Sorting hotel search results by Price, Hotel Name, or Distance from a Landmark are familiar tools to almost any traveler, but RezHub.com is now providing a sort feature with a conscience: Sort by Green Score. Customers using the RezHub.com hotel search are now able to view hotels in order of the way they care for the environment.

RezHub.com and their Green Travel Hub launched in September of last year with a dedication to providing green travel options to everyone and for every trip. Since their launch, the site has continued to provide innovative tools to help travelers learn that going green does not have to mean going to extremes. The RezHub Green Score ratings system for hotels was designed to show customers exactly what steps individual hotels are taking to protect the planet. Hotels earn points and Green Score “Branches” by completing tasks ranging from incorporating recycling programs, to using Energy Star Appliances, to landscaping with native plant gardens. RezHub became the first travel site to include a Green Score in every hotel search, and the launch of their Sort by Green Score feature is the perfect enhancement. The Sort by Green Score feature works just as a “sort by price” would work. When sorted, hotels appear in order of their Green Score starting with the highest at the top and ranging down to the lowest.

ITN On has made its first foray into green programming with the launch of two exciting new services on MSN UK’s Environment channel.

ITN On is producing Green News, a 90-second, presenter-led daily news bulletin that pulls together the most important environmental stories and issues of the day from around the world for MSN users in its Environment and Video channels.

ITN On is also providing MSN UK’s Environment channel with a number of bespoke video reports every month focusing on specific environmental issues. These packages look to inform and give viewers a better understanding of a particular environmental issue.

Online shoppers now have a convenient way to buy organic and eco-friendly products without leaving the house. shopOrganic, an online-only retail store, launched last week to the delight of customers who prefer to… well… shop organic.

On the website, www.shopOrganic.com, you’ll find organic versions of popular grocery store items, from organic snack foods and boxed meals, to natural soaps and sponges made of loofah. You’ll also find unusual or hard-to-find products such as organic cocktail mixers and items for those with special dietary needs like gluten-free and kosher products.

The world's leading provider of independent news and analysis for the global power, gas and carbon markets is live on Polopoly. The new web site, www.pointcarbon.com, uses the full suite of Polopoly products to create a strong self-service web offering.

The solution for Point Carbon is highly developed. The website is the primary business channel, where Point Carbon's customers can access a large range of information services such as research, trading analytics and advisory. Polopoly is used as a unique end-to-end solution comprising not only the editorial parts, but also all web commerce related activities including the customer services interface.

GreenandMore.com recently launched their iPod recycling program for up to a $150 store credit towards anything in their online store.

"This is the ultimate opportunity to recycle an old iPod that would either collect dust or add to landfill waste -- and receive a store credit for doing a green deed." says Mercia Tapping, President.

Using an online iPod value calculator, a visitor will know the estimated value of an iPod before choosing to recycle it. If a visitor chooses to accept the deal, an envelope will arrive at a door several days later for convenient mailing of the iPod. The store credit of up to $150 will be sent to the recipient for use, and can go towards the purchase of any eco-friendly items at GreenandMore.com. It's that simple.

Link for details about the iPod recycling program and the online iPod value calculator: http://www.greenandmore.com/ipod-trade-in.html

TheFindGreen.com will kick off a week-long roundup of the web’s best tips for living green. Over the course of the coming week, TheFindGreen.com will introduce consumers to some of the challenges being faced by those actively working to protect the environment, and the ways in which consumers can quickly and easily make choices that will contribute to the earth’s preservation.

With new updates every day on its blog, TheFindGreen will offer its users helpful green living tips from leading bloggers, columnists and environmental charities. Topics and participants include:

• Global Green USA, an environmental organization focused on creating a value shift by reconnecting humanity to the environment, will offer tips on how to live a greener lifestyle, educating consumers on how to become advocates for the environment by joining their non-profit organization.
• Mongabay will highlight ways that consumers can make choices that preserve the world’s rainforests – offering tips on choosing responsibly when it comes to building a home, traveling or entertaining. Mongabay is a leading web destination on the preservation of rainforests, and seeks to raise interest in and appreciation of wild lands and wildlife, while examining the impact of emerging trends in climate, technology, economics, and finance on conservation and development.

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In honor of Earth Day and the first year anniversary of the launch of TheDailyGreen.com, the site today announced the winners of The Heart of Green Awards, honoring people and organizations from all fields who in the last year have, through their work and deeds, helped take the "green is good" message to the mainstream, or to the "heart" of the American people.

TheDailyGreen.com chose a richly diverse group of honorees for its inaugural year, taking a slightly non-traditional approach by honoring not only key environmentalists, journalists, politicians and business leaders, but also Lisa Simpson, the famous yellow greenie from "The Simpsons" and The Onion for faux eco-reporting. TheDailyGreen.com also announced a special award for those people whose messages, though important to hear, are not yet ready for prime time. There is also inclusion of people whose "hearts" are decidedly not green.

EnergyHotwire.com is the first fully comprehensive web site that teaches Americans how we can be energy-independent with a well-diversified team of experts led by Environmental Scientist & Energy Consultant Bill Lauto.

This Earth Day, April 22, the all-new version of EnergyHotwire.com will be launched, focusing our nation on step-by-step goals to help lower energy bills up to 60% without sacrifice! "We have the technology; we can be energy independent," Lauto has stated for over ten years. Mr. Lauto was the energy advisor to Earth Day's 20th Anniversary Committee in New York City and has been providing his expertise since 1982 when the first SL-18 energy-saving bulb was made in Lynn, Massachusetts! His team didn't just join the "Going Green" movement; they have been consulting with corporations, politicians, organizations, celebrities, utility companies, and homeowners for over twenty years.

Green living is something that a lot of people talk about doing, but only a small percentage of them actually end up implementing any of their world changing speech. However, thanks to the power of the Internet and a Web site by the name of Ecobites.com, a virtual community of eco-conscious activists are impacting change in the real world, one person at a time.

From reducing their carbon footprint to growing organic foods, Ecobites.com has step-by-step articles, which help to aide visitors wanting to learn more about living an eco-friendly lifestyle. However, it's perhaps the community forum that provides the most value to new users of Ecobites.com.

The site is updated weekly with new content from the Ecobites staff, however, Ecobites encourages users to create an eco-blog and/or send in their own articles to be published. So in that sense, there's new content to be found on the site every single day.

AutoUSA.com is “going green.” Visitors to the site will now be able to search for new autos by fuel economy and green ratings, in addition to make, model, body style, class and price. Car buyers will also have access to a developing library of in-depth articles on green vehicles and emerging, environmentally friendly automotive technology.

“The green car market is continuing to grow as gas prices increase and manufacturers build more new hybrids,” said Phil DuPree, president of AutoUSA. “We wanted to provide environmentally conscious buyers with a site where they can get fully educated on green cars and find the best vehicle for their needs and lifestyle.”

OTOnetworks announces the latest addition to its network of digital properties Green Student U. Green Student U introduces students to a wide variety of global environmental issues by recognizing on-campus green initiatives and personal success stories, as well as how the world is being shaped by political environmental reform.

"College students are an important target audience because the habits and worldviews that they establish today will provide them with the tools that they need for their future," said Rob Rex, Managing Director of OTOnetworks. "By informing students of up-to-date ecological concerns and providing the advice they need to tackle those concerns, Green Student U will help advance the green movement for both current and future generations. The website will also be a valuable device for relevant brands and other companies to reach a popular worldwide segment that continues to grow in numbers."

Green Student U is the third in a series of student-oriented websites created by OTOnetworks, following Student Finance Domain and Study Abroad Domain. It is OTOnetworks' latest site that encourages online conversation, interaction and social networking between students through the integration of RSS feeds, comments, podcasts and other emerging technologies. Topics on the site include Eco-Lifestyles, Stories and Successes, Our World Today, and Green Campus.

Simply put, green travel is travel in which a positive environmental impact is kept to a maximum and a negative environmental impact is kept to a minimum. Keeping your carbon footprint as tiny as possible while traveling will help preserve the entire planet, including that favorite vacation spot you always visit. That being said, traveling green sounds like something any traveler would be interested in, right? Right, but although many travelers may be interested in green travel not everyone knows where to start.

RezHub.com put together a Green Travel Plan that makes traveling green easy for anyone, no matter what their shade of green. Remember, every little bit counts and following any or all of these steps will add up to a world of change.