Responsible Tourism

May 22, 2020

WTM World Responsible Tourism Awards 2020 are dedicated to recognising tourism’s efforts to respond to COVID-19

Press Releases, Responsible Tourism

The World Responsible Tourism Awards 2020 are dedicated to acknowledging those in travel and tourism who have taken remarkable steps to address the multiple challenges brought to ... Read more

May 19, 2020May 22, 2020

World Responsible Tourism Awards 2020

Blog, Responsible Tourism

Recognising those who have taken responsibility and addressed the challenge of COVID-19. The ambition of the family of WTM World Responsible Tourism Awards has always been to ... Read more

May 15, 2020May 15, 2020

The future of aviation, why reputation matters and the economic impact of COVID-19

Blog, Responsible Tourism

Photo by Thomas Richter on Unsplash I publish Responsible Tourism News each month covering the major developments in Responsible Tourism. Reputation Matters: Taking Responsibility in the face ... Read more

May 11, 2020May 11, 2020

How do we redesign tourism for a sustainable future?

Resilience and Recovery, Responsible Tourism, Responsible Tourism

As we look at ways to achieve a sustainable future for tourism, we should ask what tourism can do to support a sustainable future. How can we ... Read more

May 4, 2020May 4, 2020

Covid-19: Is this the time to press the reset button?

Blog, Responsible Tourism, Responsible Tourism

Photo by Louis Maniquet on Unsplash The current crisis is without parallel, the first global pandemic in the age of mass tourism. Any return to business as ... Read more

April 27, 2020April 28, 2020

How can we ensure tourism’s recovery benefits those that most need it?

Blog, Resilience, Resilience and Recovery, Responsible Tourism, Responsible Tourism

In recent weeks several stories have emerged of tourism initiatives set up to offer free holidays to medics and other health workers once people are allowed to ... Read more

April 17, 2020

Business as Usual – no time soon

Responsible Tourism

These are extraordinary times, a return to business as usual looks improbable. The IMF is predicting that the ‘Great Lockdown’ will result in the worst recession since ... Read more

March 31, 2020March 31, 2020

A future template for resilience? How we can repurpose tourism and support local communities

Responsible Tourism

Our vulnerability has been laid bare. At whatever level you choose, from the acutely personal through every widening sphere of connection, our reliance on one another, and ... Read more

March 23, 2020March 24, 2020

Resilience and Covid-19

Responsible Tourism

The World Health Organisation is providing data on the spread of the virus; national governments are determining their response. Governments around the world have acted to advise ... Read more

March 13, 2020March 20, 2020

Does Coronavirus have any lessons for sustainable tourism?

Responsible Tourism

Is it too early to draw lessons from a pandemic that has not even reached its peak? Crisis can be polarising. People respond to disorder and fear ... Read more

March 5, 2020March 4, 2020

Offsetting and the aviation industry are being challenged

Carbon & Water, Responsible Tourism

In April last year, I described aviation as the Achilles Heel of our sector and pointed out that consumers are increasingly demanding that producers and suppliers address ... Read more

February 28, 2020February 27, 2020

Three ways to promote sustainable travel to align with consumers’ values

Blog, Responsible Tourism

As the sustainable travel sector continues to grow, more and more travellers are seeking out holiday experiences that align with their own values on sustainability. What’s more, ... Read more

February 24, 2020February 24, 2020

What if our trains had a bit more jazz? Disco? Or foot baths?

Responsible Tourism

Early this July, the Jazz Night Express will take a trainload of passengers from Rotterdam to Berlin. Along the way passengers will be able to enjoy live ... Read more

February 4, 2020

Carbon Offsetting: Too good to be true?

Responsible Tourism

56 businesses and individuals working in tourism have joined Tourism Declares a Climate Emergency accepting that this “requires immediate and radical action by our governments, our industry ... Read more

January 30, 2020

How the hospitality sector could get vegetarian food right (by a meat eater)

Responsible Tourism

My vegetarian wife says that when I met her 15 years ago I pretended to be a vegetarian to impress her. She says I was pretending, because ... Read more

January 21, 2020

Walking & Talking in India

Responsible Tourism

I am writing this in Binsar, in the foothills of the Himalaya in Uttarakhand. I was Delhi for the presentation of the India Responsible Tourism Awards, I ... Read more

January 17, 2020January 20, 2020

Time for something different…

Responsible Tourism

This New Years Eve, a group of friends and I were having dinner. At someone’s prompting, we all shared our five favourite moments of 2019. Two things ... Read more

January 7, 2020

The Cost of Greenhouse Gases

Responsible Tourism

There is little doubt that, assuming war does not break out, that climate change will be the dominant story of 2020. COP 25 was, to say the ... Read more

December 17, 2019December 17, 2019

What were the key headlines for tourism’s sustainability in 2019? Here’s 55 of them…

Responsible Tourism

I reckon the sustainability of tourism has been in the headlines more in 2019 than ever before. So for my final blog of the year, I have ... Read more

December 11, 2019December 11, 2019

Kerala has been hit by flooding, a resilience challenge well beyond the capacity of tourism to address

Responsible Tourism

At best, the tourism sector can address its own resilience. We often hear talk about the resilience of a destination, its ability to bounce back from adverse ... Read more

December 4, 2019December 4, 2019

Tourism, Climate Change (and why I feel like a fraud)

Responsible Tourism

Most people I know suffer from imposter syndrome. Most of us believe that any second now, we’ll be found out as frauds, hypocrites, or simply as completely ... Read more

November 26, 2019November 26, 2019

Resilience requires that travel and tourism prepare for the worst

Responsible Tourism

We are failing to reduce and mitigate – resilience requires that we adapt. We have not even begun to slow the rate of growth in greenhouse gas ... Read more

November 25, 2019

What should Extinction Tourism look like?

Responsible Tourism

“The Bramble Cay melomys was a little brown rat,” said the director for the Wilderness Society, Tim Beshara.  “But it was our little brown rat and it ... Read more

November 12, 2019

Future Proofing Travel and Tourism

Responsible Tourism

At World Travel Market, London this year the focus on World Responsible Tourism Day was on the challenge of decarbonising our industry. Carbon emissions from our fossil-fuelled ... Read more

November 6, 2019

World Responsible Tourism Day at WTM – Wednesday 6th November

Responsible Tourism

Don’t miss the World Responsible Tourism Awards 11:00 – 13:00 today in the Europe Inspiration Zone 11:00 – 11:15 Opening of WRTD Europe Inspiration Zone  EU80  WTM World ... Read more

November 4, 2019November 6, 2019

Responsible Tourism at WTM London – Monday

Responsible Tourism

We have a full programme of Responsible Tourism events today with some of the most high profile panels on The Challenge of Building Sustainable Hotels with the ... Read more

November 1, 2019November 1, 2019

Responsible Tourism Centre Stage at WTM London next week

Human Rights, Overtourism, Responsible Tourism, Responsible Tourism, Responsible Tourism Spotlight

WTM London is the largest Responsible Tourism event in the world. We focus on the solutions with a programme designed to help businesses and destinations thrive in ... Read more

October 25, 2019October 30, 2019

The Hard – Hitting, How Many Elephants Exhibition will be Showcased in the Responsible Tourism Cafe at WTM London

Responsible Tourism

Do you love adventure? Does African wildlife inspire and amaze you? Do you want your children’s children to be able to see wild elephants? Yes? You sound ... Read more

October 23, 2019October 23, 2019

Should Tourism Declare a Climate Emergency?

Responsible Tourism

On 5 December 2016, the Australian city of Darebin, a municipality in the suburbs of northern Melbourne, was the first place in the world to declare a ... Read more

October 22, 2019October 22, 2019

Environmental pioneers: A new era of tourism

Blog, Responsible Tourism

By John Pagano, CEO of The Red Sea Development Company We have entered a new age of travel. An age in which technological advancements making travel even ... Read more

October 21, 2019November 6, 2019

Tourism with aquatic animals: the tide is changing

Blog, Responsible Tourism, WTM Latin America

By João Almeida Watch dolphin shows, swim with pink dolphins in the rivers of the Amazon region, touch these animals and take selfies with them. It all ... Read more

October 21, 2019November 6, 2019

Sustainable Tourism Certification: What does the next generation of certification look like?

Blog, Responsible Tourism, WTM Latin America

By Teresa Llusá There is growing evidence that consumers expect business and destination governments to ensure that consumers are offered more sustainable holidays. According to World Travel ... Read more

October 18, 2019October 24, 2019

The Amazon fires: how did the travel and tourism industry act for support and change?

Blog, Responsible Tourism, WTM Latin America

By Gustavo Pinto The day São Paulo became ‘night’ at 3P.M.: only after the biggest city in South America felt direct impacts from the Amazon fires with ... Read more

October 18, 2019December 2, 2019

WTM Latin America presents three reasons for taking part in the Responsible Tourism Awards

Press Releases, Responsible Tourism, WTM Latin America

The award recognizes outstanding Latin American initiatives in the sector The entries for the WTM Latin America Responsible Tourism Award are open and are already at full ... Read more

October 15, 2019

WTM London Responsible Tourism Programme 2019

Responsible Tourism

This year at WTM London, we are addressing some of the major sustainability challenges and asking who can do what about them. We need businesses and destination ... Read more

October 7, 2019October 8, 2019

Turn Flightshame to your advantage – Promote train travel

Responsible Tourism, Responsible Tourism, Social Media

A friend of mine called last week for holiday advice. It’s not the first time someone has done this, but it is the first time that a friend has done ... Read more

October 1, 2019

Emerging Leaders in Responsible Tourism

Responsible Tourism

We announced the finalists in the 2019 World Responsible Tourism Awards two weeks ago, they will be presented with Gold or Silver Awards at WTM London on November 6th, ... Read more

September 26, 2019October 24, 2019

Luciane Leite and Adriana Cavalcanti meet with WTM Latin America’s Advisory Board

Press Releases, Responsible Tourism, WTM Latin America

Insights for the event’s 2020 edition along with new business formats were presented at the meeting WTM Latin America’s Director Luciane Leite and the Advisory Board’s Chair ... Read more

September 17, 2019September 19, 2019

Leaders in Responsible Tourism

Responsible Tourism, Responsible Tourism, Social Media

Each year at WTM London on World Responsible Tourism Day, the first Wednesday in November, we present Awards to those businesses, destinations and organisations which our panel ... Read more

September 2, 2019October 24, 2019

WTM Latin America holds a Leader Meetings with companies in the sector

Press Releases, Responsible Tourism, WTM Latin America

These meetings are part of a strategy for recognizing market needs and generating opportunities. WTM Latin America’s team met up with Air Europa, Copa Airlines, Orinter Tour ... Read more

August 28, 2019October 8, 2019

Shambala Festival: What tourism should do next

Responsible Tourism, Responsible Tourism, Social Media

To imagine what tourism should do next in my ongoing quest for ‘tourism’s new stories’, I found that the Shambala Festival is one of the best examples around

Read more

August 23, 2019August 27, 2019

“We take our holidays in other peoples’ homes.”

Human Rights, Responsible Tourism, Responsible Tourism

As the UK’s Tourism Concern pointed out in a long-running campaign “We take our holidays in other peoples’ homes.” Way back in 1994 Colin Marshall, at the ... Read more

August 22, 2019August 26, 2019

What overtourism are we talking about in Latin America?

Blog, Responsible Tourism

By Gustavo Pinto The rules for visiting Machu Picchu changed in 2019. One of the top cultural destinations in the whole of Latin America (which in 2018 ... Read more

August 14, 2019October 24, 2019

WTM Latin America publishes the results of the 7th Edition of the Satisfaction Survey

Press Releases, Responsible Tourism, WTM Latin America

Overall indices in terms of satisfaction and return to the event are up WTM Latin America, the leading B2B event for the Latin American travel industry, presents ... Read more

August 13, 2019November 29, 2019

Three reasons for you to put yourself forward for the WTM Latin America Responsible Tourism Awards

Responsible Tourism

By Gustavo Pinto The first edition of the WTM Latin America Responsible Tourism Awards is taking place in 2020. This widely-renowned award has been held since 2004 ... Read more

August 6, 2019August 6, 2019

Taxing Tourists Makes Sense

Social Economy

There are still places where locals are surprised to see tourists, although there are fewer each year. And of course, many businesses are pleased to see them ... Read more

August 5, 2019October 8, 2019

Tourism needs new stories

Carbon & Water, Social Economy

Across Europe, the beginning of August signifies the beginning of the long summer holiday. Children are all off school for several weeks. Parliaments shut for a while. ... Read more

July 24, 2019July 30, 2019

Take responsibility “don’t turn a blind eye to child abuse.”

Human Rights, Responsible Tourism, Responsible Tourism

The Archers will be familiar to many UK readers of this post. It a radio soap with over 5 million listeners and a further million listening online. ... Read more

July 15, 2019July 15, 2019

Accessible tourism matters for everyone, not just the wealthy

Disability, Responsible Tourism, Responsible Tourism

For a long time, those making a case for accessible tourism for people with disabilities have argued that there is a large market composed of those with ... Read more

July 2, 2019July 2, 2019

Tourism is not working. And that’s a good thing.

Responsible Tourism, Social Economy

Most of our time is defined by work. It is how we afford the things we need and want. But more than that – it’s assumed as ... Read more

June 25, 2019June 25, 2019

The industry needs to focus on implementing solutions: WTM London & the Awards

Responsible Tourism

As the sector bumps up against the limits to growth in a finite world, we need to focus on solutions. From global warming to overtourism, from flooding ... Read more

June 19, 2019June 19, 2019

Why every tourism company should join the new Climate Perks holiday scheme

Responsible Tourism

Climate Perks is a new pilot scheme that has just been launched by 10:10, the UK-based climate solutions NGO. As its new website explains, “Climate Perks employers ... Read more

June 12, 2019

We need to talk about carbon emissions in the travel and tourism industry in Latin America

Blog, Responsible Tourism

By Gustavo Pinto M.A. in Responsible Tourism – Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Advisor in Responsible Tourism for WTM Latin America Director of Inverted America Journeys The travel ... Read more

June 12, 2019June 12, 2019

The WTM Latin America Responsible Tourism Awards are launched

Blog, Responsible Tourism

By Gustavo Pinto M.A. in Responsible Tourism – Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Advisor in Responsible Tourism for WTM Latin America Director of Inverted America Journeys Since its ... Read more

June 11, 2019June 11, 2019

Plastic: Going Beyond Straws

Carbon & Water, Responsible Tourism

The problem is not plastic, the problem is waste plastic. Attenborough’s Blue Planet exposure of plastic waste in our oceans has raised awareness of the issue, and ... Read more

June 4, 2019June 4, 2019

What can tourism learn from other industries?

Responsible Tourism

Not a lot apparently. Next week is the annual Responsible Business Summit Europe. Organised by Ethical Corporation, it brings together senior executives from some of the biggest ... Read more

May 28, 2019

Why the Doughnut is a Problem for Tourism

Responsible Tourism

It is official. Yesterday the 34-member Anthropocene Working Group (AWG) determined that we have now entered, in geological terms, the Anthropocene: the Age of Man. The group ... Read more

May 21, 2019May 23, 2019

My four least favourite phrases that tourism should stop using

Responsible Tourism, RT Marketing

Last Friday, the Guardian newspaper announced that it was updating its style guide “to introduce terms that more accurately describe the environmental crises facing the world.” The ... Read more

May 14, 2019May 16, 2019

Tourism can be a force for good on biodiversity

Responsible Tourism

Just yesterday we heard that Victor Vescovo had descended some 11km to the deepest place in the ocean, the deepest dive ever.  He discovered new species of ... Read more

May 8, 2019June 6, 2019

Small Ways Tour Operators Can Create Big Changes for the Environment

Blog, Certification, Development, Responsible Tourism

By Sharon Conceição Addressing climate change in the adventure travel industry isn’t an easy task. At times, it can even be quite overwhelming, especially for tour operators ... Read more

May 7, 2019May 16, 2019

The week when everything changed

Carbon & Water

I wanted to write about May Day. I wanted to write about working less and remaking our connection to the earth. I really didn’t want to write ... Read more

April 30, 2019May 16, 2019

The aviation industry is our sector’s Achilles’ heel.

Responsible Tourism

Last week the UK’s Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary, Michael Gove, admitted that “we have not done nearly enough” on man-made climate change. Gove went on, ... Read more

April 22, 2019May 16, 2019

How should tourism mark Earth Day 2019?

Responsible Tourism

This Monday – April 22, is Earth Day. It’s the 49th anniversary of the event, first celebrated in 1970. And this year, the theme is “Protect our ... Read more

April 16, 2019May 16, 2019

Carbon moves up the political agenda – action is overdue

Responsible Tourism

The strikes by school children demanding government action in climate change are growing, reflecting the next generation’s concern about the impact on their future, as they become ... Read more

April 10, 2019May 16, 2019

Netflix’s new David Attenborough series Our Planet shows us what tourism’s future might be

Responsible Tourism

“Hamstrung by the idea that any mention of eco-problems would make audiences switch off, and the broadcasters’ preferred strategy of hoping that sharing incredible sights around the ... Read more

April 2, 2019May 16, 2019

2019 World Responsible Tourism Awards are now open

Responsible Tourism

Beware of Greenwash – Why Awards Matter. The World Responsible Tourism Awards open today for nominations. The judges can only choose from amongst those that apply. So, ... Read more

March 27, 2019May 16, 2019

Success of Rent a Finn and Palau Pledge campaigns show how sustainable tourism stories can work

Responsible Tourism

Some good news for a change. Two high profile marketing campaigns, for two very different destinations, show the time is increasingly right for stories about sustainability to ... Read more

March 19, 2019May 16, 2019

Why the WTM World Responsible Tourism Awards Matter

Responsible Tourism

In a crowded market place it’s important to stand out from the crowd. WTM’s World Responsible Tourism Awards enable you to do just that. In a market ... Read more

March 19, 2019March 19, 2019

WTM World Responsible Tourism Awards 2019 launches

Press Releases, Responsible Tourism, Responsible Tourism Spotlight, WTM London

Innovators and pioneers working in tourism are encouraged to enter this year’s WTM World Responsible Tourism Awards. Today (Tuesday 19 March) the six categories, chosen to highlight ... Read more

March 12, 2019May 16, 2019

Why tourism should support the Children’s Climate Strike this Friday

Responsible Tourism

A wave of climate protest is sweeping the planet, and those of us working in tourism would do well to reflect quickly on how it will impact ... Read more

March 5, 2019May 16, 2019

Going Beyond Trickle Down or Creating Shared Value

Development

In the Responsible Tourism Awards each year we see many examples of businesses which have made real efforts to benefit local communities by sourcing goods and services ... Read more

February 27, 2019May 16, 2019

Four questions for tourism businesses about climate change risk

Responsible Tourism

This blog takes a different approach to normal, because when it is 20 degrees on a February morning in London, apparently the hottest February day ever in ... Read more

February 19, 2019February 20, 2019

Climate Change, people are demanding action, but will governments act in time?

Responsible Tourism

This year we are focussing on climate change and carbon emissions at all tour WTM shows. Some of you will recall the stark presentation made by Professor ... Read more

February 12, 2019

Using tourism to give people the benefits of time in nature

Responsible Tourism

At the beginning of this month, the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) published a series of detailed maps revealing that 36% of England’s population live too ... Read more

February 5, 2019

Responsible Tourism in India

Responsible Tourism

I was privileged to spend last week in India, first in Kerala and then in Delhi, for the 4th India Responsible Tourism Awards – one of the ... Read more

January 29, 2019February 1, 2019

How tourism can remove single waste plastic from its supply chain

Responsible Tourism

“Gradually, then suddenly”. It’s how a character in Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises, describes how he went bankrupt. I was unaware of the phrase until last ... Read more

January 22, 2019January 22, 2019

The Orphanage Business

Responsible Tourism

Way back in 2011 the issue of orphanages in Cambodia was raised by Michael Horton during one of our Responsible Tourism sessions at WTM London. Michael reported ... Read more

January 15, 2019January 15, 2019

Will 2019 be the year tourism engages with flying and climate change?

Responsible Tourism

While it is always risky to make public predictions, I think this year we will see a lot more discussion about aviation and climate change. The reason ... Read more

January 8, 2019January 11, 2019

Responsible Tourism and the Market in 2019

Responsible Tourism

Over the last twenty years there has been a marked change in the significance of the European source markets. While there is a global market for travel ... Read more

December 20, 2018

Earthrise, Limits to Growth and Responsibility

Responsible Tourism

Fifty years ago on December 24th 1968 the Apollo 8 astronauts took the famous Earthrise photograph as they orbited the moon, the first image of Earth captured ... Read more

December 18, 2018

The year in review – key moments in tourism and sustainability from 2018

Responsible Tourism

In a year where the accelerating breakdown of the world’s climate got yet more headlines (if not yet enough action), the travel industry also discovered that it ... Read more

December 11, 2018December 11, 2018

Decarbonisation and the Travel and Tourism Industry

Carbon & Water, Responsible Tourism

In 2018 there has been very little discussion in the Responsible Tourism programme across WTM’s portfolio of trade shows in Cape Town, Dubai, London, Sao Paulo about ... Read more

December 10, 2018December 10, 2018

Responsible Tourism Podcast Sessions

Responsible Tourism

Catch up on the Responsible Tourism sessions from WTM London right here… 1. Business Taking Responsibility for Security, Health and Safety At the heart of the responsibility ... Read more

December 3, 2018

What can tourism learn from David Attenborough and the People’s Seat Initiative today?

Responsible Tourism

Today at the UN Climate Conference in Katowice Poland, David Attenborough’s People’s Seat initiative will see the 92yr old naturalist use his position to share the voices ... Read more

November 27, 2018November 28, 2018

Progress on Overtourism

Overtourism

There is more coverage of the issue of overtourism in the mainstream press than in the trade press. Understandably destination marketers and many governments dislike the word ... Read more

November 20, 2018November 21, 2018

Could Black Friday offer a teachable moment for tourism?

Responsible Tourism

Few people see Black Friday as a day for reflection. Along with its online sibling – Cyber Monday –  It’s the apotheosis of consumption – a no-holds-barred ... Read more

November 13, 2018November 13, 2018

Responsible Tourism is an inclusive agenda

Responsible Tourism

The Responsible Tourism programme of talks, presentations, discussions and interviews held across all four WTM shows reflects the broad agenda of Responsible Tourism. At WTM London last ... Read more

November 7, 2018November 7, 2018

World Responsible Tourism Awards 2018

Responsible Tourism

Organised by WTM London To become a Finalist in the World Responsible Tourism Awards is a significant achievement, it marks you out as a leader in Responsible ... Read more

November 3, 2018

Venice floods show that overtourism is a climate change issue

Overtourism

Few people can have missed this week’s pictures of a flooded Venice, and the video of the pizza restaurant that channeled the Titanic’s violinists and kept serving ... Read more

October 30, 2018

Leaders in Responsible Tourism at WTM London

Responsible Tourism

Every year many of the world’s leaders in Responsible Tourism gather at WTM London and participate in the Responsible Tourism programme which forms a major part of ... Read more

October 23, 2018October 23, 2018

The destination with solutions to overtourism, climate change and wellbeing

Development, Overtourism, Social Economy

Last week Bhutan held only its third general election. And for the third time in a row, the Bhutanese people voted in a different party. And though ... Read more

October 16, 2018

Ethical or Responsible Tourism?

Development

Tomorrow is Global Ethics Day, inspired by Earth Day and established by the Carnegie Council. It is an opportunity to explore the meaning of ethics in international ... Read more

October 9, 2018

How will the Everything as a Service (XaaS) business model transform tourism?

Development

Every single person reading this line is currently benefiting from the Everything as a Service (XaaS) business model, whether we realise it or not. No one is ... Read more

October 2, 2018October 8, 2018

2018 Finalists in the World Responsible Tourism Awards

Responsible Tourism

The judges have deliberated long and hard after reviewing all the applications, longlisting and then shortlisting, the finalists for this year’s World Responsible Tourism Awards have finally ... Read more

September 25, 2018

How can the digital revolution be used to better transform tourism?

Development

How can we better understand the growing economic, societal and environmental impacts of technology and innovation in tourism? That’s the question posed by the UNWTO on its ... Read more

September 18, 2018September 18, 2018

Loving National Parks to Death?

Overtourism

Most of the focus on overtourism has been on cities, but it is also a challenge in rural areas. I am writing this at RTD14 which is ... Read more

September 11, 2018

South African Tourism Survey asks essential questions we all need to answer

Social Economy

As I checked into my most recent rest camp in South Africa’s Kruger Park a few days ago, I was handed a questionnaire created by South African ... Read more

September 4, 2018

Tackling Overtourism

Overtourism

While there is little discussion of overtourism in the travel trade press and many destinations are in denial, the issue is hot in the national and local ... Read more

August 30, 2018August 30, 2018

10th Climate Week NYC confirms New York as capital city of a responsible world

Carbon & Water, Destinations

Climate week NYC is the largest climate event in the world, New York City is its home, and this year’s event on 24 to 30 September is ... Read more

August 28, 2018August 28, 2018

Can better storytelling help fix overtourism?

Overtourism

Tourism is about connections. Connecting to another place. Connecting with friends and family. Connecting to nature. It follows, therefore, that the better the connection, the more one ... Read more