The Rydges Hotel chain across Australia and New Zealand keeps a blog but if we're honest, it rarely produces any particularly interesting posts--and it doesn't help that they post on average once every six weeks. But today we read about their newly anointed Green Globe hotels and we're happy to spread the word.]]> amandak 2008-09-26T10:50:34-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/28/215722/767 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/ElephantsThailand.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><br><i> <b>Update:</b><br> We heard from Banyan Tree Phuket: <blockquote><p> Banyan Tree Phuket does not have an attached wildlife sanctuary. However, Banyan Tree Phuket, like our other resorts has embarked on numerous CSR initiatives including: <p> *Gibbon Conservation &#150; Supported the Gibbon Rehabilitation Project to help retrieve captured gibbons and retrain them to live in the world again <p> *Laguna Phuket Sea Turtle Conservation Ceremony &#150; Organizing an annual carnival to raise awareness for marine conservation </blockquote></i> <p>Asian hotel blog <b>Agoda</b> recently put out its list of the top ten eco-friendly hotels in the Asian region, and it makes for interesting reading. The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Banyan+Tree+Phuket/ian/212342"><b>Banyan Tree Phuket</b></a> in Thailand, for example, made it into the number one position both amandak 2008-01-29T09:20:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/4/16/16496/6439

The recycling bin in a room at San Francisco's Orchard Garden Hotel.

In honor of Earth Day, we are going to spend the week looking at the "green" revolution that is sweeping America and of course, our focus is on hotels. From "An Inconvenient Truth" to carbon offset programs to hybrid cars, being green is suddenly everywhere and the travel sector is no exception.

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