Welcome Martha Stewart Living Radio listeners. On this page you'll find all of the Eco Friendly inns and Green Getaways that BnBFinder.com President Mary White spoke about on the radio, and how you can spend your vacation there. We've also included links to the advanced search features so you can find a green getaway close to where you live.

At Melitta Station Inn and Spa in Santa Rosa, CA innkeepers Jackie & Tim Thresh have made large and small green changes to their property, including a 2 kilowatt solar array which provides all the power for their Sonoma Valley B&B. The inn generates more than enough solar power for their needs and then feeds extra power back to their local power company. With prior arrangement, your stay can include a very informative 2 day/1 night seminar aimed at the home or small business owner, that covers many methods of producing energy efficiency and reducing environmental impact.


Innkeepers Stuart & Tara Marcus of the Shambhala Ranch in Northern California take particular pride working in harmony with the surrounding environment. The lodge was built with timber milled on the land and is kept warm with clean hydronic heat. The Shambhala Ranch uses native plants for landscaping while maintaining the surrounding lands in pristine condition. The ranch is solar powered, and provides all its own utilities completely off the grid.

The Holladay House in Orange, VA has made a strong commitment to providing green lodging, and is a member of the rigorous Virginia Green Lodgings program. Holladay House has made extensive green improvements, practices water & energy conservation, composting and uses energy efficient appliances. Most of the food cooked for guests comes from within a 100 mile radius of the inn, and nearly every facet has been made environmentally friendly. Hospitality specialists Sam and Sharon Elswick can explain many of the energy and resource saving methods guests will see in action during their stay. The inn uses environmentally friendly cleaning supplies with no phosphates. Find out their secrets for buying cleaners in bulk and concentrated form from local sources, saving energy and money. You'll have the opportunity to see these environmentally friendly efforts implemented in a home setting first hand during your stay.


The Port Washington Inn, in Port Washington, Wisconsin is certified by Travel Green Wisconsin and has enacted a forward thinking program of environmentally responsible initiatives. The food cooked for guests is sourced locally at farmers markets or bought at the local food co-op. A combination of planet friendly cleaning and laundry supplies, along with energy saving lights bulbs help to further reduce the inn's environmental footprint. The innkeepers are happy to share their knowledge and experience of composting and will demonstrate their compost tumbler and teach about composting yard and kitchen waste.

On Hawaii's Big Island, visitors to the Dragonfly Ranch 

The owners of Stonehurst Place in Atlanta, Georgia feel that being green is about smart design and sustainable improvements that make a long term impact. Their historic 1896 Inn has been getting greener with each improvement made to the structure. Through the use of cisterns on the roof to collect rainwater and a combination of water saving appliances and fixtures they have achieved complete water independence. The owners say going green is 'Easy', and 'Everyone can do this!' Guests tour and learn first hand about going green during renovation, with low flow toilets, energy efficient lights, rain water reuse and more ideas to save energy, resources and money.




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• Use rain barrels to collect rain waterand use it to water lawns
• Buy low-flow faucets and dual-flush toilets
• Save electricity by replacing all light bulbs with compact fluorescents. CF bulbs use about one-fourth of the energy normal incandescent light bulbs and can last up to 10 times as long as standard bulbs
• Buy locally as much as possible to reduce carbon emissions through delivery
• Audit your energy bill
• Run laundry on warm/cold cycle as opposed to hot, itwill getyour clothes equally clean and save energy
• Use foam insulation when renovating. Foam insulation is more efficient and makes rooms quieter.