I joined my husband this week for a couple of days at the Seven Feathers Casino and Resort in Southern Oregon, just off of Interstate 5. He spent his days in meetings at a conference related to work while I spent mine doing a little work and a little more relaxing. We’ve driven past the place numerous times but had never stopped before (it only being about an hour from home and neither of us being avid gamblers). Owned by the Cow Creek Band of the Umpqua Tribe, it’s a very nice complex, including hundreds of guestrooms, a full-service spa, fitness center, indoor pool, several restaurants and lounges and a number of conference and meeting rooms — aside from the large casino floor. Our room was large, spic and span and nicely furnished. In addition to the king-sized bed and console topped with a large flat-screen TV, I was more than happy with a good-sized desk and — best of all — free WiFi. Whenever we travel together, Harry and I are also acutely aware of bathroom counter space, and we were pleased with a very expansive vanity in the spacious bath. And here I had my first encounter with another product meant to have a lighter, kinder impact on the environment. The resort features Gilchrist & Soames bath products, but these were not presented in the standard little rigid plastic bottles. Instead, the BeeKind Collectioncomes in what the company refers to as paper bottles. According to the company, this translates into a 59 percent reduction in packaging material weight (less weight = lower costs and less fuel for transportation) and a 92 percent reduction in after-use waste space (landfill space) compared to those little bottles. That alone sounds good, but additionally Gilchrist & Soames is proud that its formulas are free of those polysyllabic, unpronounceable, “unnatural” components and artificial colors and dyes. Finally, the collection is dubbed “BeeKind” for a very good reason: Proceeds of the net sales of these products go to support honey bee and sustainable pollination research at the University of California, Davis. I was pleased to see this new and environmentally sensible kind of packaging from a manufacturer of these high-quality and well-respected amenities. I’d be curious if any of our Global Travelers have seen similar product lines in their travels. — Patty Vanikiotis, associate editor/copy editor