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Las Vegas based Company Awarded Highest Sustainable Travel Rating on Earth The future of outfitting will require third party audits, not just carbon credit purchases. Sin City isn't just the land of extreme excess anymore. Las Vegas, June 7- Escape Adventures, a Las Vegas based multi-sport touring company, recently received the highest rating ever granted by Sustainable Travel International, making them the greenest touring company on earth. With hundreds of tour companies claiming to be environmentally responsible, this will undeniably raise the bar for outfitters who claim to be running their tours in an eco-friendly fashion. These, "green washed" companies claim to be sustainable, not leaving carbon pollution in their tracks, when essentially they are only paying to pollute by purchasing energy credits and not truly offsetting their carbon footprints. The people need a better way to decipher real green from "light green" companies who use "green" as nothing more than a marketing ploy. If you drive a Hummer to shop at Whole Foods, you may fall into this category. Jared and Heather Fisher of Escape Adventures have worked many years to acquire this outstanding honor. Their mission is simple: Support human power and the natural environment. They differentiate themselves from other outfitters in many ways. Consumer need to ask if writing a check is enough. * Grow their own organic garden & they feed its fare to guests on tour * Collect used kitchen vegetable grease from local restaurants for use in their tour vans * Recycle 90% of waste; tires, bottles, paper, plastic, glass- on tour & at shops * Have public recycling bins * Have installed solar panels at their home & shops * Awarded, "Certificate of Environmental Stewardship," by Rocky Mountain Power, for purchasing 30,000 kilowatt hours of renewable wind energy * Offer all employees $5/day to ride to work rather than drive * Use only recycled products and buy merchandise with little or now packaging Third party auditing by organizations like Sustainable Travel International, which has over 1200 companies adhering to their uber-strict guidelines worldwide, will hold the key to knowing whether a touring company, or any company for that matter, is truly green. For more information on Sustainable Travel International, please visit* http://www.sustainabletravelinternational.org/. For more information about Escape Adventures and Las Vegas Cyclery please visit http://www.escapeadventures.com/ or call toll free 800.596.2953 Media Contact: Alicia Surgeoner PR & Marketing Director Escape Adventures alicia@escapeadventures.com 702.596.2953
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