Posts Tagged ‘ecotourism’
By NikkiJade • Jul 21st, 2008 • Category: Articles
In the recent decades of globalization the tourism industry has been quickly expanding. By making wise choices as a consumer of tourism facilities/services, you can help sustainability continue to increase as a defining principle of the tourism market.
By NikkiJade • Jul 2nd, 2008 • Category: Articles
Ecotourism is a misused term in the tourism industry, thrown around for everything from white water rafting trips to hotels developed in a natural setting. Nicole McCallum gives a bit more knowledge about ecotourism that will help you make conscious choices as a consumer.
By NunoXEI • May 18th, 2008 • Category: Blog
Moe Beitiks, Greenmuseum.org–Jason de Caires Taylor has gained international recognition for his sculptures which create artificial reefs. The artist’s interventions promote hope and recovery, and underline our need to understand and protect the natural world.
By NunoXEI • Apr 22nd, 2008 • Category: Blog
The ice tea company has signed on to sponsor an eight-cab fleet of “green” three wheeled, pedal-powered “EcoCabs,” set to hit the streets of Toronto, May 1.
While most environmentally-friendly urban transportation options, like rickshaws, charge up to $5 per block, the sponsors cover the cost of the EcoCab, with riders even getting a drink with [...]
By NunoXEI • Apr 21st, 2008 • Category: Blog
A ‘Green Passport’ campaign launched March 7th at a world tourism fair aims at shrinking the environmental footprint of vacation travelers, according to the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP).The goal of the internet-based campaign, introduced at the Berlin Tourism Fair, is to raise tourists’ awareness of their ability to contribute to sustainable development by making [...]
By NunoXEI • Apr 21st, 2008 • Category: Blog
Ecotourism—defined by The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) as, “responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the welfare of local people,” is a booming industry, with eco resorts springing up like rice in paddy fields after monsoon season.Travelers are going green and spending more green in their efforts to be responsible. Tourists [...]
