"The Green Collection" - Leaders in their field of sustainable accommodation
HOTEL ACCOMMODATION
Location: Melbourne CBD, Victoria
Australia's first carbon neutral hotel, the Alto Hotel on Bourke exemplifies the best in environmentally sustainable practices in a city hotel. The hotel was designed with the express intention of being Melbourne’s first truly sustainable hotel with advanced initiatives which set it apart. Alto Hotel is number one in energy and water savings for accommodation in the City of Melbourne and integrates its ‘Alto Green Team’ into every area of the business.
Accreditation: Green Globe Certified Silver status, Winner 2008 HMAA Sustainable Tourism, AAA Green Star
BUSH RETREAT
Kanimbla View
Location: Blue Mountains, NSW
Experience: Selected by The Guardian as one of 'the best green places to stay around the world'...“From concept to execution, Kanimbla View is ecotourism at its best.” Guy Chester, former V-P, Ecotourism Australia
Accreditation: Ecotourism Australia
LODGE AND GUESTHOUSE ACCOMMODATION
Location: Lamington National Park, Queensland
Binna Burra has been a leader in sustainable tourism in Australia for many years. Binna Burra's Board, management and staff are fully committed to implementing and maintaining environmental best practice management procedures in all areas. By designing and adopting site-specific best practice procedures, as detailed in the Lodge's Environmental Management Plan, Binna Burra has dramatically reduced its environmental impacts. This effort was so significant that Binna Burra Mountain Lodge first earned Green Globe Certification in 2001. In doing so, Binna Burra was also the first private company in Australasia to achieve certification under the international Green Globe standards for ecological sustainability.
Accreditation: Ecotourism Australia, Green Globe
BUDGET ACCOMMODATION
Location: Grampians National Park, Victoria
Grampians YHA Eco-Hostel is an industry leader in environmentally friendly accommodation, with many state of the art features designed to protect and compliment the natural environment. The accommodation is powered by solar electricity and utilises green initiatives including solar hot water, rain water collection, recycled greywater and waste recycling to reduce their impact on the environment.
Accreditation: Ecotourism Australia
ACCOMMODATION WITH A CONSERVATION FOCUS
Location: Great Ocean Road, Victoria
'The Centre is a model of how tourism can support sustainable living - I hope it remains the success it ought to be, for humans and animals.' (Piers Pickard, Lonely Planet) The Great Ocean Ecolodge is a magnificent multi award-winning environmentally sustainable guest house within the grounds of The Cape Otway Centre for Conservation Ecology. Adjoining the Great Otway National Park and close to the Great Ocean Walk. Conservation is also important at an individual level and through the operation of a wildlife rehabilitation centre. The Cape Otway Centre rescues, treats and rehabilitates injured and orphaned wildlife so that they may be released back into their natural wild habitats.
Accreditation: Ecotourism Australia
SELF-CONTAINED DELUXE ACCOMMODATION
Location: Hunter Valley, NSW
Somewhere Unique recognises that caring for the environment is directly linked to caring for the overall needs of their guests and the community and has accepted the challenge to integrate environmental considerations into all relevant aspects of business. The retreats at Somewhere Unique aim to provide opportunities for guests to experience nature in ways that lead to a greater understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of the surrounding environment. The property has been granted Climate Action Innovator certification which recognizes businesses who have undertaken a set of adaption and emissions reduction and are auditing and measuring their carbon footprint.
Accreditation: Ecotourism Australia, Climate Action Innovator and AAA Green Star
CAMPING AND CARAVAN ACCOMMODATION
Location: Metropolitan Sydney, NSW
Winner of the inaugural Qantas Award for Sustainability in Tourism in NSW, 2008. The Tourist Park is committed to designing and implementing an Environmental plan to cover every aspect of the operation of the business and containing the following eight (8) key components: community and business education, carbon reduction and eradication of carbon footprint, water management, habitat creation and biodiversity, recycle, reuse and waste minimisation, pest and weed abatement and management, investment in staff, sustainable eco tourism role models.
Accreditation: Ecotourism Australia
ECO CONFERENCE AND EDUCATION
Location: Blue Mountains, NSW
Award winning Jemby Rinjah Eco Lodge - Australia’s original eco accommodation. The complex has been designed and constructed to be sensitive and non-damaging to the local environment and has won several major awards both for the innovative design and its successful operation as a tourism business, including NSW Tourism Awards for environmental tourism and tourist development projects and the Banksia Environmental Foundation Award for the Built Environment.
Accreditation: Ecotourism Australia
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