Up Close to the Proximity Hotel
“Travelling Without Footprints,” is a video series exploring carbon-friendly travel experiences. In this first installment, former Traveler researcher Ali Ogden takes us to the Proximity Hotel in Greensboro, North Carolina, where owner Dennis Quaintance shows us what it takes to make a hotel green as he works toward achieving LEED Platinum status. His notion is that you don’t have to sacrifice comfort for conscience. Watch as he shows Ali the hotel's solar panels (look out for hot pipes!), waterless urinals, and more...
Travelling Without Footprints is produced by Ali Ogden and Chris Keener.
Makes me want to take a trip out to North Carolina just to stay at this hotel! What a brilliant idea, if only all hotels would be so conscientious. Thank you Ali and Chris for informing us - looking forward to your next review!
Posted by: Ceyda Torun | April 10, 2008 at 12:58 PM
Ali -
Nicely done! Congratulations to Quantaince-Weaver for a job well done!
I look forward to future segments!
Jeff
Greensboro, NC
Posted by: Jeff Hardin | April 11, 2008 at 08:54 AM
Not only a brilliant idea as far as the impact on the world that the hotel is creating, but also a BRILLIANT marketing idea that seems to be perfectly timed with the current obsession with green travel. Thanks for the video!
Posted by: Kango Suz | April 14, 2008 at 12:32 PM
That's what we need right now - hotels that make the world to make us feel that there is a better place to live in, not just for a vacation trip.
Posted by: Reneena Davidson | April 22, 2008 at 11:22 PM
green travel. love it.
Posted by: Kudzu Fire | June 24, 2008 at 08:31 PM
I just reviewed the Proximity Hotel and three other eco-travel destinations on my site, 1GreenProduct.com.
Here's the link - http://1greenproduct.com/2008/07/travel-conrad-chicago-ireland-greenbox.html
Hope you and your readers find it interesting!
- Aaron Dalton, 1GreenProduct.com
Posted by: Aaron Dalton | July 29, 2008 at 10:02 AM