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Solar-Powered Golf Carts Debut at Jalousie Plantation

Where: P.O. Box 251, Soufriere, Saint Lucia

Good news for the environment, going green is still all the rage (or at least promoting green news about your hotel so close to Earth Day is). Still it's enough of a trend for the Jalousie Plantation resort, located on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, to rock the island's first environmentally-friendly hybrid solar-powered golf cart. Guests can shrink their carbon footprint by riding around the 192-acre property while emitting nothing.

On the flipside though, there is also a $100 million renovation of the property shaking up land that includes luxury villa suites now on the market and running for roughly $700K to $2.1 million. To plop down that kind of dough for a vacation home (which let's face it will only be used four weeks out of the year, max) you're probably the type of person who has a high carbon footprint (private planes, SUVs, etc.) So let's hope these green golf carts make you feel better.

Room rates are currently at $420 a night but drop down to $240 a night starting May 1. That's for a standard Sugar Mill room. Villas start at $490 a night.