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Aveda Institute goes green in Winter Park, Florida

Aveda Institute has come to Winter Park, Florida. Since its opening several weeks ago, "Aveda now has 50 students and plans are to eventually have 250 students," said Paulo Figueiredo, director of the school.

"Aveda Institutes are not like any other beauty school or hair school," Figueiredo said. He said the school in Winter Park is a green company with energy-saving air conditioning and lighting. The school chose the Central Florida area for its new location because of the proximity to hotels and airports.

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Epi Center MedSpa is Going Green

San Francisco’s Epi Center MedSpa, the nation’s original medical spa, will be achieving another first with the opening of its eco-medspa, bringing nature and science together for a more naturally beautiful you – and more beautiful planet. The Epi Center MedSpa will open the doors to its LEED-certified space in April to commemorate both its 10th anniversary and Earth Day. A trendsetter in the skin rejuvination industry since its opening a decade ago, the board certified plastic surgeon led eco-medspa now combines its safe beauty enhancing medical procedures with the most effective organic treatments and healthy environment to create a naturally vibrant and youthful appearance with minimal downtime.

The Epi Center MedSpa worked with leaders in eco-architecture and designed a luxurious medical spa with the highest level LEED certification attainable. Eric Corey Freed, founder of oraganicArchitect and author of Green Building and Remolding for Dummies, ensured the Epi Center MedSpa conforms to the strict standards established by the U.S. Green Building Council.

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Epi Center Eco MedSpa Celebrates

More than 400 San Franciscans turned out yesterday to celebrate the new Epi Center Eco MedSpa, the first eco medspa of its kind in the nation. The Epi Center opened the doors to its new LEED certified space in April to mark Earth Month and its 10^th Anniversary as one of the country’s premier medical spas.

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Nation's First Green Medical Spa Opens in San Francisco

Epi Center MedSpa celebrates its 10^th anniversary with the opening of the country’s first Eco-MedSpa in San Francisco in a completely renovated facility in the historic Union Square medical building. The new facility is LEED certified and built entirely with sustainable materials, from recycled and FSC-certified wood, marble flooring and countertops, to the eco-paints and recycled fabrics.

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Steiner Leisure Keeps it Green

Steiner Leisure Limited (NASDAQ:STNR) has committed to supporting international Earth Day on 22nd April, through its promotion SEED (Steiner Evergreen Earth Drive) by planting a tree (donation of $1) for every client who experiences a treatment at one of its spas or who makes a purchase through its websites.

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More Than A Dozen Eco-Resorts Set to Join Four Seasons in Costa Rica

Howler monkeys roar in rosewood trees outside $2,000-a-night suites with plunge pools at the Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica at Peninsula Papagayo, where servers shuttle drinks to Rolex-wearing loungers on beaches that a decade ago were cooling-off spots mainly for locals or occasional backpackers.  Guanacaste Province, a remote and once-impoverished region in northwest Costa Rica near the Nicaraguan border, is bidding to be the next luxury hotspot.

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Luxury Adventure Eco Spa & Resort in the Yukon / Canada

On May 28th, 2008 the world’s first 99% organically sustainable high end luxury Adventure Eco Spa & Resort in the mountains of the Yukon Territory of Canada will open its door to the public. Through out the season the resort will have the generous musical support of over 15 Grammy winners. The opening ceremony will include a North American native dance ceremony and blessing of the grounds. It will also include well known artists and performers from around the globe.

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Bangkok Marriott Resort & Spa receives Green Hotel Award

The Bangkok Marriott Resort & Spa announced its achievement in receiving the ASEAN  Green Hotel Standard Award. The award recognizes the resort commitment in  being environmentally friendly and having adopted energy conservation measures.

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An Organic Spa Greens New York

As the owner of Priti, the only all-organic spa specializing in luxurious manicures and pedicures in New York City, Australian native Kim D’Amato is at the forefront of a natural beauty revolution. While it’s easier than ever to pop in for a quick manicure and pedicure (or facial or eyebrow wax) at one of the thousands of salons lining the streets of the five boroughs, D’Amato is the only one who has taken a close look at the ingredients contained in the average bottle of nail polish and decided to take a different approach.

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For Manicures, Green is the New Pink

Susan Kim, who worked for 17 years as a manicurist, complains of chronic itchiness in her eyes, an allergic reaction to the fumes and dust she inhaled in her workplace. Another former manicurist, Linda Chen, used to have a bumpy red rash on her face and neck. It finally faded after she quit the job.  As nail workers nationwide experience ailments they assert are caused by the tools of their trade, concerned community groups and health advocates are trying to strengthen regulations on nail-care products and help promote "greener" nail shops.

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Killington Unveils $5.3 Million In Improvements, Programs, Environmental Initiatives

Killington Resort (Vermont) enters the 2007-08 ski and snowboard season with more than $5.3 million in resort improvements and new programs to enhance the overall guest experience. In addition, Killington is implementing new environmental initiatives in an effort to reduce the resort's overall carbon footprint.

The Killington Grand Resort Hotel and Spa has recently undergone a $2 million renovation, including newly-renovated guest rooms with new carpet, trim, furnishings and paint. These improvements complement the full-service spa opened during the summer of 2006. The Grand Hotel also features new carpet throughout the lobby, hallways and Grand Ballroom. Guests will also notice a new ski and snowboard check room and newly remodeled locker rooms in the health club.

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Plans for an Upscale "Green Spa" in New York Concerns Residents

Rosendale, New York.    

Developers are poised to open a celebrity spa and sprawling gated vacation-home community at the Williams Lake Resort, a former family-run hotel and beach club with more than 730 acres that has been on the market since 2004.  The Developers, which may involve Steve Case and his Mirval Spa brand, have met with neighbors, business owners and elected officials of the area to discuss plans for a 100-room hotel and spa, custom vacation homes from $1 million and up, which is being described as "deep green health and wellness-focused resort community.”

Locals are concerned, both for the environmental impact and the likely high-profile residents and guests, including Steve Case and Oprah Winfrey.  Opposition is forming and the town is dotted with signs for their group, www.friendsofwilliamslake.org.

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Green Certification for Wisconsin's Heidel House and Spa

The Heidel House Resort and Evensong Spa has received the Wisconsin Department of Tourism's Travel Green Wisconsin Certification.   The designation recognizes tourism related businesses that are reducing their environmental impact through operational and other improvements, according to a news release from the resort.

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Tiamo Eco-Spa's Green Program

The place runs on solar power, the furniture is made with recycled materials, the laundry is air-dryed, glass is crushed and used in concrete, and even human waste is composted.

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The Green Spa Network

The green travel movement is sprouting new offshoots. In addition to offsetting carbon emissions from air travel and reducing energy use at hotels, eco-friendly travelers may want to know their spa treatment isn't roughing up the planet.

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