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Eco Travels in Mexico

MEXICO WIKI
MEXICO FORUM

Pashcabalik!
- Cancun Wiki

YOUTUBE: Corazón de Guadalupe

COMPETITION

Oaxaca Market Project

YOUR TURN

SURVEY SAYS - Latin America Travel Survey asks where you are heading. Details...

OPERATORS -- If you run an eco-friendly, people-friendly, place-friendly travel service that should be featured in the World Travel Directory, here is our criteria. Premium coverage includes a directory listing and a link to your site from the regional guide. There is a small fee. Application

PHOTOGRAPHERS - Do you have photos of ecotourism and responsible travel in practice? Add them to the Re-Imagining North American Ecotourism Group.

HERE COMES EVERYBODY - The Travel Definitions Survey asks readers to rate the definitions. Are you seeking or avoiding trips touted as geotourism, ecotourism and adventure travel? Details ...

RECENT EVENTS

2009 Rural Tourism Fair was a series of micro-events with food tastings, photography walks and small festivals among friends. Here are the pictures!

HEADLINES

México 2009
In loving memory of Alejandro Lopez Lopez
Tourism and Climate Change
Food, Health and Building Communities
Colibri Ecotourism Award
Latin America Travel Survey
Latin American Travel Planner
Forum for the Future Mexico Report
Responsible Travel and Ecotourism in Mexico

WIKI

Ecotourism Spotlight Award
World Environment Day
Oaxaca Market Project
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WORLD TRAVEL DIRECTORY

Canyon Travel - Marlene Ehrenberg Tours - Hotel Eco Paraiso Xixim - Journey Mexico - Academic Tours in Oaxaca - Traditions Mexico - gloCaltravel - Hands Up Holidays - ProTours Mexico - Amtave - Sendero Mexico
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SPANISH LANGUAGE SCHOOLS

Amigos del Sol - Becari - Instituto Cultural Oaxaca - Solexico - IMAC Spanish
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REGIONAL GUIDES

Exploring Oaxaca
Exploring Mexico City
Exploring Yucatán
Exploring Baja
Exploring Copper Canyon
Exploring Chiapas
Exploring Jalisco
Exploring the Borderlands

PLANETA FORUM

Mexico
Updates to our Mexico Guide
Conversation with Hector Ceballos-Lascurain
GUIDELINES

FLICKR

Lessons from Mexico
Grateful Dead
Re-Imagining North American Ecotourism
Mexican Palette
ONLINE FLICKR

WIKI

Mexico
MexicoNight
Mundo Maya
Oaxaca Wikispace
Olla Solar
ONLINE WIKI

VIDEO

Ahuehuetes
Bike Ride to Monte Albán
Breakfast with Moctezuma
Corazón de Guadalupe
VIDEO

THINGS TO DO

Things to do in Guadalajara
Things to do in Mexico City
Things to do in Oaxaca City
Things to do in Mérida

PARKS

Mexico Parks
Mexico Parks Explained
UNESCO Heritage Sites in Mexico
UNESCO Web Tour
CONANP
PARKS

CITY PARKS

Chapultepec Park
Viveros Garden
Xochimilco
Gardens, Parks and Plazas in Oaxaca de Juárez
URBAN ECOTOURISM

FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS

Christmas
Day of the Dead
Earth Day (Dia de la Tierra)
Easter in Mexico
Radish Night
Viernes de Dolores
FESTIVALS

WILDLIFE

Birds
Turtles
Whales
WILDLIFE

CULTURE

Mexico Art
Mexico Slang
Mexico Sports
Baseball in Mexico

CITY GUIDES

Acapulco
Aguascalientes City
Campeche City
Cancún
Celaya
Chihuahua City
Ciudad Valles
Ciudad Victoria
Córdoba
Creel
Cuernavaca
DF
Durango City
Ensenada
Guadalajara
Guanajuato City
Hermosillo
Huatulco
Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo
La Paz
Loreto
Los Cabos
Los Mochis
Mazatlán
Mérida
Mexcaltitán
Mexico City
Monclova
Monterrey
Morelia
Oaxaca City
Pachuca
Pátzcuaro
Palenque
Puebla City
Puerto Escondido
Puerto Morelos
Puerto Penasco
Puerto Vallarta
Pochutla
Querétaro City
Real de Catorce
Saltillo
San Blas
San Cristóbal de las Casas
San Luis Potosi City
San Miguel de Allende
Tampico
Taxco
Tepic
Tepoztlán
Tijuana
Tlaxcala City
Todos Santos
Toluca
Tuxtla Gutierrez
Tzintzuntzan
Valladolid
Valle de Bravo
Veracruz City
Villahermosa
Xalapa
Zacatecas City
MEXICO CITIES
MEXICO STATES

CLIMATE CHANGE

Estrategia Nacional de Cambio Climático - SEMARNAT (PDF)
CLIMATE CHANGE

CULTURE

Mexico Markets

OUTDOORS

Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary
Biking in Mexico
Mountaineering in Mexico
Mexico Water Sports

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

Indigenous Mexico
- New feature

Aztecs
- In only two centuries, the Aztecs rose from a wandering tribe to the rulers of an enormous empire.

Exploring the Mundo Maya
- Take a peak into the Maya World

TOURISM

Forum for the Future Releases Mexico Report

Understanding Community Tourism
- Includes an index of Mexico Links

Exploring Ecotourism: Mexico
- Upcoming feature

WEB 1, 2, 3

Strategies for using Web 2.0
Web 1, 2, 3 Forum
Indispensable Tools

BLOGS

Mexico Premiere
BLOGS
MEXICO NEWS BLOGS

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY

YOUR TURN - World Environment Day is June 5. You can contribute photos to the World Environment Day Group on Flickr. The group solicits photos from events around the globe as well as the official celebration in Mexico.

World Environment Day Survey

MEXICO

RECOMMENDED READING

Featured Titles: Lonely Planet Mexico, Mexico and Central America Handbook, Crafts of Mexico, Devil's Book of Culture, Oaxaca Handbook, Where the Sky is Born
Bibliographies: Mexico | Northern Border | The Maya | Business | Ecotourism | Environment
News: Mexico News Sources | Newsgoogled
More Books: New Titles | Top Shelf | Publishers

Interested in conscientious travel and ecotourism? Register for the Planeta Update. We also publish the Planeta Mexico Bulletin.

IMPROVING OUR COVERAGE

To improve our Mexico guide in the age of Web 1, 2, 3, we ask the following questions:

What are recommended information sources for visitors?
Are there maps of protected areas?
What current work deserves kudos?

Editorial suggestions are welcome.

ELSEWHERE ON THE WEB

Here are some of our favorites: Aventura Vertical - Buen Viaje - Current Time in Mexico City - Mexico Altars - Mexico Connect - Mexico Meta Guide 2.0 - People's Guide - Thorn Tree Mexico - XPMexico
MORE MEXICO LINKS

RECOMMENDED READING

Mexico is at a critical point in its green revolution, Forum for the Future, 2009

Forum for the Future releases its Green Futures Special Report Viva la Vida Verde focusing on the continuing search for sustainable practices in Mexico. Articles include a review of whether President Felipe Calderón put Mexico on the path to a greener life written by Forum for the Future's Ben Tuxworth and Jonathon Porritt, author of the provocative book Capitalism. In More Energy, Less Carbon Ron Buchanan looks at the country’s efforts to kick the high-carb habit. Jo Tuckman looks at the green revolution in Mexico City. Sun, Sea...Sustainability reviews the ecotourism and sustainable travel movement written by Ron Mader and Ben Tuxworth.

FREE DOWNLOAD

Responsible Travel Handbook, 2006
- This anthology focuses on responsible tourism around the globe and was prepared by the editors of Transitions Abroad. Free download as PDF (2 megs)

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