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Palm Desert, Calif., Escape! Earth Day, $399
The Desert Springs JW Marriott Resort and Spa has joined forces with the city of Palm Desert to offer the Escape! Earth Day package. It covers accommodations, two 50-minute organic date scrub spa treatments, and buffet breakfast for two with an organic honey tasting at the resort's Lake View restaurant. Plus, if you turn in a used cell phone, you'll receive free admission (typically $12) to the Living Desert, a one-of-a-kind zoo and endangered species conservation center. Rates start at $399 per room per night. When Through Apr. 30, 2008. Details Taxes are an additional 9 percent. Based on double occupancy. Contact 760/341-2211, desertspringsresort.com.

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New York, N.Y., Eco-Step Challenge
The 70 Park Avenue Hotel in midtown Manhattan, and all other U.S. boutique Kimpton properties, have introduced eco-friendly policies such as cleaning rooms with nontoxic products, providing designer recycling bins in the rooms, utilizing low-flow plumbing and energy-efficient lighting, offering organic snacks and beverages in the minibars, and printing on recycled paper using soy-based ink. On April 22, in honor of Earth Day, 70 Park Avenue Hotel is launching a new ongoing program of offering complimentary pedometers and walking maps to guests as a way to encourage them to explore on foot—the best way to see and soak up Manhattan, anyway. The one-day event, Eco-Step Challenge, will reward guests whose pedometers register 15,000 steps or more with a copy of Greenopia's guide to New York's green locations; those reaching 30,000 steps or more, will receive a free breakfast; and the person who records the most steps of the day, will receive a complimentary overnight stay. Rates start at $289 per room per night. When Apr. 22, 2008, for the challenge; other offerings are now ongoing. Details Taxes are an additional 13.25 percent. Based on double occupancy. Contact 877/707-2752, 70parkave.com.

• More Eco-Conscious Hotels: We recommend Fodor's new book Green Travel, which reviews 120 ecolodges and environmentally friendly hotels around the world and advises people how to be more socially conscious on vacation.

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