ECO FRIENDLY RESORTS


	ECO FRIENDLY RESORTS

dfiskey

8-13-2006 4:11 PM

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hotels, global warming, environment, travel

dfiskey says:

the actual link lists a bunch of resorts that are putting the environment first. Seems like there are some really cool/high end resorts going green.

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