Ron Mader is a professional journalist
and the founder of Planeta.com, the web's first site dedicated to
ecotourism. Ron's work catalyzes action and conservation about environmental
conservation, responsible travel and peacemaking.
He is updating Strategies
for using Web 2.0 for Travel Operators and Visitors and Toward
Effective Communication in Responsible Travel and Ecotourism.
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.
Planeta.com 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 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 2009 the focus is on food
and tourism and climate
change.
In the past few years Planeta.com has developed other 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.
The September
2007 online dialogue focused on New Zealand and Australia. Details...
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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