Carbon neutral: the 'fairy tale' castle of Neuschwanstein

Yes. We know from German folklore (think Hansel and Gretel, and Little Red Riding Hood) that the forest, or Wald, was an important part of life in Germany’s past. With forest still covering 31 per cent of the country – almost three times as much as the UK – the nation is deeply green.

It is also way ahead in terms of “green” issues. Germany recycles three-fifths of domestic waste compared to about one-fifth here; there are now only 150 landfill sites in Germany, compared with 50,000 in the early Seventies.

If you are choosing the nation at the heart of Europe initially for its environmentally friendly credentials, you are in for a treat in terms of the green and open spaces it offers. Germany has one-third more people than Britain, but the population density is lower and more rural.

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What happens at Oktoberfest, stays at Oktoberfest.

I want to go to Italy, and you will too, after you indulge yourself, listening to the voice, heart and soul behind VistaNuova.com

Smart Green Travel sparks your artistic curiosity, at the exact spot Columbus set sail from Italy.

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An Organic Conversation
Helge Hellberg & Mark Mulcahy

VistaNuova
Andrey Tamarchenko

• Green in the Mountains on Smart Green Travel with Jerry Hart on Green 960 AM San Francisco BREAKING NEWS: Calif State Parks will only allow you in FREE to all STATE PARKS if you have an ACCESS PASS.  How to get one?? Find out on Smart Green Travel. Mt. Tamalpais - means 'Bay Mountain' - the Coast Miwok Indian definition Plus, Mom's and Dad's,  I have an......
• The Magic Bus: a tripped-out travelling show, and the creator is on Smart Green Travel on Green 960 AM San Francisco What a long strange trip it's been! The Magic Bus, takes off from the center of San Francisco, transporting you back to a time of peace, love, and rock 'n' roll.  Smart Green Travel showcases the man behind this Transcendental Transportation Authority. Plus, what an honor to speak with the......
• Earth Day April 22nd - Smart Green Travel with Jerry Hart on Green 960 AM San Francisco Earth Day is Thursday and in America we are leading the way with support for NO CHILD LEFT INSIDE Did you know that kids today spend on average only 4 minutes outside each day? Learn more on Smart Green Travel, how important you know why NOW is the time to......
• What's Going Green in Amusement Parks? on Smart Green Travel with Jerry Hart on Green 960 AM San Francisco Yep, that's the "Harry Potter Forbidden Journey" ride at Universal in Florida. Buckle up and pull down your harness, for a virtual roller coaster ride on Green in Amusement Parks. Smart Green Travel, hears from America's biggest Amusement Parks and their Green steps to sustainability in the most wild places.......
• Swimming with Dolphins in the Wild on Smart Green Travel with Jerry Hart on Green 960am San Francisco Dolphins! Have you spoken to anyone who swims with them in the wild frequently? On Smart Green Travel, you'll hear Lisa Alpine share spectacular play by play details of water dancing with the dolphins and what she describes as dolphin daycare,  in Hawaii, where pods of dolphin parents drop their......

• I'll Be Waiting Preface It all started when I joined the spyworld when I was 16. I was shortlisted as a candidate after a 10 day camp. All of us thought it was just an outdoor camp that was very different from the other courses. So yeah, a lady posed as a principal......
• Green Paint and VOCs According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the air that we breathe indoors is up to three times more polluted than the air outside.  This impure air is regarded as one of the top hazards to our health.  And, the paints in our homes are among the foremost sources of......
• Top Travel Places to Go in 2010 reprinted from New York Times 2. Patagonia Wine Country Ten years ago, a group of adventurous winemakers set their sights on an Argentine valley called San Patricio del Chañar, an unusually fertile and eerily beautiful corner of Patagonia. They plowed, planted and waited. The outcome? A blossoming wine country with......
• Glacier National Park turns 100 [/caption] GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, Mont. – Age has not been kind to Glacier National Park. The gorgeous million-acre park in northwestern Montana celebrated its 100th birthday on Tuesday. But many of its glaciers have melted, and scientists predict the rest may not last another decade. The forests are drier and......
• Trump National Golf Club, Los Angeles, California Trump National Golf Club is located in Los Angeles, California Phone - (310) 303-3240 or (310) 303-3241. Website - http://www.trumpnationallosangeles.com/ About the Course - Trump National Golf Club was designed to be the absolute pinnacle of the luxury golf experience, offering unmatched levels of service, exclusive amenities, a well stocked......

Have you seen this behemoth white whale in the sky over the Bay Area? FYI, I was also informed we are not to confuse Blimps, with a Zepplin Air Ship. Yes, at the top of that illustration to the left, the AirShip nearly dwarfs our largest jumbo jets. The Zepplin company, that also built the Hindenburg, is not the same Airship our Great Grandpa’s engineered at the Zepplin plant back in 1925. And, it’s significantly Green, in many ways, one of the safest aircraft in the sky. Who knew? Blimps and Airships, how are they Green, and what’s the difference between the two?

The Zepplin is the largest, and only AirShip in North America, for the average Joe, like you and I, to see the Bay Area, like no other 360 degree visual experience possible.  Some have described it as a ‘personal cloud’ or ‘knowing what birds feel like’. Find out how Airships are a significant part of a post Green world, for example, right now,  one big-momma-of-a-Zepplin-Airship, is assisting in the clean up of our oil spill in the Gulf.

Hot Air Balloonitics - Welcome Aboard!
From Hang Gliding, to Gliders, to Green Hemp Hot Air Balloons, blowing hot air in Sonoma County, Smart Green Travel is soaring, with the help of the thermals, like a Falcon over Mt. Tamalpais, and will lift you to virtual heights. If you feel like someone else can do that crazy-in-the-air stuff, than Smart Green Travel, can serve as a reminder, of what it is you REALLY want.

It can give you courage and self-confidence to actually “GO FOR IT”, and know that personally, what you want to commit your life too, those far away dreams, CAN become reality in your life. A fresh new mindset of awakening, and self-love, to do the unexpected, for your sustainable soul. Now that’s what I call GREEN.

Come glide, fly, jump, balloon into this weeks Smart Green Travel, aired Saturday’s from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm, with Jerry Hart, on Green 960 AM San Fransisco, or stream at www.TheGreenMorning.com

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Wine Country Balloons
Scott VanderHorst

Airship Ventures
Alex Hall

Quest Richlife
Bay Area Glider Rides

Hang Gliding
www.Hang-Gliding.com

• Free passes to San Francisco's Green Festival this weekend Value $10 bucks As my way of thanking you for listening to Smart Green Travel on Green 960 enjoy this weekends Green Festival for FREE for the whole family. Print the pass right here on Hart of Green to your printer and take it to the Green Festival in San Francisco this......
• When the government can't afford to be green, we make it happen. Check out Minnesota's mind blower on Smart Green Travel with Jerry Hart on Green 960 AM San Francisco Minnesota's government pulls the plug on what would be history making.  What did Minnesota do to resurrect their states largest environmental Green Event? What a story to inspire anyone who feels defeated by negativity and oppression of this recession. Is Vermont's Governor Crazy? Shutting down their freeways and interstates statewide......
• Ernest Hemmingway once said that THIS BEACH was the World’s Best Beach - Best Green Beaches on Smart Green Travel on Green 960 AM San Francisco National Geographic joins Smart Green Travel to reveal what is a Green Beach? Plus, I'll share my Top 10 beaches, the ones to get too, before they become certified green. I turned to the Clean Beaches Council, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization that runs the Blue Wave beach program in......
• National Geographic's 411 on Family Eco-Vacations plus Waterfalls no one ever told you existed in Yosemite on Smart Green Travel on Green 960 AM San Francisco Find where waterfalls rarely visited in Yosemite are located and easy to walk too. And, I believe I've found the most perfect 3 day Family Staycations for Yosemite, under $200 bucks. OH! Your like me, and you want the 1-2-3 most easiest Yosemite Hikes for lazy people. Smart Green Travel......
• Underground Portland Walking Tour, a no-holds-barred excursion into the worst Portland has to offer on Smart Green Travel with Jerry Hart on Green 960 AM San Francisco So what is the Underground Portland Walking Tour? It's a no-holds-barred excursion into the worst Portland has to offer. The dark and sordid side of Portland. A treat for lovers of all things sinister and you'll only hear it on Smart Green Travel on Green 960 AM, Saturday's starting at......

• From My Experience During Last Month - Why You Need Health Insurance. Trust me on this, if you are not carrying health insurance of any kind, you are playing a very dangerous game. Most of us go through life not thinking anything could ever happen to us; I think it is a coping mechanism of the human spirit because if we worried......
• Ideas for Green Home Improvement There are a wide variety of different green home improvement options that you can pursue that are going to improve your home. Some of them are time consuming and expensive, but this is not true for all of them. Not all of us have the money necessary for dropping $15,000......
• Quick Green Reads For The Weekend Volume 144. Paying More for Flights Eases Guilt, Not Emissions “The carbon offset has become this magic pill, a kind of get-out-of-jail-free card,” Justin Francis, the managing director of Responsible Travel, one of the world’s largest green travel companies to embrace environmental sustainability, said in an interview. “It’s seductive to the......
• Healthcare for Illegal Aliens - Wilson Was Right WASHINGTON: There are many who are digging into H.R. 3200, "America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009." (You can download entire bill here by right-clicking and save to disk. If you click directly on the link it may crash your browser.) H.R. 3200 has a very interesting statement of purpose: A......
• 25 cheap ways to keep your house cooler, Part 5 I hope that you've enjoyed this series! This article on MSN.com, 25 cheap ways to keep your house cooler, will help to beat the heat this summer on a budget! Today we conclude this five-part series by planning ahead! (The descriptions from the article are bolded; my unbolded comments follow.)......

BREAKING NEWS: Calif State Parks will only allow you in FREE to all STATE PARKS if you have an ACCESS PASS.  How to get one?? Find out on Smart Green Travel.

Mt. Tamalpais - means ‘Bay Mountain’ - the Coast Miwok Indian definition

Plus, Mom’s and Dad’s,  I have an excellent One Day, Mt. Tamalpais plan for your next, all day, and into the evening, family outing.  Mt. Tamalpais has one of the best Mountain Outdoor Theater, astrology shows. Can’t you see you and the kids, looking up at the stars, talking about Galileo? Do you know the history of the Gravity Railroad Cars at the East Peak of Mt. Tam?  Make it a family, Mt. Tam excursion, and explore the new museum on Mt. Tam where you envelope what life was like in the late 1800’s, for Bay Area residents on the Railroad Gravity Cars! There was no Disneyland back then, and this train was the “E” ticket.

Mt. Diablo
Did you know, 10% of California’s native plants are on Mt. Diablo, and, because Diablo means Devil, a coalition wants to change the name. WHAT? Find out why on Smart Green Travel on Green 960 AM San Francisco or at www.TheGreenMorning.com. Get inspired to camp for one night on this easy access, clean mountain for camping, just minutes from the freeway, Rock City on Mt. Diablo.  Hike Mt. Diablo, even if you’re a rookie hiker, and never feel like your exercising or sweating just to enjoy one of California’s first State Parks.

Mt. Shasta
Joe Kidd, a really cool guy I met at San Francisco Green Drinks,  shares with you, their connection to nature, that changed them, after choosing to get one, with Shasta’s spiritual, serene, and surreal visual sensations.  Why get to Shasta in your lifetime? What’s the big deal with a mountain that John Muir called, the most unpredictable mountainess weather conditions, anywhere in the world? Less than seasoned hikers, show how in love they are with Mt. Shasta, on Smart Green Travel.  Green in the Mountains, revealing what a green hiker does, specifically, to reduce carbon footprints with every Mt. Shasta step.

The Grateful Dead & The Rocky Mountains - What did the Grateful Dead do in Denver that didn’t happen in any other city?  Is Denver really that Green? Prove it!!! Ok, they did, on Smart Green Travel, it’s all Denver clocking in at #2 for the most Green city I’ve discovered, other than San Francisco.  Denver is sooooooooooo couscous to Being Green. Within just a one mile radius, there are three sports green stadiums, the country’s second largest performing arts complex, an assortment of art and history museums, a mint producing 10 billion coins a year, a river offering whitewater rafting, the country’s only downtown amusement park, a new world-class aquarium, more than 8,000 hotel rooms and more than 300 restaurants, most organic beer brewed per day than any other American city and of course, the music. What the Grateful Dead did in Denver, that’s historical, only on Smart Green Travel, with Jerry Hart.

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Steve Sander
Director Marketing City of Denver
Rich Grant
Director of Communications
www.visitdenver.org Headquarters for all things Denver
www.denver365.org for events
www.greenprintdenver.com for what’s Green in Denver

Seth Adams
Director of Land Programs
www.SaveMtDiablo.org

Joe Kidd
Novice Shasta Hiker
Mt. Shasta

Arlene Halligan
Interpretive Associate
Mt. Tamalpais

• National Geographic's 411 on Family Eco-Vacations plus Waterfalls no one ever told you existed in Yosemite on Smart Green Travel on Green 960 AM San Francisco Find where waterfalls rarely visited in Yosemite are located and easy to walk too. And, I believe I've found the most perfect 3 day Family Staycations for Yosemite, under $200 bucks. OH! Your like me, and you want the 1-2-3 most easiest Yosemite Hikes for lazy people. Smart Green Travel......
• CUTE PICTURE ALERT & My dog's fatal Dysplasia and Green Determination There he is, my sweet Kahlua back in the day. When your dog is German Shepherd, the back legs collapse later in life. Dysplasia has begun for my baby boy, Kahlua. My companion and bright light is dealing with this disease like a true champ. I can tell when I......
• Underground Portland Walking Tour, a no-holds-barred excursion into the worst Portland has to offer on Smart Green Travel with Jerry Hart on Green 960 AM San Francisco So what is the Underground Portland Walking Tour? It's a no-holds-barred excursion into the worst Portland has to offer. The dark and sordid side of Portland. A treat for lovers of all things sinister and you'll only hear it on Smart Green Travel on Green 960 AM, Saturday's starting at......
• Free Family Event Summer Sailstice on Treasure Island on Smart Green Travel on Green 960 AM San Francisco Summer Sailstice for the family, on the Island we treasure, Treasure Island. Toss one of the Boat, Yacht, or Sailboat owners a small donation [for tight budgets, we're talking small, like 5 to 20 bucks] to support sailing schools for kids, and you're entire family can sail on all kinds......
• Swimming with Dolphins in the Wild on Smart Green Travel with Jerry Hart on Green 960am San Francisco Dolphins! Have you spoken to anyone who swims with them in the wild frequently? On Smart Green Travel, you'll hear Lisa Alpine share spectacular play by play details of water dancing with the dolphins and what she describes as dolphin daycare,  in Hawaii, where pods of dolphin parents drop their......

• San Francisco Tips for Traveling If you are planning on experiencing everything that San Francisco has to offer, then it would benefit you to have some San Francisco travel tips under your belt before you get the ball rolling on your travel. Here is a brief list of some of the most important San Francisco......
• Top 10 San Francisco (EYEWITNESS TOP 10 TRAVEL GUIDE) User Reviews Send this to a friend Top 10 San Francisco (EYEWITNESS TOP 10 TRAVEL GUIDE) Manufacturer: Customer Rating: List Price: Varies based on product options Sale Price: View Sale Price Availibility: View Product Availability Buy Now Product Description Product Details No details are available for this product Video......
• What Is “Smart Growth” And How Does It Benefit The Environment? Dear EarthTalk: What is “smart growth” and how does it benefit the environment? And what are the downsides, if any? Originating in the early 1970s when city planners began renovating crumbling inner cities in the face of widespread suburbanization and sprawl, smart growth is now a top buzzword in both......
• San Francisco & Northern California (EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDE) User Reviews Send this to a friend San Francisco & Northern California (EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDE) Manufacturer: Customer Rating: List Price: Varies based on product options Sale Price: View Sale Price Availibility: View Product Availability Buy Now Product Description Product Details No details are available for this product Video Reviews......
• Top Travel Places to Go in 2010 reprinted from New York Times 2. Patagonia Wine Country Ten years ago, a group of adventurous winemakers set their sights on an Argentine valley called San Patricio del Chañar, an unusually fertile and eerily beautiful corner of Patagonia. They plowed, planted and waited. The outcome? A blossoming wine country with......

National Geographic joins Smart Green Travel to reveal what is a Green Beach? Plus, I’ll share my Top 10 beaches, the ones to get too, before they become certified green.

I turned to the Clean Beaches Council, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization that runs the Blue Wave beach program in the U.S. to identify the top 10 beaches.

Are you tanning with a green conscious? Ready for some swimming, snorkeling, scuba diving, or none of that? Smart Green Travel is all about finding places where it’s just you and the sun - that’s all you need, huh?

I can see them, your buns planted firmly on a delightful beach, where the only oil you’re seeing is from a bottle with high SPF levels, so you can rub it on your legs.

For most beach-goers, assessing a beach is simple. Is the sand good for castle construction? Is ice cream readily available? Is the water warm and relatively jellyfish-free? If not, no problem–there are plenty of other beaches in the sea.

But what about a truly special beach? One with unique physical features–such as sand comprised of tiny, star-shaped shells or a stunning mountain backdrop–where the water is super clean and the sand isn’t in danger of vanishing because solid environmental management policies are in place? And let’s not forget the opportunity to swim with dolphins, snorkel over barrier reefs and spot birds and other local wildlife.

All ten beaches were chosen for their unique geologic features, innovative management practices and progressive environmental safeguards. None of them are currently designated Blue Flag or Blue Wave, for the most part because they haven’t been developed to the extent necessary for certification. We suggest you go before they are.

Click here for a look at a few of the world’s breathtaking beaches.

Are you a fan of Angel Island? TourismCares.org cleans up the island and hopes you can join their mission. Hear this amazing story of commitment to preserving our future.

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Costas Christ
National Geographic Travelers Magazine
www.beyondgreentravel.com
http://traveler.nationalgeographic.com/

Bruce Beckham, CTP
TourismCares.org
Executive Director/CEO

• Greenest Cities in the World with Jerry Hart on Smart Green Travel on Green 960 AM San Francisco [/caption] Who's recycling more and "trashing" less? Smart Green Travel visits the top green cities and few runners up who have made the most impressive strides toward eco-friendliness and sustainability. Factors are air, the climate, our health, the landscape and the habitat. When a city accepts as a mandate its......
• INTO NEVERLAND BEHIND-THE-SCENES TOUR, Interview with PETER PAN on Smart Green Travel on Green 960 AM with Jerry Hart I've had numerous people ask me, "Is it really that good?" ahhh...let me think about that for a minute.......AH YES!!! Listen to Smart Green Travel to understand why Peter Pan in the world's first 360-degree video projection for live theater flies both cast and audience over Edwardian London. The show......
• Smart Green Travel with Jerry Hart on Green 960 AM San Francisco: Saturday March 6th, 2010 Visit www.thegreenmorning.com to learn more about Smart Green Travel with Jerry Hart Show: Saturday March 6th, 2010 Sponsor: BetterHealthForDogs.com Guests: Sam Friedman, Founder of Better Health for Dogs.com Kevin Fletcher of Audubon International Todd Stevens - Green Architect. Zach Conen of Green Key Global Vice President of Sales & Marketing......
• I heard it through the Green Grapevine on Smart Green Travel with Jerry Hart on Green 960 AM San Francisco American's pair wine with food, while Europeans pair wine with life. The numbers speak for themselves. Whether you're like me, a novice with wine, or a connoisseur, the FACT IS: Europeans drink 28 gallons of wine per year, per person. American's drink 3 gallons of wine per year. What can......
• What's a Green Cruise? Smart Green Travel with Jerry Hart on Green 960 AM San Francisco Show: Saturday April 10th, 2010 Green Cruises around the world part 1 run time 26 minutes part 2 run time 26 minutes The Cahill Foundation Sarah E. Moss, Regional Director sarah@GreenFestivals.org - 303.219.0639 office Green Festivals™, a joint 510(c)3 project of Global Exchange & Green America www.greenfestivals.org ~ Facebook: Search......

• Top Travel Places to Go in 2010 reprinted from New York Times 2. Patagonia Wine Country Ten years ago, a group of adventurous winemakers set their sights on an Argentine valley called San Patricio del Chañar, an unusually fertile and eerily beautiful corner of Patagonia. They plowed, planted and waited. The outcome? A blossoming wine country with......
• Let's Combine All These Green Festivals To Reduce Travel & Carbon Emissions. So I have been reading all over the internet lately about these different Green Festivals taking place in cities across America - one would have to travel from Boston to San Francisco to Chicago to...wherever...to go to them all. How is that green at all? Thousands of people flying all......
• Green Building Materials Green Construction is the practice of building in a way that increases efficiency of the use of materials like energy, water and other materials and resources while reducing the impact on human health and the environment during the process of building through more efficient design, site selection, construction, operation, maintenance......
• Visit Cancun, Mexico: The UN-Official Guide Ave. Tulum is the main north-south artery (connecting downtown to the airport some 30 km (19 mi) to south). Tulum is bisected by Ave. Cobá. East of Ave. Tulum, Cobá becomes Ave. Kukulcan which serves as the primary road that runs through the long 7-shaped hotel zone. Ave. Tulum......
• Back from the Beach And "Fooled by Randomness" gave me a lot to think about. Enough that I wrote two pages on my site of monthly articles, so take a look for the full discussion. I'll share with you a quiz he relates, from a book titled "Randomness" by Deborah Bennett; A test of......