I travel a great deal, and that means that I stay in a number of hotels.  I tend to pay attention to the reality of Green programs wherever I go.  I was recently in a Holiday Inn in Baton Rogue where I saw this one.  The coffee service in the room came from the Rainforest Alliance.  Not a bad thing really, so let’s give them credit. I also note that my room had CFL bulbs.  [...]

  I was reminded of this issue when I visited yet another hotel where I found the customer notice, “Help Save Water, Help Save the World.”  Essentially, it instructed the guests to throw used towels on the floor so that not all towels need to be laundered.  Other times we are told to not request bed linen changes every day.  Neither request is a problem for me, so I accept the challenge to be a [...]