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Cambodia: child protection workers call for end to ‘orphanage tourism’

Volunteers and visitors urged to stay away, saying their growing presence damages children and allows exploitation

Airbnb gives members $1 million to use on random acts of kindness

Airbnb has given its members $1million in $10 amounts instructing them to use it to turn strangers into friends through random acts of kindness

Sustainability tops trends on US restaurants 2015 Culinary Forecast

(green lodging news) Environmental sustainability, sustainable seafood and food-waste reduction are among the top trends at restaurants in 2015, according to the National Restaurant Association’s...

Australian ecoresort to run from off-grid solar power

A Western Australian eco-tourism resort has begun sourcing its electricity from an off-grid solar power station. Mackerel Island Tourist Resort, off the coast of Onslow, now has a 325 kilowatt system comprising 1200 solar panels.

Edible Hotel design addresses food sustainability issues of the future

The Edible Hotel is a futuristic concept which investigates new ways of thinking in relation to sustainable urban farming culminating in a self-sufficient hotel which generates its own food source.

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