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The Green Hotel Directory — Earth-Friendly and Affordable

Travelocity is making it easy to conserve while traveling using their Green Hotel Directory. As you shop on their site, you'll see this symbol marking eco-friendly hotels. Not only are these resorts making changes for a better tomorrow, many are budget friendly, too. California is leading the pack with San Francisco listing 17 hotels and its neighbor to south, Los Angeles, comes in second with 11 hotels. Other cities include Honolulu and Portland tying for third place with 8 hotels each. How do you know they're green? Travelocity's Green Hotel Directory works with green hotel certifiers and programs whose standards closely align with the TSC's criteria. Each of the hotels in the directory has been endorsed by a leading green hotel certification provider, appears in the Rainforest Alliance's Eco-Index of Sustainable Tourism, or is making significant strides in at least three of the four areas the TSC's criteria.

One Fish, Two Fish, Blue Fish, Green Fish?

Omega-3's are good for you -- but not when they come with a side order of mercury and habitat destruction. Green America's Safe Seafood Tip Sheet is the only source we know of that looks at both the health and environmental issues surrounding your fish choices. We compiled the best data on environmental sustainability from the Monterey Bay Aquarium, along with the Environmental Working Group's data on toxins, plus information from the FDA, EPA, and others, to create the most comprehensive safe seafood tipsheet around. Safe to Eat Anchovies, Calamari, Clams, Crawfish, Dungeness crab, Fish sticks, Flounder (summer), Haddock, Hake, Herring, King crab, Lobster (spiny/rock), Mid-Atlantic blue crab, Northern shirmp (US-farmed), Oysters, Alaskan salmon (wild), Perch, White shrimp (US-farmed), Sardines, Bay scallops (farmed), Sole, Spot prawn, Stone crab, Tilapia, Whitefish Caution (Limit to One Serving Per Month) Blue mussel (T), Bluefish (T)*, Bonito (T)*, Channel …

OnEarth: “Ride the City” iPhone app helps plot route for urban biking

More cyclists are taking to city streets and the “Ride the City” iPhone app helps them find their way. While studying to become city planners at New York University in 2003, Vaidila Kungys and Jordan Anderson wanted to explore the city by bike, but neither knew the streets that well. Anderson got clipped by a cab on one outing and grew tired of pulling paper maps out of his backpack and finding them a disheveled mess. Kungys, a former competitive rider, did a better job navigating the moving obstacles and tight spaces of the city's streets, but learning the best bike routes was a different matter. After hearing similar stories from their fellow bikers, the friends came up with an idea: How about a HopStop for cyclists? For the full story, please visit OnEarth.

Eat Green: Our everyday food choices affect global warming and the environment

What we eat matters. The food choices we make every day have a big effect on the environment. The good news is that even small changes in what we buy and eat can add up to real environmental benefits, including fewer toxic chemicals, reduced global warming emissions, and preservation of our ocean resources. Eating “green” can also mean eating fresher, healthier foods while reducing your grocery bill and supporting our farmers. Get the full green guide to eating greens on the NRDC site