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Ron Mader

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- Active Participation Notebook

2002, International Year of Ecotourism

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Ron Mader is a professional journalist and the founder of Planeta.com, the web's first site dedicated to ecotourism created in 1994. Ron's work catalyzes action and conservation about environmental conservation, responsible travel and peacemaking.

Ron's work includes facilitating online and natural world seminars and workshops, the most popular of which is the Web Seminar that shows professionals how to make effective of Planeta.com and improve their own web presence.

Ron has won many awards, including recognition from the Mexican government for exemplary coverage of Mexico. Presidents Fox and Zedillo presented Ron with the Lente de Plata Award in 1999 and 2002. Outside magazine called Planeta.com, the virtual vanguard.

Ron continues to work with partners in updating the essayStrategies for using Web 2.0 for Travel Operators and Visitors.

Ron is also the ecotourism and Latin America contributing editor for the U.S. magazine Transitions Abroad.

Working in Oaxaca, Mexico, Ron has collaborated in the development of the Oaxaca Options discussion series and an annual Rural Tourism Fair held since 2001. Ron is one of the founders of the Zinacantli Rugby Club.

ONLINE CONFERENCING

In the past few years Planeta.com has developed memorable online events, including the Financing Sustainable Tourism, NGOs in Tourism and Conservation, Ethical Marketing of Ecotourism, Environmental Impact of Transportation, Urban Ecotourism Conference and the Ecotourism Emerging Industry Forum.

2002 was the International Year of Ecotourism, an event which sparked a lot of interest among ecotourism nerds around the globe. The United Nations and World Tourism Organization asked Ron to host the Sustainable Development of Ecotourism Web Conference which was the most attended preparatory event for the World Ecotourism Summit.

ACADEMIC WORK

Ron has a bachelor's degree in communication (1987) from Indiana University where he resided at the Collins Living Learning Center. Ron received a master's degree (1990) from the Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.

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PROFILES AND INTERVIEWS

b Ron Mader Conversation - Observations (2009)
b Conversación con Ron Mader - Ecoturismo & Web 2.0 (2008)
b Flor y Canto: Interview with Ron Mader (2007)
b Practical Environmentalist: Interview with Ron Mader (2007)
b Eco-Index (2006)
b Development Gateway Profile (2006)
b Poynter Profile (2006)
b OJR Profile (2005)
b EcoClub Interview (2002)
b American Environmental Leaders (2000)
b Q&A on GORP (1999)
g Conversation with Ron Mader - El Financiero (1999)


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