Entries by Lise Tyrrell

Sustainable Living at Northside Valley in the U.S. Virgin Islands

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  Here are some ways we strive to promote sustainable tourism:  Light Bulbs are exclusively Compact Flourescents.  These bulbs –         Last longer (many of these bulbs have been in these houses for 6 years. –         Burn with less heat, very important in a hot climate. –         Use 70% less electricity (kwh cost in Chicago .08, […]

Homestay in Dominica

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3 Rivers Eco Lodge, Dominica is delighted to announce the launching of their new community village homestay programme. Guests now have the opportunity to stay in the home of a family in the beautiful village of Grand Fond, Dominica, through our new community village homestay programme. This is the latest addition to our community based […]

Scholarship Fund in Dominica

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The Scholarship Fund in Dominica has just been started. The Sustainable Living Initiative Centre“, S.L.I.C., is proud to announce the launching of the Grand Fond Pre-School Scholarship Fund. It is sponsored by Miami University, Ohio, USA and 3 Rivers Eco lodge, Rosalie, Dominica. It is hoped that these scholarships will be the first of many […]

Defining Ecotourism Lodging

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I have been working on my directory for almost 4 years now.  My habit has been to look at each eco lodge on an individual basis to see whether I consider them as promoting sustainable tourism.  If I do, they get added to the directory.  I’m sorry to say that I wasn’t as discerning when […]

Sam Veasna Center for Wildlife Conservation

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I’ve just added Tmatboey Ecotourism Project in Cambodia to the directory.  This is really a special place because it is being helped by the Sam Veasna Center for Wildlife Conservation.  Their mission from their site (SVC): The SVC opened in January 2003, and since 2004 has been developing activities to promote wildlife conservation, including: hosting public events […]

The Many Different Kinds of Eco Lodges

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At this point I have added well over 300 eco lodges to the site.  They are so varied and present themselves in so many different ways I think it’s hard to think of them all in one breath, and yet they’re all on this site.  There seem to be two main types of eco lodges with […]

Socially Responsible Alternatives

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We have choices in the kinds of hotels/lodges that we stay in. We can stay in places that impact the environment as little as possible or we can choose high impact hotels. The same holds true for many other areas of life. My brother runs The Social Equity Group based in the San Francisco Bay […]