Whether you’re a veteran eco-tourist or just beginning to weigh environmental factors in your travel, you’ll be delighted to discover that Chicago is “the green city that works.” Outstanding hotel, dining, shopping, and transportation options make eco-travel in the city a breeze!
Accommodations
Eco-travelers can rest easy with accommodations at a GreenSource magazine Green Seal certified hotels.
Or check out a Green Hotels Association member hotel such as City Suites Hotel, Majestic Hotel, and Willows Hotel.
Dining
Foodies will love the organic/local/sustainable menus offered in such fascinating settings as the Café at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum and Shedd Aquarium’s Soundings. Also, Green City Market offers top quality sustainable and organic foods produced by local and artisanal farmers.
Shopping
This world-class shopping city is increasingly known as a place to find innovative and green fashion and design. For example, at NikeTown Chicago’s Michigan Avenue store, customers can donate any brand of used athletic shoes for the company’s Reuse a Shoe and Nike Grind program which recycles them into a product used for sports, fitness and playground surfaces. And many other stores downtown and in nearby neighborhoods offer an exciting array of green fashions, accessories, furniture, and more.
Tours & Attractions
Abundant green attractions like Millennium Park and Chicago Botanic Garden offer exciting activities as well as pleasant places to stroll. Or enjoy indoor green spaces any day of the year at Garfield Park Conservatory and Lincoln Park Conservatory.
Transportation
Chicago is full of environmentally-friendly transportation options. Chicago Transit Authority’s elevated/subway train lines and fun tours via City Segway Tours’ energy-efficient, zero-emission personal transportation are two examples. The Chicago Bicycle Program and convenient bike rentals at Bike Chicago and Bobby’s Bike Hike Chicago illustrate why Chicago continues to be named one of America’s best cycling cities by Bicycling Magazine.
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