You don't have to sacrifice quality or comfort to be a
green traveler. All you need is a desire to preserve and
protect the environment -- and choose a place that
runs a responsible and sustainable property.
With CABBI, it's easy to make this choice since many of
our inns have been working on sustainable practices,
including using less water and energy, composting
and serving organically-grown foods. Several CABBI
inns are also members of the "Green" Hotel
Association.
The Brewery Gulch Inn in
Mendocino (above) boasts a
dramatic design that features 150-year-old virgin
redwood, eco-salvaged from Big River. It's
environmental standards have earned it a "Green Hotel
Certification" and it has a partnership with the local
Audubon Society to increase bird habitats.
Also in Mendocino you'll find The MacCallum House,
long recognized for its environmental stewardship with
many environmentally-friendly programs in place. The
inn also offers an ever-changing seasonal menu
featuring local organic produce, dairy and grains.
The Joshua Grindle Inn is offering a
unique "carbon emission offset" package for a year's
worth of carbon balanced driving. Purchase a "road
offset" and you'll get special discounts plus some fun
items. The money from a "road offset" purchase is
used to fund clean energy and carbon reduction
projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Further north in Ukiah, the Shambhala Ranch is an eco-facility
operated by solar energy located in a secluded
environment close to Montgomery Woods State
Redwood Grove.
The
Historic Sand Rock Farm has been a
member of
the Green Hotel Association for five years and pride
themselves on living as much off the land as possible.
Take a visit and you'll find food served from local
farmers -- or grown on the property, including
homemade
honey. They even make their own soap.
Other members of the "Green" Hotel Association
include the Hotel Parisi in La Jolla, The Cheshire Cat Inn
in Santa Barbara, the Inn on First in Napa and The Tallman Hotel in Lake County --
which has been applauded for its state-of-the-art
geothermal system as well as a solar energy system,
which supplements it with added power.
The Adobe on Green in
Santa Cruz has many sustainable programs in place,
including solar electric panels that generate 80% of the
inns electric power and use of non-toxic cleaning
products that are homemade right on the premises.
Looking to bring higher efficiency, less energy and
more comfort to its customers, the Bradford Place Inn &
Gardens in
Sonora recently installed ductless heating, ventilation,
air conditioning (HVAC) in each room.
Several other CABBI inns have taken significant
measures to reduce their impact on the environment
including energy-efficient, recycling and compost
programs, limited packaging for toiletry items,
environmentally-friendly cleaning products and
reducing water. These include:
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