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...buildings. Initially, it seemed absurd to correlate luxury and sustainability, but there was something compelling about his passion for the concept. Here we take a closer look at the success of companies like natural grocer Whole Foods and ecotourism's rise at places like the Daintree Eco Lodge & Spa in Queensland, Australia. The success of eco-entrepreneurs like Graham Hill, creator of design blog treehugger.com is proof that green living is becoming an increasingly natural instinct...
Getting that close to nature isn't a compulsory part of a stay at an environmentally friendly resort. But at the Daintree Eco Lodge & Spa, where tree-house villas are set on stilts above the compound's waterfall-fed creek, it's hard to avoid a bit of communing. Located 90 minutes by car northwest of Cairns on 30 acres of rain forest next to the Daintree River, the Eco Lodge offers visitors a front-row seat at one of nature's greatest shows: the world's oldest continuously surviving rain forest. Dusk on any of Daintree's screened...
Part eco-experience, part spa indulgence, Daintree Eco Lodge, certified by Australia's National Ecotourism Accreditation Program, falls somewhere in between. There are the requisite Jacuzzis and air-conditioning for those who can't live without such creature comforts. But there are green accents. The bio-cycle sanitary system, for example, recycles effluent and wastewater for irrigation, and the lodge has won plaudits from the Australian government for its energy-conservation efforts...
Owned and run by the Maloney family since 1995, Daintree has won a slew of tourism awards for its spa facilities, including being voted among the Top 10 Spa Retreats of the World in the 2005 Condé Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards. Just don't arrive expecting gold faucets and air-conditioned walkways, says Cathy Maloney. "We don't want people to have preconceptions," she says. "We want them to leave with a feeling of well-being, of feeling more enriched for having come here...
...rain forest's pure air and water. They have both battled cancer in the past few years, and now they want to expand the lodge's range of therapies?such as naturopathy, yoga and meditation?and services to include healing retreats and corporate escapes. But their boutique-size spa has none of the hauteur you might expect at the Ritz. With room for only 30 guests, Daintree is so private that visitors are more likely to encounter a white-lipped tree frog than a fellow guest when they walk from their villa to the spa or the main dining room...