Environmentally friendly lodges have sprung up across the globe in recent years, catering to Eco-conscious tourists looking for greener getaways. But many people still equate the term “eco” with a treetop rainforest lodge or island beach hut. Actually Eco-Lodges are vacation retreat centers that offer exceptional amenities and services expected from boutique hotels, combined with environmentally sustainable building and operating practices to provide guests with a relaxing yet Eco-friendly vacation experience. All the structures, facilities and services are Eco-friendly. An Eco-Lodge follows the philosophy of Ecotourism. They strictly follow the guidelines and policies claimed to inflict reduced, minimal, or no harm at all, upon ecosystems or the environment. Eco Lodges are actually Environmentally friendly tourist hotels or lodges. These lodges implement the practices that will lead to healthier living for the planet and its inhabitants, big and small.
These Eco Lodges use Eco-friendly building materials while building their structures. These structures, known as Green Building or Sustainable Building, is the practice of creating structures using resources that are environmentally responsible and energy-efficient. These Eco Lodges are beneficial or non-harmful to the environment, and resource efficient. Designers of these Eco-Lodges use “green” and sustainable exterior siding and interior finishing materials available to style an Eco friendly house. Most of these Eco-friendly finishing materials, a vital component of sustainable building, come from renewable rather than nonrenewable resources.
Changing the way you eat can be one of the most crucial—and tricky—ways to help save the environment. That’s why most of the Eco-Lodges offer organic foods which are grown without pesticides, fertilizers made with synthetic ingredients or sewage sludge, herbicides, antibiotics, bioengineering, hormones and ionizing radiation.
Eco-Lodges attempt to reduce their carbon footprint by altering methods of transportation, energy consumption and diet. These Eco-Lodge retreat spots help you achieve a more environmentally friendly life which is often called Organic Living. Most of the Eco-Lodges are actually retreat centers which offer healthy living, Yoga, Surfing, Hiking and many more go green activities.
Some people call Eco-Lodges as Eco resorts while some others call it Green Getaways. Actually all these are retreat centers that has made important environmental improvements to its structure in order to minimize its impact on the environment. Eco-Lodges offer the exceptional amenities and services expected from boutique hotels, combined with environmentally sustainable building and operating practices to provide guests with a relaxing yet eco-friendly vacation experience.