At these five destination spas, luxury meets an eco-friendly sensibility
The property features a ban on single-use plastic to help support a zero-waste policy.
With a dedicated on-site sustainability manager, Six Senses’ new property on the northernmost point in Ibiza is designed to ensure your R&R leaves a minimal footprint: The hotel features almost 300 solar panels and geothermal-powered climate control to offset 40 percent of carbon emissions while keeping you exceedingly comfortable at all times.
Filtered drinking water and gray water refiltration help prevent microplastics from entering the ecosystem of this heavenly location.Guests can literally take the waters at this temple of relaxation in the middle of the ocean.
An on-site organic farm provides eggs, produce, herbs, and honey for the hotel’s restaurant—and for select spa treatments. When developers Mike and Barb Phillips opened The Lodge at Blue Sky on their private ranch in 2019, sustainability was a guiding principle for the epic property that stretches across the Wasatch Mountain Range. The Earth Suites—22 rooms, built right into the hillside—are cobbled from local limestone and cedar and feature energy-saving grass-carpeted roofs, while a treatment plant refines the hotel’s wastewater so that it can be properly channeled back into the earth.