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West of Eden By Andy Summa Veggie travelers need not bring their own Gardenburgers or Lightlife deli slices to West of Eden, a beautifully restored bed and breakfast farmhouse near Acadia National Park in Maine. Hosts Regina Ploucquet and George Urbanneck keep a vegetarian kitchen and gladly accommodate vegan, macrobiotic, gluten-free, fat-free and other special diets. Guests enjoy delicious, wholesome and generous breakfasts that include fresh fruits and berries in season, home-made granola, muffins and breads with sweet and savory spreads and a varied menu of hot breakfast dishes. Breakfast may include pear-pecan waffles, sweet potato pancakes, breakfast burritos with mango salsa, fresh corn and roasted pepper pancakes, or omelets and tofu scrambles with vegetables from our garden. The hosts use organic ingredients when possible. But the wonderful food isn’t the only attraction to the very reasonably priced West of Eden ($70-100). After sleeping in all-natural sheets and waking up to the aroma of freshly baked bread, guests can enjoy the quiet side of Mount Desert Island. But hiking, swimming, canoeing and kayaking are just minutes away, as is the bustling port of Bar Harbor. For more information, check out West of Eden. Andy Summa is a freelance writer in Sugar Land, Texas.   VEGETARIAN B & B’s West of Eden Joshua Grindle Inn Gramercy Mansion Serendipity Bed & Breakfast Oregon House  La Casa de Vida Natural A Hill House Bed & Breakfast Moloney’s Inn Two Sisters Inn Volcano Inn GOING TO WISCONSIN? You have to try the Arbor House in Madison. An environmental inn from the inside out. The inn is designed with recycled timbers and sustainbly harvested woods. It features organically grown cotton linens and fabrics and all bridgeable and non-toxic cleaners and detergents. It is so cozy you may never want to leave...Oh, and did we mention that they make a breakfast to die for?   VEGETARIAN TRAVEL REFERENCE Vegsource.com

Choose a Green Hotel The Green Hotels Association “encourages, promotes and supports the ‘greening’ of the lodging industry.” They do this by researching for water and energy-saving ideas that apply to the hospitality industry, and provide this information and even products to their members. Products offered in their catalog include guestroom recyclers, office paper recyclers;  ecological dispensers for hair and skin care products; fluorescent bulbs; sink, toggle, and kitchen aerators; toilet tank fill diverters and other water conservation tools; as well as Sheet Changing Cards (now in thousands of hotel rooms), which ask guests to consider using their linens more than once. Two interesting books sold in their online catalog include the “Environmental Management Book, The Industry Guide to Best Practice,” offering sound environmental management practice in the hotel industry, and  “Meetings That Don’t Cost the Earth,” a handbook for using environmental criteria when planning meetings and conventions. Greenhotels.com offers a very extensive state-by-state database of member green hotels at Greenhotels.com.   WORLDWIDE DIRECTORIES BedandBreakfast.com Bed with Breakfast The Innkeeper 1st Choice Vacation Properties Organic Holidays Bird-Friendly Lodging UNITED STATES DIRECTORIES Bed with Breakfast Bed & Breakfast Central Information The Innkeeper California B&B Directory Inns North America BnBinns.COM ORGANIC B & B’s Organic Gardens Bed & Breakfast Arbor House Glendennis UNITED KINGDOM Cussens Cottage GERMANY Bed and Breakfast Inns in Germany AUSTRALIA Bed and Breakfast Directories CARIBBEAN Island of Light OTHER Serenity House Kauai vacation rental