Author: Jen Biederman
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Exclusive Green Deals - Brought to you by Ideal Bite

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Author: Joe Ascanio
Website: http://www.terracurve.com/2009/12/02/the-vdara-hotel-spa-is-…

The Las Vegas CityCenter’s official grand opening of the Vdara Hotel and Spa gave the public a good, first glance at the new sustainable-luxury recreation destination.

Launching at a ribbon-cutting ceremony and subsequent celebrity party, the all-suite hotel welcomed Vdara’s employees to be the first to officially walk through the hotel’s doors.

“We are incredibly proud to offer the world this first taste of all that CityCenter will bring to the Las Vegas Strip,” said Jim Murren, Chairman and CEO of MGM MIRAGE. “Travelers will finally find in Las Vegas what they find in other great cities around the world – spectacular architecture, culturally significant art, great public spaces, sophisticated hotels, unique restaurants and incredible amenities. We look forward to unveiling all of this and more as the month unfolds.”

Vdara is the first hotel to open at CityCenter, which in total will put 12,000 employees to work in Las Vegas. The resort is an all-suite hotel and spa designed for…

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Author: Green Talk
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Dan Phillips of The Phoenix Commotion is my hero.   He  builds  low income housing made out of salvaged, recycled materials. Recently featured on MSNBC, he talked about how his homes are not a hodgepodge of different materials.  Instead his houses are whimsical, thought provoking, and warm.

“It doesn’t matter if you don’t have a complete set of anything because repetition creates pattern, repetition creates pattern, repetition creates pattern,” said Mr. Phillips, who is slight and sinewy with a long gray ponytail and bushy mustache.” (Source:  NY Times article.)

Why am I so taken by his homes?  His imagination. Take a look at some of his homes.  He designs his homes based upon the salvaged materials he has.  Today, most people design a home, then buy new materials (green or otherwise) to build it.  This building  model does not seem right when there are so many salvaged materials available. 

I also admire his vision on how to make the world a better,…

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Author: Kristen Geis
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Namibia has been chosen as the first US-based Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) client to receive a $70 million ecotourism grant in an effort to establish the nation as one of Africa’s leading tourism economies within ten years.

The dollar amount is a fraction of the full $305 million being allocated by the MCC to develop education, tourism and agriculture in Namibia.

According to the Namibian Government, tourism is an important generator of employment, particularly in rural areas. With the grant in place, international tourism generated 15.6% of total exports ($650.6 million) in 2008 and are expected to grow to 22.6% ($2,092.8 million) by 2018. Meanwhile, the contribution of travel and tourism to the gross domestic product is expected to increase from 14.5% ($1,051.7 million) in 2008 to 20.7% ($2,967.9 million) by 2018 and from 18.2% (77,000 jobs) to 23.7% (129,000 jobs) of total employment in that same period.

While the tourism industry in Namibia has enjoyed steady growth…

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