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Exploring the Backwaters of Kerala
The Backwaters of Kerala – a unique network of lakes, canals and estuaries and deltas of forty-four rivers that drain into the Arabian Sea. – are a self supporting eco-system teeming with life.
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Learn how to eat good, green and local in NYC this summer
The New York Botanical Garden is welcoming visitors to “The Edible Garden” this summer – a 250-acre exhibition about growing and preparing good food and hosted by top celebrity chefs.
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Kimpton’s ‘Wines That Care’ promotes wineries dedicated to preservation and conservation
Kimpton’s ‘Wines That Care’ promotes wineries dedicated to preservation and conservation.
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Sustainable cruising with The Galapagos Foundation
In the Galapagos Islands, tourism is the first source of income, derived from the 140,000 tourists per year that visit the islands. This provides a unique challenge for cruise tour operators in Ecuador.
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Ontario’s Forest Festival concerts link nature, ecology and music
The Haliburton Forest & Wild Life Reserve (no, not that Haliburton) has just announced the lineup of its 2009 Forest Festival concert schedule – a popular outdoor concert and events series set over a four-day weekend. The festival will run from Thursday, August 20 through Sunday, August 23, 2009 at the Haliburton Forest and Wildlife Reserve, where audiences can gather to experience the work of fantastic local Canadian musical performers and artists against a stunning wilderness backdrop of tranquil lakes and unspoiled forest.
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Help protect the Belize Barrier Reef with the support of the United Nations
The UN Foundation has officially listed the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System as “World Heritage in Danger” due to unsustainable tourism activity. The designation hopes to encourage responsible tourism that is crucial to the economic well-being of the region while highlighting the site’s unique natural value.
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How to inspire kids to connect with nature
The Children of the Earth Foundation has expanded its youth “Survival School” to a new location in Grass Valley, California, bringing a rather unique approach to connecting children and nature in the western United States. The non-profit is offering week-long courses for youth, teens and families in California and British Columbia as well as working with local schools and groups to create programs that meet the goals and interests of each organization.
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Charlottesville, VA kicks green tourism into high gear
Local tourism is getting a big, green push in Charlottesville, Virginia, with the launch of new tourism campaign “Green Goes First!”, challenging the local hospitality and tourism industry to join the state’s initiative to become certified Virginia Green businesses.
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Sheraton Phoenix Downtown goes green with a new rooftop garden
The hotel has just completed the installation of a 120-square foot seasonal garden on the 4th floor deck of the 31-floor hotel. As a next step, the hotel is coordinating efforts with Philips Electronics to determine possible CFL or LED technology for custom lighting fixtures that currently only work with traditional incandescent bulbs.
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Lonely Planet travel guides go high-tech
Popular travel content provider Lonely Planet has partnered with NAVTEQ to provide a new, interactive travel guide for both Australia and New Zealand, with additional Asian cities to follow.
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Green shopping on your iPhone
Two new iPhone apps highlight eco-products and green benefits for shoppers at the touch of a screen.
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Canadian hotels take a big green step toward sustainability
The Hotel Association of Canada has just joined the Partnership for Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria, a program backed by the United Nations and based on the “four pillar of sustainable tourism”: effective sustainability planning, maximizing social and economic benefits to the local community, reduction of negative impacts to cultural heritage and reduction of negative impacts to environmental heritage.
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Family-owned inns find real value in green business
Investing in green initiatives makes good business sense for family-owned vacation-stays like Irwin Inn, a four season, full service, luxury lakefront resort in the Kawartha Lakes tourist region of Ontario. The inn is aiming to reduce its ecological footprint while lowering expenses and increasing efficiency for its guests.
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‘Humanitourism’ tackles animal welfare in Greece
“Humanitourism” travel addresses the largely unknown animal welfare crisis in Greece with an assistance adventure trip in June 2009. Participants help improve the lives of the countless domestic animals in Greece struggling to survive under tragic and inhumane conditions, centered in Ioannina, located in the mountains of northern Greece, the Zagoria region. Travelers then embark on an eco-adventure tour of this lesser-known but extraordinarily beautiful mountainous region, to include trekking, rafting, sea kayaking, culture and history.
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UN focuses on Climate Change with World Tourism Day
TOURpact.GC, a corporate social responsibility framework for businesses, was welcomed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as a leadership initiative aligning principles of the Global Compact and UNWTO’s Global Code of Ethics for Tourism.
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ResortQuest offers savings at the First Annual Charleston Green Fair
ResortQuest Charleston invites visitors to Charleston’s beach resorts and the surrounding area for discounts and special benefits on vacation rentals during the 2008 Charleston Green Fair.
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TravelingMamas.com wants you to "Boycott the 'Staycation' "
Mom bloggers are encouraging families to hit the road–even with high gas prices; promotion includes a month full of giveaways on their popular travel website.
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Three German contests for sustainable tourism
Sustainable tourism projects and measures whose planning and realization ensure the involvement of the different interests and requirements of the local people through participation can be entered for three German-based contests.
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New recommended reading: Worldchanging: A Users Guide for the 21st Century
“Worldchanging: A Users Guide for the 21st Century”, is a groundbreaking compendium of the most innovative solutions, ideas and inventions emerging today for building a sustainable, livable, prosperous future.
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Giant sea turtles swimming up to safe haven in Panama 
New adventure travel site launches to help “Book the Adventure of a Lifetime” 
San Francisco welcomes new shark exhibit in name of conservation 
Boeing helps Haiti rebuild, schools are top priority 
‘Freedom to Travel’: How will an ease on Cuba travel restrictions affect the industry? 
Sustainable hotel brand Adoba helps ‘Move America Forward’ with William Shatner 
Standing together for a better world 
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Why stronger regulations are crucial to combating climate change 
