EcoRooms & EcoSuites Board of Advisors recommends a few simple steps for the 39th anniversary celebration on April 22,
2008

On April 22, 1970, more than 20 million people worldwide took to the parks, streets and college campuses to protest against the deterioration of the environment, marking the first-ever Earth Day. The brainchild of Gaylord Nelson, a United States Senator from Wisconsin, and organized by Denis Hayes, the event’s national coordinator, Earth Day brought together groups that had been fighting against oil spills, polluting factories and power plants, raw sewage, toxic dumps, pesticides, freeways, the loss of wilderness, and the extinction of wildlife to raise awareness of the importance of protecting the environment. Today, Earth Day is celebrated by more than 500 million people and governments in 175 countries.

As we celebrate the 39th annual Earth Day on April 22, 2008 - with environmental concerns and awareness ...

Earth Day celebrations have gone a long away since 1970. They definitely have inspired  excellent green initiatives within the Hospitality and Tourism Industry, around the globe.

On this occasion I would like to share with the IHM advisory board members: recommendations for our pilot projects in Bolivia in 1994 and 2007. Toward the issue of “environmental oriented education” that is still in infancy within our industry as of today.

Since 2007, the tourism industry is beginning to face up to the challenge of climate change – and we should be under no illusion this will require all stakeholders to be more responsive, more demanding and more resourceful than on any issue we have ever addressed: “from now on it’s a quintuple bottom line – education, environmental, social, economic  and clim ...

By Michael S. Greene
Reproduced with permission from Indoor Environment Connections™, Volume 4, Issue 6, April 2003

We all love green. Greenbacks, green trees, green Jell-O, lawyers named "Greene" -Well, at least my wife and daughter love me. Green tea is claimed to be a panacea for many ills. And now, we have green buildings.

Whether green buildings achieve the same level of affection in the real estate market as greenbacks remains to be seen. To quote that famous green thespian, Kermit the Frog, "It's not easy being green."

What makes a building "green"? Just like the many shades of my favorite color (located in the spectrum at a wavelength of approximatel ...

In Her Own Words
Commentary by Maureen Herron, Editor
©November 2007

Luciana Souza is an artist who brings all that she is to singing, playing and/or performing whether that’s a live performance or a soundstage at a recording studio.  Her sustainability is her stewardship, conveying in vocalization, wordless singing, solo or in relationship with her trio the sentiment that all is in balance in the ebb and flow of life.

One of five children born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Luciana grew up in a home in which her mother would recite poetry of Neruda when the children were wound up.  They would instantly stop, wondering what their mother was saying.  These were also the years of a dictatorship in Brazil. ...

An emphasis on all things green, the return of Destination Design and two-day, cross-market access to Cultural Food New York highlights the 92nd annual International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show® (IH/M&RS), highlighted the November show at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.  The hospitality industry’s leading marketplace fostered networking and new business opportunities between 1,250 exhibitors and 35,000 industry professionals, as the Show presented an expansive showcase of new products, trend-focused seminars by noted experts and industry events with key players.

THE MARKET
Exhibitors, organized into vertical market categories, showcased the newest products and services available to the hotel and restaurant i ...