Lifestyle A sustainable yoga weekend with your best friend Marilou Cabatingan, 04/26/202404/03/2026 “I really need some time off,” says one. “Oh yeah, let’s get away for a weekend,” says the other. Is that you and your best friend? Then you’ve come to the right place! At Hotel Klosterbr?u in Seefeld, Tyrol, friends often travel together – preferably for a yoga weekend. Find… Continue Reading
Travel Ready for the island? But sustainable, please – because they are in danger of disappearing! Marilou Cabatingan, 04/20/202404/03/2026 The island – a dropout’s place of longing. At least that’s how the often-quoted phrase “I’m ready for the island”, sung by Peter Cornelius in his 1981 hit, came about. Islands fascinate us. Far away from everything. Needing to cross the sea for anyone to reach you. Ideal for getting… Continue Reading
Lifestyle Best Breakfast – This is how you start your day at sustainable hotels Marilou Cabatingan, 04/18/202404/03/2026 Am I the only one who thought that a “continental breakfast” would consist of breakfast delicacies from all seven continents? Think again! If you have booked accommodation with this type of breakfast, you can expect little more than a roll with butter, jam and a few slices of cheese and… Continue Reading
Travel Trail Running in Europe – Events and Trails around the Sustainable Hotels Marilou Cabatingan, 03/19/202407/14/2026 You want to run trails in Europe without staying at a resort that wastes water or serves imported beef flown in from 5,000 km away. Problem is, most travel guides treat “eco” as a buzzword and “trail running” as an afterthought. This list fixes that. Every route below starts within… Continue Reading
Travel Hotel wake-up service? A new way to wake up! Marilou Cabatingan, 03/12/202407/14/2026 The old hotel wake-up call is dying. A 2026 J.D. Power survey found that only 12% of hotel guests use the front desk wake-up service, down from 38% in 2019. The reason isn’t nostalgia — it’s reliability and control. A missed call means a missed flight. A misplaced “do not… Continue Reading
Travel Even more beautiful than August – Winter is especially enticing in these sustainable destinations Marilou Cabatingan, 03/05/202407/14/2026 You booked a summer trip to Iceland in August. Paid $1,400 for flights. Waited 45 minutes at the Blue Lagoon. The parking lot was full of idling tour buses. The Northern Lights? Didn’t see them — it never got dark enough. That’s the problem with peak-season sustainable travel. The crowds… Continue Reading
Lifestyle It’s Teatime – Tea and herbal tea at sustainable hotels Marilou Cabatingan, 03/01/202407/14/2026 You check into a hotel that markets itself as eco-luxury. The room has bamboo floors, a filtered water station, and a recycling bin. Then you open the tea drawer. Inside: two Lipton bags, a generic chamomile sachet, and a tiny jar of Nescafe. The tea was shipped from a factory… Continue Reading
Travel Sustainable time for two – Romantic hideaways and destinations Marilou Cabatingan, 02/11/202407/14/2026 Are you planning a sustainable romantic getaway and finding every recommendation feels identical — vague “eco lodges” in “pristine nature” with zero pricing transparency? I’ve spent years researching and visiting sustainable properties as a couple, and the honest truth is: most of what gets called a “romantic eco retreat” is… Continue Reading
Travel Dog-friendly vacation in Germany and Austria Marilou Cabatingan, 02/01/202407/14/2026 You’ve seen the photos. A happy dog on a mountain trail in the Alps. A schnauzer curled up in a café in Munich. You want that. But the reality of crossing borders with a dog — paperwork, train rules, finding a hotel that doesn’t charge a fortune — can kill… Continue Reading
Food Simple & creative solutions to reduce food waste Marilou Cabatingan, 12/28/202307/14/2026 You buy a bag of apples at a gas station in Utah, eat two, and three days later you’re tossing the rest into a trash can at a motel in Nevada. That’s $6 straight into the garbage. Multiply that by every snack, half-eaten sandwich, and forgotten yogurt cup over a… Continue Reading