A new travel website, Ecobookers, offers eco friendly travel to destinations throughout the world. This UK based travel agency does the research on eco friendly hotels, resorts, hotels, lodges and hotels. There are many accommodations that claim to be eco friendly, but Ecobookers does the research for us to make sure they are.

Ecobookers aims to be a central resource for detailed info on the eco policies each accommodation has. This way you the consumer can decide if they meet your criteria.

Ecobookers has something for many tastes and budgets, from budget eco-hostels to luxury tented eco-camps, and from eco-lodges to boutique eco-hotels…

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This casual, but stylish and trendy girly t-shirt is 100% cotton organic. The falling leaf pattern is perfect for autumn. You can be the first to say that you are an eco fashionista! The brand is Mountains by the Moon. $29.

The sexy top will go perfect with these hemp party pants by Ecolution. These hip hemp pants will flatter your figure with a fitted low rise hip, flared legs, and low lying braided hemp belt. $97. Available at Earth Friendly Goods.

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Iceland will have the greenest transport of any country soon. They are experimenting with having cars and buses using hydrogen. Already, the country’s electricity and heating comes from hydroelectric and geothermal springs that are in abundance in Iceland. But for cars they have to transport overseas and the result is $8 a gallon.

So Iceland will invest heavily in hydrogen technologies. Hydrogen is produced with water and electricity and Iceland has much of both. Car companies such as General Motors, Toyota, and Daimler Chrysler, are using the island-nation as a testing ground.

Pictured here is the Mercedes Benz A-class F-cell. It is an electric car powered by a fuel cell which generates electricity by converting hydrogen and oxygen into water. Right now there are a few buses in the capital Reykjavik, but by 2010 the people of Iceland will be able to purchase one. Within a year local energy company employees and a Hertz will get to drive them. Maybe you can go to Iceland as tourist and check one out!

Iceland might very well be a prototype hydrogen economy that the rest of the world can follow. Renewable energy that’s cheap and non polluting… That’s the future.

Via CNN

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Piaggio, manufacturers of the Vespa scooter, are producing a hybrid scooter that is 3 wheels- the Vespa MP3. It is safer and more stable than its 2 wheel cousins.

The 2 front whiles grip the road for enhanced stability. The front wheels tilt independently to hug the road. IT has a max speed of 77 mph.

In full electric mode it has a range of 20 KM. If you are in gas mode you can add electric power to boost performance providing 85% more power. It requires less braking distance than any other scooter by 20%.

The engine is 125cc enough for the legal limit when riding with a car license. Their also going to be a 250 cc version.

CO2 emmissions are only 65% for the hybrid mode and 35% for the electric mode.

This 3 wheeler requires no kickstand. Starts at $7000 MSRP. Check Piaggio USA

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An organization named Green Karat certifies gold as green or eco friendly. The make sure that gold was mined not under war, thru fair labor, and do as less harm to the environment as possible.

They do this by retraining miners into non-mining livelihoods, advocating for the recycling of precious metals. Most of it is sitting in bank vaults anyways! Gold mining is faulted with deforestation, soil erosion into streams. The industry uses chemicals, especially mercury to separate gold from rock. Its harms both its workers and the surrounding ecosystem as well.

They also oppose diamond mining because of the unconscionable human and ecological sacrifice as seen in the hit film “Blood Diamond” which stars Leonardo DiCaprio. As that movie showed the Diamond industry has financed the activities of various rebel groups who have practically enslaved, tortured, killed, and maimed miner workers, and their communities. (more…)

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The founder of the Body Shop, Anita Roddick 64, passed away of natural causes last Monday. She opened with just one small store and grew her company to over 2000 stores which where eco friendly before it was fashionable.

Greenpeace director, said Roddick was an “incredible woman”, the prime minister of UK said “She campaigned for green issues for many years before it became fashionable to do so and inspired millions to the cause by bringing sustainable products to a mass market.”

The Body Shop, witch sells of beauty, body, and bath products, has always sought to be allied with eco friendly values and human rights from its beginnings in 1976. They were one of the first to be against animal testing, buying ingredients from local communities while doing it with a stylish image. They have also founded a human rights award and invested in renewable energy…

The Body Shop has been bought in recent years by the French L’Oreal but it operates independently. It was Riddick’s hope that the small company can teach its new parents eco friendly values of human rights, animal rights, and the environment.

Comment on her tribute page at The Body Shop

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Recylced Wine Barrel Side Table
Made of recycled white oak barrels that are usually thrown away after a few years. Hand made in the state of Georgia. $350.

Recyled Wine Barrel Side Cabinet

Made from a full wine barrel, this cabinet features an inner storage shelf, a removable maple serving tray and casters. It’s a perfect for the next wine and cheese party. This barrel is made of white oak as well. Handmade in Georgia. $850.

Wine Barrel Folding Chair

Folding chair is handmade from salvaged 70-gallon oak wine barrels. Folds almost completely flat, so you can store it anywhere, and looks as great indoors as it does in the yard. Each is finished with linseed oil and branded with the name of the winery of origin under the seat. Handmade in Northern California. $165.

Wine Barrel Kitchen Island and stool

Handsome Russian River Kitchen Island and matching Winemaster’s Tasting Stool made of retired oak wine barrels.. At one time the barrels used to make these furniture pieces were used to ferment and age wine to give it a mellow, oak-y flavor. Now, they receive new life as architectural elements. The kitchen island’s butcher block top is ideal for food preparation and serving. Second shelf is a great location to store wine bottles; its gentle curve keeping them centered at all times. Above the shelf, barrel slats have been arranged so you can hang your wine glasses from them.

The Tasting Stool is equally beautiful and the curve of the barrel slats make for a perfect seat. This kitchen island and stool set will be the talk of any get-together or party… Handmade in Georgia. Sold separately. $200-$600.

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Clean your feet - and the environment at the same time - using these colorful and durable mats. Sandal factories have always generated surplus foam rubber in the production of their flip-flops. Instead of going to a landfill, that flip-flop rubber is now made into these doormats. Choose from large or small sizes. Made in the Philippines. Because it is recycled all mats are unique in, size, c0lor and pattern will vary slightly.

RECYCLED FLIP FLOP MATSfrom Uncommon Goods.com

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