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The Innkeeper's Strife
On green hotels |
Umbra Fisk |
14 Nov 2007 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, My husband and I are Americans who own a small budget hotel in Rome, Italy. We try to be as eco-friendly as possible: our cafe is local, organic, and vegetarian, we use compact fluorescent bulbs where we can (although cannot find an alternative for the halogen lighting systems we have), we use eco-friendly cleaning products, including the old standbys like vinegar and baking soda, we recycle and use all recycled paper p ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, consumerism, energy efficiency, greening biz operations (all these topics) |
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