The pandemic has caused much disruption to our world, but some of the side-effects have been positive. One flag-waving example is the plan to ban everyday traffic from the Champs Elysee in Paris and turn it into a tree-filled cycle and pedestrian precinct.
PARKROYAL on Pickering is Asia’s Leading Green Hotel
PARKROYAL on Pickering has been recognised as the most sustainable hotel at World Travel Awards Asia & Oceania 2019. Mallika Naguran finds out more about this Singapore-based urban hotel that is rather green, literally. And caters to vegans.
Singapore’s NTU: Wood Construction Pioneer
Five Reasons to Stay at Villa Samadhi Singapore
While most tourists head to Singapore for its city attractions, there are those who are nostalgic about Singapore in the early days of the 20th Century. For these, the Villa Samadhi Singapore on the south of the island would fill a void or two. Mallika Naguran is pleasantly surprised with her ecotourism experience at a restored and responsible black and white bungalow that still tells the story of the British Singapore in the 1920s.
Thung Dap – Rebuilding with Sustainable Tourism
Sustainable Living at Sarinbuana Eco Lodge in Bali
Making the right connections is what it takes to allow nature to provide for animals and people at Sarinbuana Eco Lodge. Mallika Naguran spent two nights in central Bali to learn how permaculture and ecotourism can go hand in hand in the heart of the forest.
LooLa Adventure Resort: Safer Water for All
12 cities to create green & healthy streets
Japamala Resort: Luxury Eco-living on Tioman
Back in the early 2000’s, Tioman Island was a prime destination for keen divers and budget travellers holidaying in Malaysia. But not much else: it was definitely right off the map for quality resort relaxation. Then, just over a decade ago, the Japamala eco-resort opened and showed Tioman was not just for backpackers. By Jeremy Torr
Cairns: Australia's Tropical Paradise
A Greener Philippines Through Zero Carbon Resorts
Global warming, an environmental threat unlike any the world has faced, is thought to be caused by an increase in the amount of greenhouse gases spewed into the atmosphere through human activities. So how do some resorts operate, without further harming mother nature? A review of two Phillipine resorts.
Eco-friendly Amarela Resort's Boholano Heritage
Committed to heritage and low impact hospitality services, Amarela Resort is a charming eco-resort perched on the Panglao Island coastline of the Philippines. An old Visayas art form - Boholano - is revived in a number of ways here, and the environment is given tender loving care as well, reviews Gaia Discovery.
Sukau Rainforest Resort's Eco-friendly Building Materials
Arkitrek Camp, An Architecture Summer School, To Design and Build In Borneo
Arkitrek Camp, an architecture summer school in Malaysian Borneo is now taking applications for a three-week camp in May 2011.
The camp is aimed at developing young architects’ skills and experience. Malaysia-based British architect Ian Hall, director of Arkitrek is working together with volunteer organisation Camps International for hands-on design and construction in the environmentally and culturally-sensitive Malaysian state of Sabah.