Honey's B&B is the place to stay if you're looking for an eco-friendly place to stay while visiting Brooklyn, NY. Home to numerous green businesses nearby, make this your home as you explore all the environmentally friendly options Brooklyn has to offer.

Waianuhea B&B, located on the slopes of Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii, is a wonderful spot to call home as your explore the island of Hawaii. Hawaii's bounty includes lots of organic foods as well as eco tourism activities -- ways to explore that don't hurt the environment.

Denmark's oldest town is an actively green community. From alternative energy sources to organic dining, you can have a wonderfully green vacation in Ribe, Denmark. Make >Danhostel Ribe your home as you explore the area.

Denver is one of the best playgrounds in the U.S. If you are looking for a green, active vacation, Denver has to be high on your list. And while you are here, make The Cambridge Hotel your home. Eat at sustainable restaurants, visit museums that focus on the environment, and shop at green and organic stores/markets. You'll have a great time during your visit to Denver, Colorado.

While green lodging is found in many part of the U.S. Ithaca's Frog's Way B&B stands out as one of the greenest experiences available. Not only will your hotel be a sustainable one, but also you can enjoy myriad green activities. Water falls. Farms. Restaurants. There is so much to do in and around Ithaca, NY, you'll need more than a few days for your visit.

Make the Casa Laguna Inn and Spa your luxurious and green base of operation for playing in Laguna Beach, California. You can vacation and be pampered while being environmentally sensitive when you choose locations like Laguna Beach, and Casa Laguna Inn and Spa.

[text goes here]The Manly Lodge in Sydney, Australia, is the perfect place to start your green Australian holiday. Green hotels, organic restaurants, and eco-friendly harbor cruises join forces to make for a wonderful environmentally friendly vacation.

Traveling to Ecuador opens the possibility of wonderful eco-friendly traveling. The green lodging to stay in while in Quito is La Selva Jungle Lodge. Eat organic foods there and other establishments around town. Enjoy birdwatching, a side trip to the Galapagos Islands, hiking the rainforest or mountains, or just relax at the Lodge.

Atlanta, Georgia, may not be associated with eco-tourism by most people, or where you think of going for a green get away, so you may be pleased to learn about the eco green attractions, green lodging, environmentally friendly playgrounds, and organic shopping you can treat yourself to in Atlanta. Stay at Stonehurst Place for the ultimate in eco-luxury.

The future of alternative energy will be brighter if the playing field with oil is leveled. The reasons for alternative energy are numerous, and the reasons to reduce our oil consumption are just as numerous. Who's betting on oil futures? It's time we bet on the U.S.'s future. Environmentally friendly and sustainable hotels can help lead the way.

I'm challenging President Obama to set the U.S. course for ending all foreign oil imports by 2025.

Is your hotel buying energy efficient lighting with adequate information? Can you make heads or tails out of how a manufacturer describes its bulbs? You want energy efficiency and quality lighting for your guests.

How is a hotel expected to tend to a quality guest experience and energy conservation if manufacturers provide inadequate information for good decisions? Buying energy efficient light bulbs isn't as easy as it should be. How do you compare an incandescent light bulb to a CFL to an LED? What do the different terms mean?

Sustainable development for a hotel involves the same issues as for any sustainable business practices. Profit can't be the only measure of a business's success. People and planet need to be accounted for as well. Economic, social and the environment all blend together to create a sustainable business. Hotels will prosper and thrive by adopting a sustainable attitude toward operations and development. It's the long-run that matters, and you won't get there if you only look at the short-run.

While the "green movement" is spreading and moving faster, there still isn't a place that's easy for people to go to talk about sustainable tourism from either the hotelier's perspective or the traveler's point of view. With that in mind I created a Facebook Group called Sustainable Hoteliers for Travelers and a LinkedIn Group called Sustainable Hoteliers. There's a Twitter option too.

Sustainable hotels that adopt composting reduce their waste stream and improve their efficiency. Part of a hotel's sustainable development plan is to reduce waste of all kinds, and compost bins fit that plan. Decomposing vegetable matter in landfills produces methane which then contributes to air pollution. The compost loam makes a great additive to improve garden soil, retain moisture, and grow healthier plants.