Outside has a nice piece on eco lodging and a list of the world's ten best. Having done such great research they note that these eco lodges not only suggest that they cause no harm to the outdoors, but that they bring benefit to the whole community and economy. If anything they are unique. The Black Sheep Inn in Ecuador has dry composting toilets with little vegetable and flower gardens inside and it's the teenie touches that provide splendor to these lodges. People enjoy the canyon views and the lodge loves the compliments about their restrooms. If you're going to do it, then you should do it right and here is the list of places that make the list.

• Turtle Island, Fiji

• Asa Wright Nature Centre and Lodge, Trinidad

• Birch Pond Lodge, Alaska

• Wenhai Ecolodge, China

• Posada Amazonas, Peru

• Wilderness Lodge Lake Moeraki, New Zealand

• Tassia Lodge, Kenya

• Chumbe Island Coral Park, Tanzania

• Selva Bananito Lodge, Costa Rica

• Black Sheep Inn, Ecuador

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