Sustainability
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No More Gas for the Grass
Americans love their lawns. Though manicured grasses originated in England, we continue to adorn our homes with expansive lawns that require a lot of maintenance, including water and mowing. At our suburban home, we’ve been slowly reducing the size of our own lawn each year, yet it still requires an hour of mowing and trimming…
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Green Hotels
Chances are that if you’ve stayed in a hotel lately, you’ve seen cards inviting guests to choose to re-use their towels and have their beds made without changing the linens. This certainly began in areas where water is less abundant, like California, but has made its way into even mainstream hotels in the Midwest. Laundering…
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Modern Flames
Fireplaces have long established a sacred spot in the center of our living or family rooms. The nostalgic sound, feel and smell of a crackling wood fire has a cozy, romantic feel. Many traditionalists believe that a natural wood fire is well worth the mess and effort it takes to build the fire. And yet,…
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Ecotourism
Ecotourism is a new way to embrace sustainability in travel. Per the backpacker’s motto – “Take nothing but pictures; leave nothing but footprints.” – ecotourism is a style of travel that has a low-impact on the environment, and usually involves pristine or undisturbed natural areas off the beaten path of more commercial destinations. Travelers that…
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Recycling Can’t Get Any Easier
Growing up, our family started recycling because my frugal father received a small pittance for our aluminum cans and newspapers, so we had special bins in the garage for each. We’d crush the cans to optimize the space requirements, and haul them off to a specialized facility that would weigh them and pay us by…
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St. Louis Hotel Makes Energy Efficiency and Sustainability a Top Priority
From the ground up, the Holiday Inn Express near the Lambert – St. Louis International Airport was designed to be a “green” hotel. Owner Vinod Patel of OHM Hotel Group envisioned an energy-efficient and eco-friendly hotel that would appeal to business travelers who want to reduce their carbon footprint while on the road. “We are…
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