Eco-Hostels in the United States

Conventional hostelling:

low cost shared kitchen dormitory-style sleeping is usually the low-cost option

What is an Eco-Hostel?

What is an Eco-Hostel?

Eco hostelling:

Low footprint living and accommodation Environmental awareness and education Demonstration lifestyle skills and green

building techniques

Some hostelling

organizations are getting on

board…

Greening the

model:

HI’s Seven Points for Eco-Hostel values

1. Energy Conservation 2. Recycling

3. Pollution 4. Transport

5. Nature

6. Environmental Education

7. Consumption

The Inn at the FarmSummertown, Tennessee

HedonesiaPahoa

Big Island, Hawaii

Boston HI HostelBoston, MA

Portland Hawthorne Hostel

Portland, Oregon

Humboldt Bay Ecohostel& Sustainable Living CenterSomoa, Humboldt County, California

Humboldt Bay Eco-hostel: Draft Site Plan

Our RatingsAppropedia: US Ecohostel Comparison

Our findings:

• Not very many eco-hostels

• Destination eco-hostels seem to offer greater benefit for education and immersion

• Green-conventional hostels are good, too!