http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T11:45:20Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/15/02520/3104 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Windmill_for_Eco_Lodge_Story.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>The UK <i>Times</i> are spending the next few months gathering nominations from the public for their <b>Green Spaces Travel</b> awards: that is, the most environmentally friendly places to stay that have helped to change your attitude to be more green. </p><p>One of the first nominations to come in is for the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/11/10/53554/345/hotels/The_Ultimate_Eco_Lodge_is_Called_Eco_Lodge"><b>Eco-Lodge</b></a> in Old Leake, Lincolnshire. We've long been amazed by this place and its founder Andy Reynolds, who's come up with all kinds of creative solutions to keep the lodge as environmentally sound as possible, and who's not afraid to try to teach the rest of us a thing or two, at the same time.</p><p>As the nominating guest said, the Eco-Lodge is not the kind amandak 2008-04-15T09:35:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/11/10/53554/345 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/ecolodge_UK.jpg"><p>There are eco-lodges and then there are eco-lodges. And <i>then</i> there are the most environmentally sound places to stay in the world. London's <i>Times</i> wrote up the straightforwardly-named <a href="http://www.internationalbusinessschool.net/eco-lodge.htm"><b>Eco-Lodge</b></a> this week, introducing us to possibilities for environmentally-friendly features that would never occur to the average accommodation provider.<p> The Eco-Lodge in the East Midlands of England is the brainchild of one Brit (and the product of a shot of funding from the European Union) whose motto is to "recycle the unrecyclable". This means, for example, that the windmill that provides the electricity to power the lights is actually made from junk metal. Rainwater is collected in a tank and when guests want to "download" some water to their own amandak 2006-11-10T09:44:09-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/