In honor of Earth Day, I gave this week’s Green Felt Jungle an environmental twist:
The casino resorts of the Las Vegas Strip do not spring to mind as environmentally sound institutions. From their blazing marquees to their overflowing buffets, they seem to be studies in excess. With the current mindset conflating any sort of personal indulgence with environmental degradation, casinos seem a lost cause.But many casinos have made great strides in delivering a little slice of decadence to their patrons in ways that use fewer resources and are more cost-effective. If protecting the environment is important to patrons, it stands to reason that they will sooner spend their money at a vacation resort that works to minimize its environmental impact than one that doesn’t.
via Bellagio offers fine example of embracing green, cuisine | Vegas Seven.
Fun story to research. The sheer scale of everything at Bellagio was amazing, and there’s nothing I like more than walking the back of the house to see how everything gets put together. I had another interesting factoid about slot machines that I didn’t use because I couldn’t fit it into the column, but I think it’s interesting anyway. I’ll see if I can find it and append it here later on.