broad, search-engine friendly resource specifically designed for humans, by humans, that seeks to refine and simplify the process of finding quality information and resources in the alternative health, environmental, holistic and sustainable lifestyle categories.

Organizations

EcoRooms & EcoSuites - http://www.ecorooms.com/Page1.html
A green hotel directory of accommodations that earn the approval of guests
and hospitality professionals, from a rigorous set of ecological standards.

Green Seal - www.greenseal.org
A nonprofit organization that establishes standards for environmentally responsible products and services.

Hospitality

A Green Certification Service For Hotels
http://www.ecocrownhospitality.com

Excellent Eco-Friendly Product Guide
http://www.goodguide.com

Listing Of EPA Regional Offices, State Environmental Agencies And DOE Offices
http://greenhotels.com/resource.php

EcoGreenHotel - - www.ecogreenhotel.com
Web site dedicated to helping hotels address environmental issues and implement environmentally friendly initiatives.

Organic Spa Magazine - www.organicspamagazine.com
A lifestyle magazine promoting the marriage of spa and wellness with a sustainable and earth-friendly lifestyle.

Green Concierge Travel - www.greenconciergetravel.com
Green Concierge Travel specializes in eco-travel and eco-tourism. Readers discover natural and urban environments for business and pleasure, and learn to support local and environmentally friendly businesses along the way.

Green Lodging News - www.greenlodgingnews.com
“Lodging’s leading environmental news source” features stories, editorials and departments for many areas of interest to the hospitality industry, including legislation, technological advances and product reviews.

ECOnomically Sound - www.economicallysound.com
Features case studies of hotels pursuing “greener” pastures. All are clients of or associated with Sage Blossom Consulting; nonetheless, the stories are informative and helpful.

Industry Groups

MeetingsNet - http://meetingsnet.com/green_meetings/
Great in-depth news, detailed case studies, useful checklists and tools for planning green meetings

FreshStay.com - http://www.freshstay.com/
When breathing tobacco-free air is absolutely essential, this handy site offers state-by-state listings of smoke-free facilities

Ecorooms - http://www.ecorooms.com/
Facilities committed to green practices and principles listed here, along with qualifying criteria

Green Key Global - http://www.greenkeyglobal.com/green_meetings.asp
A new accreditor of green facilities is now online, with meetings standards and rankings

Non-Profit Organizations

Travel Green - http://www.travelgreen.org/
A wide array of case studies, news and developing standards for hoteliers and meeting planners

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