Hotels can make considerable savings when implementing small, eco-friendly changes in the way they do business. Budget and discount hotels, in particular, should be investing in modern techniques and methods to care for our environment. The next time you are arranging paid accommodation, ask them what are they doing to care for the environment. This article looks at some of those technologies and methods that should be employed. Resorts and other paid accommodation are often…

Hemp is an eco-friendly and durable alternative to plywood, drywall and other building materials. However, don’t expect to find hemp products alongside pine two-by-fours and gypsum board on your next trip to the American big-box store. Though hemp construction materials are gaining popularity in Europe, drug laws in the U.S. prevent…

The Las Vegas Strip isn’t exactly a destination you usually think of as being “green,” but when a city known for decadence and overindulging shuts off their lights for an entire hour… the world watches. For the third consecutive year, Caesars Entertainment Corporation (formerly known as Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc.) participated in the World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) Earth Hour by shutting off non-essential exterior lighting and marquees at more than 40 of its worldwide resorts and casinos from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. local time on March 26, 2011.

Founded by CEO Kyle Jodice in 2007, LetsGoGreen.biz is an online outlet offering eco-friendly home, office and business products. After watching a TV special by Diana Sawyer on Earth Day that year, he had what he calls a “lightbulb moment.” With a 25-year history in sales and distribution, Jodice was extensively prepared to turn his idea into a lucrative business. “I wasn’t any ‘greener’ than the next person,” he says. “I considered myself the…

Las Vegas Sands administrators have recently announced that energy-efficiency and sustainable development programs at its Venetian Resort and Sands Convention Center are conserving enough energy to power more than 6,500 American homes on an annual basis. Casino executives have joined forces with a U.S. Green Building Council official to promote the fort, which has been dubbed “Sands Eco 360 degrees”. The endeavor…