First Green Hostel in Britain Wins Award
One of the biggest problems with traveling green is it adds a huge expense. (When you're disabled, such as I am, you really don't have it to spare, either.) So it was great news that a new Yorkshire youth hostel is also completely green. Solar thermal panels do the hot water, solar roof panels do the power, grey and rainwater flush the toilets, the insulation is sheep's wool, and even the paint is organic. Now it's cheaper to operate - using 30% less water and emitting 40% less carbon dioxide - and its visitors have gone up 50%, from 2000 a year to 3000. The new Green Beacon is the first of what is hoped to be many new green hostels to come. Outstanding! [GT]
Yorkshire youth hostel wins a green award [via Greenthinkers]
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