 The Green Routes website is an easy-to-use tool to help you find one-of-a-kind places to eat, play, shop, sleep and learn. Green Routes will help you discover small, unique businesses that are rooted in their communities, places to eat where the food is not only fresh f, but where you might bump into the farmers who grew it and places to have fun while helping to ensure that our natural and cultural resources will be around for many generations to come. EnviroCitizen.org discovered that Green Routes gives you a way to incorporate your values into your travels. It makes it easy to find fun and exciting experiences and places.
Take time to explore the back roads and learn about a region from the people who live and work there. When you explore Green Routes regions, you'll find no tour guides more gracious than the owners of these green businesses. And, since the places highlighted are not necessarily your typical tourist destination, please respect the hours of operation as well as the spaces themselves, and call ahead if you have any special needs.
How are Green Routes destinations selected?
Green Routes businesses are selected by regional advisory groups made up of business owners, community leaders, and community-based organizations. Each advisory group reviews applications and nominations of businesses and decides which to include in Green Routes materials based on how each business meets the following criteria:
- Contributes to the local economy by employing local residents, using local products and growers, and supporting local businesses.
- Conserves and/or enhances our natural resource base (e.g. through use of renewable energy, recycling, green building techniques, wildlife habitat protection, etc.)
- Uses sustainably produced or organically grown products.
- Engages customers and visitors through active, personal, and meaningful participation in nature, people, places, history, and/or cultures.
Here are just a few list of Green Routes Destination
- Anishinaabe Culture Center and Gallery
- Becker's Resort
- Becker County Historical Society
- Cass Lake Chamber of Commerce and Hwy...
- C&K Guide Service
- Chippewa National Forest - Blackduck...
- Cass Lake Museum and Lyle's Logging...
- Chippewa National Forest - Forest...
- Chippewa National Forest - Deer River...
- Dennis Banks Native Products
- Eagle View Organics Farm
- First Week Boutique
- Chippewa National Forest - Walker Ranger...
- Great River Pizzeria
- Historic Holmes Theater
- Ketter's Meats
- Lakes Area Farmers Market
- Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Fitness
- Forestedge Winery
- Historic Winnibigoshish General Store...
- Lakes Processing
- Maplelag
- Muskrat Coffee Company
- New Horizons Resort & Lodge
- Mississippi Headwaters Hostel
- Leech Lake Tribal College
- Palace Casino Gift Shop
- Minwanjige Café
- Northern Lights Casino Gift Shop
- Sahkahtay Indigenous Preservation...
- Native Harvest/White Earth Land...
- Spirit of the Forest Enrichment Center
- Northern Adventures Guide Service
- White Earth Public Transit
- Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge
- York's Log Cabin
With such a long list of destinations and things offered, it’s no wonder so many travelers are turning to Green Routes for their exciting green eco-tours!
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