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Travel Picks: Top 10 hotels with a heart

2011-05-27T06:00:13Z

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - If you like the idea of a luxurious holiday while salving your conscience, you might be enticed by eco-chic getaways, hotels twinned with community projects or those which support shelters for children and animals. Boutique hotels expert Mr & Mrs Smith (www.mrandmrssmith.com) provides a list of its top 10 hotels with a heart. Reuters has not endorsed this list: 1. Com...

Pollutants may threaten Mexico's coast: study

2011-02-06T17:30:29Z

Pharmaceuticals, pesticides, chemical run-off from highways and many other pollutants infiltrate the giant aquifer under Mexico's "Riviera Maya," a new study shows.

The report published in the journal Environmental Pollution argues that the waste contaminates a vast labyrinth of water-filled caves under the popular tourist destination on the Taiwan charity delivers eco-blankets to disaster victims in Haiti, soon in Pakistan

A Taiwanese Buddhist charity is helping disaster victims stay warm — and eco-friendly — with fleece blankets made from recycled plastic bottles.

The Tzu Chi Found...

Clinton Foundation to Donate 20,000 Solar Flashlights in Haiti ? With Your Help

2010-10-14T14:00:38Z

By Mike Valenti

EnviroCitizen.org has been contacted today by the William J. Clinton Foundation for help in getting the word out on an extremely worthy cause. We are excited and encouraged by their efforts and support them completely. We would like to encourage our EnviroCitizens to support them as well.

In summary, the Clinton Foundation's initiatives address various global challenges, including climate change and sustainable development. Both are issues th...

A tree grows in Haiti

2010-09-13T11:06:55Z

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Haiti to use quake rubble in capital's rebuilding

2010-04-03T12:45:17Z

In rubble from Haiti's quake, planners see valuable material for capital's reconstruction

The rubble from Haiti's shattered capital is rising in heaps at the port, dumped for sorting and recycling by a fleet of heavy, exhaust-belching trucks.

A tangle of twisted metal and broken blocks, it's an eyesore for now. But officials planning the reconstruction see only value in the debris: material to build roads, expand the...

Mankind and Haiti

2010-10-05T23:24:03Z

The tragedy that happened at Haiti had once again proved that mankind has its own cruelness and kindness. That through natural calamity mankind will reflect to himself on what he did to his environment, neighbors and self and what he will do after a tragedy. Will he fall or will he stand from his fall?

?Mountainous country," this is where Haiti was derived and came from the language of the Taino Indians who inhabited the island before European colonization. After independence in 180...

Haiti's environment needs long-term help

2010-10-24T15:21:01Z

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Haiti's environment needs long-term help: experts

2010-10-13T14:34:55Z

OSLO (Reuters) - Long-term efforts to help Haiti recover from the earthquake will have to reverse environmental damage such as near-total deforestation that threatens food and water supplies for the Caribbean nation, experts say.

The focus is now on emergency aid -- Haitian officials est...

How to Recycle-Unusual Items

2010-10-21T11:15:56Z

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Eco-Friendly Accomodation

2010-09-09T06:23:37Z

Following the worldwide boom of sustainable tourism and the environment, plenty of hotels around the world are becoming "green." Discover the best guide to hotels and their ecological services.

Conscious of the need to conserve the planet, about 48% of travelers seeking shelter today "eco-friendly." The commitment to the planet was not made to wait and each day there are more people willing to bet on construction demand and "green."

Today, Europe is leading the initiative to ma...

Shrinking Forests: The Many Costs

2010-10-23T22:40:00Z

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Builder's Choice

2010-10-26T10:46:21Z

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Oceano Village ? Experience the Benefits of Relocating to a Luxury Seaside Village

2010-10-14T12:38:59Z

An Oceano Village property isn't just another piece of exotic real estate; it's a gateway to a new existence that fills the heart and soul with harmony. Situated on the largest of the three Caribbean Bay Islands, Roatan serves as home to nearly 65,000 inhabitants ? most of whom dwell on the western end of the island. Travel to the other side of Roatan and you'll discover Oceano ? a real estate paradise that offers much more than cool breezes, sunny skies, and a refreshing dip in tropical wate...

Eco-friendly Homes in the Caribbean ? 5 Environmentally Safe Development Practices

2010-10-14T12:07:49Z

Sustainable, luxury beachfront living is no longer just a dream ? new Caribbean properties like Oceano Village combine environmentally-friendly development with exotic locations and the latest eco innovations for sustainable living at its finest. From careful planning of land usage to future sustainability, these luxury Caribbean properties bring an entirely new perspective to green living.

Net-Zero Construction

Several years of preparation take place before co...

Haiti Reforestation Project: Young Visionaries Take Action

2010-10-23T02:40:28Z

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Click to Save the Planet

2010-11-02T12:59:25Z

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UN official: Cuba solved energy crisis

2010-09-09T06:32:11Z

UN Official: Cuba Has Solved Its Energy Crisis Without Sacrificing Its Environment

Cuba has solved crippling energy shortages that plagued the island as recently as 2004 without sacrificing a long-term commitment to promoting environmentally friendly fuels, the head of the U.N. Environment Program said Wednesday.

The electric grid still relies too heavily on w...

Haiti

2011-01-04T19:31:15Z

A man runs on a street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Jan 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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Cuba-Michigan Cigar Shop

2011-01-03T14:32:15Z

Master Cigar Roller, Luis Acosta, of Cuba, perfects his craft on the storefront of La Casa De La Habana on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010 in Detroit. Cuba's government-controlled tobacco company is suing the owner of cigar shops in the Detroit area, claiming his business’ name is too similar t...

Cuba Predictions

2011-01-03T14:32:11Z

A bunch of bananas hangs from a doorframe of a temple where Afro-Cuban Yoruba religion priests presented the "Letter of the Year" which lists predictions made by Cuban Santeros for 2011 in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Jan. 3, 2011. The bananas are an offering for Chango saint, Lord of Fire, War and Thunder. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

Old Men Of Versailles

2011-01-02T21:31:34Z

In this photo made June 3, 2010, Cuban exile Mike Baralt displays the paper he writes for. His wife of 50 years, died 12 years ago. After her death, friends suggested that he begin to write for a local small Spanish language newspaper. Some of his columns are political, about the death of Cuba under Castro. Others are philosophical. And some are sad, items written about friends whose health is failing. ...

Haiti Year Of Crisis

2010-12-31T12:01:50Z

FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2010 file photo, people walk down a street amid earthquake rubble in Port-au-Prince, haiti. In 2010 crisis has piled upon crisis in Haiti. More than 230,000 are believed to have died in the quake, and more than a million remain homeless. A cholera epidemic broke out in the fall, and in its midst a dysfunctional election was held, its results still unclear.(AP Photo/Gregor...