Seek Out Eco-Innovators Not every eco-star is necessarily LEED certified. The following 10 resorts, for example, deserve credit for their advanced initiatives to benefit both the environment and their local communities.
AUSTRIA Rogner Bad Blumau (Bad Blumau, Styria) Uses geothermal power, features green roofs, and donates a portion of its profits to the World Wildlife Fund. From $324 per night
BRITISH WEST INDIES CuisinArt Resort & Spa (Rendezvous Bay, Anguilla) Grows most of its own food (and some spa ingredients) in an onsite hydroponic greenhouse, greatly reducing the need to ship in food. From $400 per night CANADA St. Anne's Country Inn & Spa (Grafton, Ontario) Plants over 6,000 seedlings each year, recycles all water, and recently eliminated plastic water bottles from resort and spa. From $425 per night
COSTA RICA Tabacón Grand Spa Thermal Resort (La Fortuna, Alajuela) Uses geothermally heated water for showers and hot tubs, includes local ingredients in treatments, and is developing a hydroelectric power system. From $215 per night
FIJI Jean-Michel Cousteau Fiji Islands Resort (Savusavu, Vanua Levu) Is the only resort in the world to have a marine biologist on staff to ensure the resort keeps its impact on the oceans to a minimum and to help guests explore the underwater ecosystem responsibly. From $650 per night
IRELAND Monart Destination Spa (Enniscorthy, County Wexford) Uses an advanced system to monitor and reduce energy usage, recycles cooking oil to make biodiesel, and uses wood chips for heating. From $230 per night including breakfast
ISRAEL Mizpe Hayamim Resort (Rosh Pina, Eastern Galilee) Features organic and kosher gardens and dairy, tends and protects 15 hectares of nature preserve, uses natural and biodynamic products in spa. From $250 per night
MEXICO Hacienda Chichen Resort (Chichén Itzá, Yucatán) Was built with recycled stones, composts food waste, and incorporates indigenous ingredients and customs in treatments. From $165 per night
MOROCCO Kasbah du Toubkal (Imlil) Transports luggage via mule; provides locally made soaps in its hammam; and donates 5 percent of every stay to fund a community hammam, irrigation system, and ambulance. From $202 per night including daily breakfast
PERU Inkaterra Machu Picchu (Machu Picchu, Cusco) Offsets 100 percent of its carbon emissions through renewable energy use and local reforestation projects and incorporates indigenous customs and ingredients in treatments. From $249 per person per night including daily breakfast and dinner
UNITED STATES Ahu Pohaku Ho'omaluhia (Kapaau, Hawaii) Uses a rainwater catchment tank, sourced sustainable materials for building, and grows or makes most of its own organic food. From $250 per night
UNITED STATES Buttermilk Falls Inn (Milton, New York) Has an on-site organic garden and apiary, uses solar and geothermal energy to heat its sauna and pool, and only uses natural and organic products in spa. From $225 per night UNITED STATES Mohonk Mountain House (New Paltz, New York) Uses organic and locally grown ingredients in treatments and features a geothermal heating and cooling system and a green roof. From $255 per person per night all inclusive
UNITED STATES Post Ranch Inn (Big Sur, California) Set aside much of its land for conservation, built green roofs onto oceanview rooms, placed some rooms on stilts to protect the roots of redwoods below, and uses organic ingredients in treatments. From $550 per night
UNITED STATES The Sky Lodge (Park City, Utah) Has a super-efficient heating and cooling system, uses wind energy, has a preferential purchasing policy for eco-friendly products. From $150 per night
UNITED STATES Sunrise Springs (Santa Fe, New Mexico) Sources food from its own organic and biodynamic gardens, gets water from spring-fed pond and wells, uses locally made wild-crafted organic products in spa and for room amenities. From $170 per night
Not every eco-star is necessarily LEED certified. The following 10 resorts, for example, deserve credit for their advanced initiatives to benefit both the environment and their local communities.