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Travel green in style with Ctrip and Greenovate ! Ctrip, the leading Chinese online travel agency, based in Shanghai, has just announced its support to GECKO (Greennovate Environmental Challenge for Kids Outreach), a program designed to bring environmental awareness to youth in rural China. Greenovate, based also in Shanghai, has already brought to Ctrip.com the …
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Dear readers, I foward you an invitation for an international conference on sustainable tourism… INVITATION TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS“Sustainable tourism as a factor of local development” – 7th/9th Novembre, On behalf of the Research Unit for Sustainable Development of University of Milano Bicocca I am pleased to send you an invitation to the international congress …
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Nomad Safaris, a safari operator based in Queenstown, New Zealand, has just become a Green Globe certified activity. It is interesting to note that Nomad Safaris operates a fleet of a 4-wheel drive Land Rover Defenders and quadbikes, so , you would say, not very eco-friendly right ? It is in fact a great means …
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The conference will be organized by the Lao National Tourism Administration together with with Malaysia’s DISCOVERYMICE mid July 2009. The conference aims at creating greater awareness on the current ecotourism developments with more than 800 delegates. Mr. Somphong Mongkhonvilay, the Chairman of Lao National Tourism Administration stated: “This innovative conference aims to present modern approaches …
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Another airline is trying to be more eco-friendly – and that’s good news since we all know airlines are consuming A LOT of fuel ! Air France – KLM has in fact gotten the ISO 14001 certification, a sign of its environmentally-minded, sustainable management systems, for all of its French domestic bases – and aboard …
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Dear readers a group of students does a survey on ecotourism. Please take the time to answer their short questions, thanks ! http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=_2feOMtK0_2fnz2axfDYLQrf0w_3d_3d We will debrief you on the outcomes soon !
A number of prominent organizations, including Green Globe International, United Nations Foundation, Rainforest Alliance, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) have decided to launch the Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria (GSTC). Ted Turner, the CEO of the United Nations Foundation announced the first-ever globally relevant sustainable tourism criteria …
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Sometimes pictures are worth 1000 words … a quick glance at this is enough to understand why we all have to do some efforts …
The Carribean Islands are adding much more information on green hotels, eco hotels and ecotourism opportunies throught the website responsibletravel.com (see our article http://blog.greenty.com/2008/07/responsibletravel-results-show-high.html) The green tour operator has created a dedicated space on its website – a guide to the country of 32 islands told by the local people. There are stories of the …
We mentioned about Richard Branson in another article on its green resort in the Mosquito Island in the Carraibes … Now his airline, Virgin Atlantic, has come up with a very interesting project … towards a greener travel industry … They are working with footwear and accessories company Worn Again on recycling aircraft seat covers …