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Youth Hostels Grow Up
Posted by it on February 8, 2008
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Could the shabby, no-frills youth hostels of our, um, youth, actually be growing up? The Youth Hostel Association of the U.K. has just announced that they’re planning to inject $26.6 million dollars into their lodgings, upgrading many dorm-style rooms and adding locally sourced food items to their menus. We couldn’t be more excited. “The point…
More Trees, Please!
Posted by Jeannette Kimmel on October 4, 2007 In August, IT wrote about Sustainable Travel International, an organization that helps hotels and hotel guests offset their carbon emissions through the recently launched “Travel Green” program. This month, we bring you another carbon-offsetting agency: the Carbon Capital Fund. The fund, a joint effort by the National Forest Foundation and the U.S. Forest Service, aims…
