How green is my travel? | Final green standards for travel industry have yet to materialize | travelweekly.com
An environmentally conscious client wants to book a room in a 600-room "eco-golf" resort in the middle of a rain forest. It makes claims about being a "green," Earth-friendly resort, but is it really? Since consumer awareness about climate change spiked about four years ago, questions about eco-standards have nagged the industry. Is a resort taking meaningful steps toward sustainability practices, or is it simply "greenwashing," perhaps declaring itself environmentally sensitive because it has installed energy-saving light bulbs?
