October 8, 2009 by Carly Erin O'Neil  
Filed under The Issue, Travel

How to step off the plane looking (and feeling) like a jet-setting celeb

Dear EarthTalk: What are “eco-villages?” I’ve heard of one in New York near Ithaca and another one called Arcosanti being built in Arizona.   – Jim Killian, Brookline, MA  
Eco-villages are essentially designed communities intending to be socially, economically and ecologically sustainable. Environmentalist Joan Bokaer developed the vision for the first eco-village, which would eventually be built on [...]