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Calendar Download Green Events in 2006 Rural Tourism Fair/Feria de Turismo Rural Eco Travels in Oaxaca - Steve Ginsberg Mexico's Bicentennial Man: Benito Juárez afterwilma.info This means war - John McClelland/Mexico Connect How fair is fairtrade? - BBC Five Live Report Take the green road - Ethical Corporation Roads Not Taken - Thomas Swick/CJR To Think of Leaving Mexico - The Boston Globe Seeking best practices in ecotourism, an industry in transition - Nature Canada Release of the Jaguar - Askari Mateos/Go Oaxaca New Travel Experience in Ecuador - PR Web Bolivia - Magnum in Motion The Hot Pot - IMAC Report from Mexico - Maribeth Mellin/San Diego Union Tribune Puerto Morelos Vive Canada grapples with elections in the Internet age - Reuters Google's reputation at stake in fight with government - USA Today Google versus Evil - Wired Google Analytics Green group backs Palin on travel - BBC Secrets of Pronoia - Rob Brezsny/The Sun (PDF) Ecotourism Newsletter - Carol Patterson (PDF)
UPDATES -- Greening Trade - Writing and Place
Calendar Download Preview: 2006 Ecotourism Panel Oaxacan art crosses the border - Neil Pyatt Evaluating NGOs in Tourism and Conservation Globalize Yourself Baltimore Web Tour Project for Public Spaces Web Tour News from Retalhuleu Parks and Biodiversity: Reflections from John Shores Mexpat - Planeta Forum Water Issues in Mexico - Planeta Forum Ecotourism in Jamaica - Christine Dell'Amore Monarch Butterflies - Planeta Forum Parks and Biodiversity: John Shores - Planeta Forum Shadowdancing: 20 Year Anniversary We live in holy times - Rolf Potts Exit-0 - Molly Molloy/Texas Observer Frontier Justice - Newspaper Tree MacUser: Google Earth for OS X is here! Diálogos en confianza - Canal 11 Cine - Canal 11 Explore Rural India Explora La India Rural - Una Vuelta The American Folklife Center - Library of Congress Ecotourism - AllAfrica.com Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space Ranking Corporate Reputations - WSJ Buzzword of the Year: Eco-tourism - New York Times Merida Insider Affordable Eco-Vacations - Holly Beck/AlterNet Travesías: Inspiración para viajeros Service Learning Places In the News: Markets - PPS Yorta Yorta - Language of the Month Don't be evil Users Interleave Sites and Genres - Jakob Nielsen/Useit Inicia URO Planta de Tratamiento de Aguas - Imparcial Viable, devolver las aguas cristalinas al río Ameca - Jornada Debate rages on what green means Need some church? See Cholula - Anne Wallace Allen/Seattle Times Podcast - 6 Nations Net After the Tsunami: Lessons from Reconstruction - onPhilanthropy Social network - Wikipedia Americans, Finns and Danes Have Most Freedom to Travel Visa-Free - WorldHum Shadow Dancing's china year - Martini Republic Al rescate de lo orgánico - Noticias Artesanos sin apoyo - Noticias Sustainable Business and the World Economic Forum - World Changing Tequila's sun rises - Inside Bay Area Muttering at the World Bank - Washington Post Cancun holds tourism and communication forum - Visit Mexico Press Detalla Fonatur el gasto de $63 millones para Cancún - La Jornada Empresarios de turismo rural promocionan sus servicio - Finanzas.com Viva Oaxaca Cancun beach recovery - afterwilma Hello ... I must be going - afterwilma
RESPONSIBLE TOURISM FORUM -- Event Info - Ecotourism Panel - Transitions Abroad - Deborah McLaren - Harold Goodwin - Jalsa Urubshurow/Nomadic Expeditions - Jamie Sweeting/Center for Environmental Leadership in Business (CALENDAR)
UPDATES -- Guadalajara - Lights, Camera, Impact - Harry Pariser - Wish List - Stones in the Road - Green Events - How to organize a tourism fair - Que vivan los tamales! - Tourism and Indigenous People - Many Roads to Peace - Ecotourism Defined - Cerro Blanco - Lines in the Water - Ecuador Exchange: Andy Drumm
Calendar Download Baltimore Ecotourism Panel Mexico Water Tour Cinco Puntos - Soll Sussman Coba: So Near and Yet So Far - Jeanine Kitchel Louisville Web Tour - Planeta Forum Mexico Connect Spotlight - Planeta Forum Business Development Symposium - Planeta Forum La Ruta de Cortés - XPMexico.com Fonatur detonará proyecto en Huatulco - Noticias Furthering Democracy in Mexico - Enrique Krauze/Foreign Affairs Will responsible business increase competitiveness? - World Bank Group What's Radical About the Weblog Form in Journalism? - PressThink Remittance Outcomes in Rural Oaxaca - UCSD (PDF) La sede del MACO, una casona con historia - Imparcial World Museums - Flickr Tailored For Santa Feans - SFR Commonwealth Games - Wikipedia Gift Economy - Wikipedia Focus on Deserts & Desertification in Algiers 2006 World Environment Day - UNEP Brazilian Air Safety - Brazilmax Busca la UNAM el rescate de áreas verdes - Universal China's Tropical Treasures - Adam Worcester/Transitions Abroad WBC could revive baseball in Mexico - Chris Hawley/Arizona Republic Más Oaxaca - Zane Fischer/SFR Brazil, IDB sign $9 million for ecotourism - IDB A 'green' approach for state tourism - Capital Times Exploring a vivid west - Diane Daniel/Boston Globe The Scam of Global Warming - George Monbiot/Guardian Buying Complacency - George Monbiot Conflict resolution - Reed Johnson/Los Angeles Times Poverty reduction and growth: virtuous and vicious circles - Edis Thinking outside the box - Eldis Aid for trade - Eldis Jamestown 2007 Hacking Las Vegas - Wired Mexico Fishing News Airlines flying into turbulence over climate change law - Guardian The Year of Study Abroad - Clay Hubbs/Transitions Abroad The Green Life - Sierra Club Fair trade rugby balls - BBC Nobel laureate to lead Costa Rica - BBC Nature's delight - Michael Ventura/Austin Chronicle Tralliance Unveils New Web site on .travel Domain - NTA .travel Registy Recuperación del lago de Texcoco se explicará en foro - La Opinion Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres Samaritana: una refrescante tradición - Noticias Feria del Árbol en Lachigoló - Noticias Wasteful Mexico City Hosts Water Forum - Houston Chronicle Q&A: Ecuador Crisis - BBC Off Message - afterwilma.info
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UPDATES -- Colibri - Mexico Markets - Travel Notebook - France - Water - Bank Watch - Marlene Ehrenberg
Calendar Download Practicing Sustainable Tourism Walk with the Weavers (GALLERY) Survey Says: Best of Oaxaca Results from 2006 Water Survey Easter in Mexico Communities, Tourism and Poverty Alleviation in Africa - Planeta Forum Arctic Guide - Planeta Forum ¿Dónde estás, Kalimán? - Guillermo Fadanelli Emerging Technology 2006 - Bruce Sterling World Pooh Sticks Championships Despite Efforts, Some Tours Do Leave Footprints - Juliet Eilperin/Washington Post Travel. It's the Hot New Career Move - World Hum Feria de Maíz Criollo Photos - Michael Warshauer Mexico shows World Water Forum what not to do - Jo Tuckman/Guardian Working for Water - South Africa Tourists in Vigil of Patagonian Glacier - Chronicle Trapped in Cubicles - Fortune Demián Flores, frontiersman of all Oaxacans - Askari Mateos/Go Oaxaca The 2006 Lulu Blooker Prize for Blooks Recorrido por Teotihuacán - IMAC Dream Weavers - Smithsonian World Bank Goes Into the Global Crafts Business - Washington Post Explaining the faux Irish pub revolution - Austin Kelley/Slate Oops, we helped ruin the planet - Guardian As border tightens, Naco's service industry sees drop - SVH MIF supports tourism development in Mexico's Tequila region - IDB Photo Project Records Life Along U.S.-Mexico Border - Worldchanging Bruce Sterling: "Make No Decision Out of Fear!" - Worldchanging Trevor Sofield - ECOCLUB The high impact of shore excursions - afterwilma Can Cancún Take Another Hit? - San Antonio Express News Investment and Growth in Loreto Bay - VisitMexicoPress Domestic tourism props up Cancún - afterwilma Who owns the Internet? - CIO Blogs Having Furniture Made - Mexico Connect (subscription) Bruce Sterling: "Make No Decision Out of Fear!" - SXSW (Podcast) ECOCLUB Issue #78 (PDF) Fair Trade in Europe - IFAT (PDF) Texas Nature Tourism Council E-Newsletter (Spring 2006) (PDF) Responsible Tourism Handbook (PDF)
UPDATES -- Manuals - Environmental Reporting - Guatemala - Merida - Estrategias de Mercadotecnia - Oaxaca Art - Mongolia
Auction: Bid on a trip to Copper Canyon Calendar Download Planeta.com to Participate in Encuentro Internacional por la Naturaleza Certification at Oaxaca's Pochote Market How the margarita got its name - Jeanine Kitchel Comments on COP-8 in Curitiba - Frank Segieth Planeta.com Launches Tourism Marketing Survey Communities, Tourism and Poverty Alleviation in Africa - Planeta Forum COP-8 Photoset - Frank Segieth Greenpeace ranks ''COP-8 worst delegations'' - Agencia Brasil I Want to Volunteer Abroad - World Hum AAA Rockshow Galápagos, la mejor clase de ciencias en vivo - María Eugenia Monroy/Travesias En Boca Cerrada No Entran Moscas. Tampoco Salen - Vicglamar Torres León The Rebel Sell - This Magazine Usumacinta River Trip - Bill Lieberman Commons-based peer production - Wikipedia Coase's Penguin - Wikipedia World Heritage Sites: More Harm Than Good? - Newsweek Examine Everything - Soll Sussman/Texas Observer Anthony Bourdain wants you to be a traveler, part II - Vagablogging The ongoing debate about travelers and tourists - Vagablogging Bears acquire Lipso Nava, ink outfielder Devore - OurSports Central Planeta.com Launches Tourism Marketing Survey - Ewire Bienvenidos al Museo de Arte Popular 26 Scientists - Artichoke Mesoamerican Reef Alliance Inician trabajos de deslinde de tierras de Chimalapas - Imparcial Clay Ceiling - Washington Post Villains honoring villains - Bill Berkowitz/Working for Change Galapagos Now - Julian Smith/Washington Post Urban Hiking in Rio de Janeiro - BrazilMax Casting a Legacy - State News Rugby de Exportacion - Podcast Aisles and aisles of good times - Maria Puente/USA Today CAST's April 2006 Globe Trotter - Sustainable Tourism Mailing List If newspapers are to rise again - Tim Porter The mood of the newsroom - Tim Porter Musica por la tierra Santa Ana Zegache - Colonial Mexico Teotihuacán - Digging for the truth Nick Anderson - The Houston Chronicle Sylvie Blangy Thai Visa Torta ahogada, símbolo del mestizaje alimenticio - Jornada Google unveils Web-based calendar - CNET Hotel en la sierra Tarahumara contamina aguajes - La Jornada Search users 'stop at page three' - BBC This Boring Headline Is Written for Google - New York Times Telly- Tubbies - Maine Web Report Travels with iPod - National Geographic Traveler In the beginning was sound - BBC Citizens "versus" GWU - Urban Places Seeds of Promise - Chicago Tribune Podcast Alley Are PR Directors Posting Glowing Online Reviews? - Media Orchard Head in the Cloudforests - Dominic Hamilton/Perceptive Travel "The Amazing Race": A Good Travel Show? - World Hum La Familia - Hal Marcus Familia Mendoza on Flickr Road to Teotitlan on Flickr Criollo Corn on Flickr Zapotec Quiz on Flickr Mely Bus on Flickr City Parks - Flickr World Museums - Flickr Encuentro Internacional por la Naturaleza El Turismo Responsable y las Áreas Naturales Protegidas - IMAC Pacto Huatulco (PDF) Report on Expert Workshop on Protected Areas - CBD (PDF) Ecotourism Management Newsletter Spring 2006 (PDF) Having Furniture Made in Mexico - Mexico Connect (subscription) Exploring Mexico's Markets - Mexico Connect (subscription)
Maine Web Report Maine Office of Tourism Blogger Sued for Posts Criticizing Maine's Department of Tourism - World Hum State Tourism Promo Funds Up, Visitor Numbers Down - Lincoln County News Blogger who criticized Maine tourism office faces lawsuit - Boston Globe State tourism policies spark online debate - Press Herald How not to fight a web war - Eweek Warren Kremer Paino Withdraws Lawsuit - MWR State Legislator Calls for Investigation, Contract Suspension - MWR Lance Dutson - Technorati
UPDATES -- Australia - Marketing Spotlight - Tourism and Crafts - Poverty Alleviation - Panama - Pochote Market - Huatulco - Guelaguetza - Advisors - Travel Checklist - Press Room - Garden Notebook - Web Link Criteria - Tales from the Yucatan - Yucatan - Active Participation Notebook - Editing Tips
Calendar Download Steve Bridger Wins 2006 Colibri Ecotourism Award San Martín Tilcajete Conversation with H. Peter Jorgensen Pronoia Book Review Improving the Dialogue: Responsible Tourism and Conservation Results from the 2006 Water Survey Exploring Bristol Maps and Legends Notebook Si, Se Puede - Michael Ventura/Austin Chronicle Berlín - Yaotzin Botello/Travesias El rescate del lago, la semana próxima - La Jornada Advertising the Wrong Message - Tim Porter The Gas is Half Full -- or Half Empty - Tim Porter Travel-time Maps - My Society Mesoamerican Reef - Summit Foundation Mesoamerican Reef Tourism Initiative - Eco-Index Proceedings of the ICOMOS 15th General Assembly and Scientific Symposium - Xi'an, China, 17-21 October 2005 World Monuments Fund National Parks Conservation Ads - WorldChanging Endangered Heritag Sites - Tony Burton/Mexico Connect World Monuments Fund Sustainable tourism - afterwilma.info Buenos Aires - SAE Grasshoppers offer a taste of a different culture - Austin American Statesman Confessing to the Converted - New York Times Confessions of an Economic Hit Man - Democracy Now John Perkins 'Pronoia' invites surrender to the unfathomable - SF Gate War and Peace ... and the Ecotourist - Ron Mader/green-travel Procrustes - Wikipedia ISEAL Alliance Quality Manifesto - Tim Porter Florcanto: Exploring Mexican Culture Cross Border Baseball - Jon Clark/Sierra Vista Herald Scoop: Spread the Love - Student Traveler Slow Progress, Translation Problems Plague Biodiversity Session in Brazil - SEJ Worldmapper: A New World View - World Changing Tracking Global Violence: Are things Getting Better? - World Changing Your Actions Follow You Around - World Changing La certification en écotourisme: une fin en soi? - Ron Mader/Association Française d'Ecotourisme Mr. Special Foreign Man Won't Read Anything Not Written In His Own Language - The Onion Human Security Report Burning Man The tourist trap - Guardian The Rise of "Celebrity Colonialism" - World Hum Jim Macbeth Interview - ECOCLUB Skipping in nature - Steve Bridger Summer of Green - Google Community Tourism Helps Fishing Village - Brazilmax Caminhos de Pedra: Living Museum of Italian Immigration - BrazilMax Trading Trawlers for Tourism in Paraty's Tropical Fjord - BrazilMax Australia's meteoric rise from Gondwana - The Age A kind of travel where green means giving back - Kristin Jackson/The Seattle Times An Interview with Joe Cummings - Joshua Berman/Transitions Abroad México y Suiza organizarán festival sobre ritos funerarios - La Jornada A Practical Guide to Good Practice: Managing Environmental Impacts in the Marine Recreation Sector - TOI Oaxaca Estudio Abierto Jaragua National Park - TNC World Tourism Organization fires environment consultant - Dominican Today World Environment Day 2006: Photo Gallery - Mountain Forum Legoland Hidden Gems of Jalisco - Mary Piotrowski/Mexico Connect El Pueblo Unido - Michael Ventura/Austin Chronicle National Association of Farmers Markets (UK) Texas General Land Office Signs Lease to Create the Largest Offshore Wind Farm in U.S. History - GLO What would it take to be 100% green? Less than you think" - WorldChanging Tranquilo Traveler: Adventuring in the Blogosphere - OJR Mexico creates border nature reserve that could help discourage illegal crossings - AP Raiz de la imagen - CLACPI Democracy and Independence: Sharing News and Politics in a Connected World, June 29-July 1, 2006 - Media Giraffe Mountain Forum Bulletin (PDF) Remittance Outcomes in Rural Oaxaca (PDF)
Aboriginal Tourism Australia Announcements Parks and Biodiversity: Reflections from John Shores Guatemala - News from Retalhuleu (Reu) Business and Finance: Exit Strategies 2006 Yucatan Bird Festival 2006 Mushroom Fair
Dewey Award - SXSW Date set for TravelMole Web Awards Humble Hummingbird - Steve Bridger/afterwilma
Fondo del BID aprueba donación para turismo rural comunitario en Costa Rica - IDB
Goodbye portals, hello identity - Mike Butcher Love - Wikipedia Fallacies of definition - Wikipedia Stub - Wikipedia
Urban Ecotourism Gallery Ecoturismo Urbano y Vias Verdes Using the Web to Carve a Niche The Value of Local Culture Introducing the Blackbox Black Sheep Inn San Martin Tilcajete World Deserts (group) Flickr Founders - Time
Congreso Sobre Turismo y Areas Protegidas - Festival Musica por la Tierra, Huatulco Turismo y Áreas Protegidas - Terra El caracol púrpura, en peligro de extinción - La Jornada Baile y tolerancia fue la consigna de cientos de jóvenes al cerrar Música por la Tierra - La Jornada El caracol púrpura, en peligro de extinción - La Jornada Toquín playero por la Tierra, en Huatulco - La Jornada Inauguran el ''Festival Música por la Tierra'' - Cronica
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URBAN ECOTOURISM WORKSHOP (JUNE 23)
Urban Ecotourism World Carfree Network Making Transit Sexy - Rebuilding Place Ecoturismo - La Cronica Vias Verdes Fundación de los Ferrocarriles Españoles The Green Belt Movement International Mountain Biking Association (IMBA) Wangari Maathai - Wikipedia Urban Ecotourism Gallery - Flickr Ecoturismo Urbano y Vias Verdes - Flickr Urban Ecotourism - Mexico Connect (subscription)
Leading campaigners Planeta.com and Tourism Concern conducted a six-week online dialogue focusing on today's big issue: ethical tourism.
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