Carbon Neutral Vacation

Grand Wailea

4TH NIGHT FREE STAY A MINIMUM OF 3 NTS GET 4TH NT FREE (more)
		630.00 USD		DLX OCEAN VIEW 2QNS PLUS 25USD RESORT CHG
		555.00 USD		OCEAN VIEW 2 QN BEDS PLUS 25USD RESORT CHG
		525.00 USD		OCEAN VIEW KING PLUS 25USD RESORT CHARGE
		495.00 USD		DLX GARDEN VIEW 2QNS PLUS 25USD RESORT CHG
		465.00 USD		DLX GARDEN VIEW KING PLUS 25USD RESORT CHG
		405.00 USD		TERRACE MNTN VW 2QNS PLUS 25USD RESORT CHG
		375.00 USD		TERRACE MOUNTN VW KNG PLUS 25USD RESORT CHG

Fairmont Kea Lani

Best Available Rate Moderate King Non Smoking Suite Excellent value, 840 sq. ft. suite w/lanai, limited view-parking facility or side street, max occ 4 $ 450 USD/NIGHT Room Rate Summary View Room

Best Available Rate Deluxe Ocean View King Non Smoking Spectacular full ocean view, spacious 840 sq ft, suite with lanai, max occ 4 $ 675 USD/NIGHT Room Rate Summary View Room

Best Available Rate Poolside King Non Smoking Suite Direct walkout to upper lagoon pool, spacious 840 sq ft suite with lanai, max occ 4 $ 725 USD/NIGHT Room Rate Summary View Room

Best Available Rate Partial Ocean View King Non Smoking Angled ocean view from lanai spacious 840 sq ft including furnished lanai, max occ 4 $ 575 USD/NIGHT Room Rate Summary View Room

Best Available Rate Signature Kilohana King Non Smoking Popular corner suite, panoramic ocean view wrap around lanai, 1100 sq ft, max occ 4 $ 1100 USD/NIGHT Room Rate Summary View Room

Carbon Neutral Travel and Offset Programs for Air Travel

Air Travel is one of the largest contributors to CO2 emissions. To find out about your travel carbon footprint visit Terrapass and check out their Carbon Footprint Calculator.

Also check out the interesting video below.

Carbon Neutral Offset Programs called into question by prominent environmental lawyers.

The programs claim they allow people to make everything from air travel to concert tickets “carbon neutral”, but there is concern that the lack of regulation and rapid growth in the market has created an environment where consumers could be conned.

The National Environmental Law Association’s conference on climate change this week was held at a Western Australian hotel, which proudly boasts it has been accredited as a carbon neutral venue.

The idea is that the hotel works out how much carbon dioxide it produces, then pays for something which consumes an equivalent amount of CO2 – in this case, an area of rainforest in Ecuador.

The industry has grown rapidly in recent times. In the last year the number of companies offering voluntary carbon credit schemes has leapt from 15 to 37 – and that has experts worried.

Senior environmental lawyer Lisa Moore, from the Melbourne legal firm Blake Dawson, was at the conference and says the growth in the industry has made it difficult to assess what people are buying.

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Wallstreet Journal Report on Carbon Offsets and Air Travel

The Carbon-Neutral Vacation

Travelers are running into an uncomfortable reality: Going green means sacrificing some luxuries. The tough choices ahead as resorts try to cater to eco-conscious consumers.

By JEFFREY BALL

July 28, 2007Great Bear Rainforest, Canada

“No” is a word seldom heard by the guests of King Pacific Lodge, a deluxe floating inn on the remote British Columbia coast. A three-night stay starts at about $5,000 per head, including the float-plane flights to and from the front door but not the spa treatments or the Cuban cigars.

But “no” is the answer California investment-banking executive Aaron Gurewitz got one Saturday this month when he requested three of the lodge’s twin-engine boats to ferry seven people in his corporate party out for an afternoon of salmon fishing. A lodge staffer refused, explaining three boats would represent too much horsepower per person. When Mr. Gurewitz offered to pay extra for the fuel, he was informed the issue wasn’t money. It was global warming.

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There has go to be a better way than this!