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We highlighted a couple of times already the move to the region for a more responsible tourism. The region is indeed suffering badly from a degradation of its ecosystem, from potential sea level rise, coastal erosion, extreme weather events to an increase in disease. Therefore the region has launched a so-called Caribsave program where tourism …

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The annual awards, established in 1989, honor significant natural resource accomplishments in six categories. And the winners are … Marc Albert, Natural Resource Manager, Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site (resource sharing with Salem Maritime National Historic Site and Boston Harbor Islands National Recreational Area). Patrick Reed, Superintendent, Mammoth Cave National Park Fred Bunch, Chief …

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The fully revised new edition of Tourism Concern’s Ethical Travel Guide has finally been published. The new guide does list places to visit and to stay in in more than 60 countries . If you’re tired of the usual travel guide book, and want to be more responsible when you travel around, this is the …

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A very good news for a more responsible travel – the world’s # 1 Travel Group, Germany-based TUI has just announced a plan to accredit green hotels within a more eco-travel comprenhensive policy: – TUI has identified over 400 hotels in its offering to be audited . For sure ther will be incentive for hotels …

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Dear readers, an other interesting news from Travelmole ; the Chaophya Hotel Bangkok just started an organic food garden. Quite an interesting initiative in such a busy and polluted city. The “Park Organic Veggies” was initiated in 2008 on a vacant land, near the hotel’s Golf Driving Range. Here, vegetables are grown organically, without chemical …

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Dear readers, weknow most of our readers are eco-travel fans from the US, lots of them from california, so here is some interesting piece of information from San Francisco … San Francisco is indeed a city with a reputation for being “green” — you got there Prius taxis, plenty of organic food, etc. so the …

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This year’s Green Travel Summit willbe mentored by CNN’s Olivia Zaleski, sustainable experts David Refkin & Auden Schendler, and EPA’s Harry Lewis. The 2009 forum will be focused on sustainability in business – exploring green travel strategies and their impact on business travel and corporate meetings. I have read some negative feedbaks on the fact …

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Yes indeed it is difficult to differentiate true green hotels from hotels simply communicating on green certification… That’s why it is important to have global certification scheme, such as Green Globe . The leading Australia hotel chain, Rydges, has just announced that two hotels have become Green Globe Bronze Benchmarked Hotels – Rydges Lakeland Resort …

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More leaders are taking the path of ecotourism … The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has presented a report commiting to a green industry , together with a few global leaders including Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, the patron of the The Cambridge University Programme for Sustainability Leadership, and Robert Webb, General Council British …

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Dear readers from the industry, You certainly know the WTM, the huge tourism tradeshow that takes place in London every year, in November. As you might be aware, they are embarking on green travel promotion. Last year a full day of conferences was 100% on resposible travel. In order to prepare their 2009 edition, you …

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