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Cardamom Tented Camp earns global accolade for its sustainability story


Cardamom Tented Camp staff team photo

Car­damom Ten­ted Camp eco­lodge in Cam­bod­ia is one of Green Des­tin­a­tions’ 2021 Top 100 Des­tin­a­tion Sus­tain­ab­il­ity Stor­ies. The announce­ment was made Octo­ber 5 dur­ing the online annu­al con­fer­ence of Green Des­tin­a­tions, a non-profit organ­isa­tion for sus­tain­able tour­ism based in The Neth­er­lands. The annu­al pro­gramme has been in exist­ence since 2014. Car­damom Ten­ted Camp was chosen by the […]

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“Good Tourism” Partners to jointly support UN SDGs, climate-friendly travel


"GT" Partners Planet Happiness and SUNx sign MOU. Image by GDJ (CC0) via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/vectors/background-abstract-psychedelic-5558927/

New memor­andum of under­stand­ing (MOU) between part­ners of The “Good Tour­ism” Blog signed to mark World Envir­on­ment Day, June 5. On World Envir­on­ment Day, June 5, “GT” Part­ners Plan­et Hap­pi­ness and SUNx signed a MOU related to the United Nations (UN) Sus­tain­able Devel­op­ment Goals (SDGs) and cli­mate-friendly travel. Accord­ing to a news release, the aim is to […]

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Prepare now for a surge in ecotourism demand with a CRTS workshop


Termas Geométricas, Coñaripe, Panguipulli, Chile. By J Balla Photography (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/jpyJeOg4BnI

Eco­tour­ism is in high demand right now in places where phys­ic­ally-dis­­tanced out­door activ­ity is pos­sible. And when the world finally breaks its COVID shackles, those who have been locked down for months in urb­an envir­on­ments will likely be des­per­ate for a taste of nature. To help pre­pare stake­hold­ers for that surge, The Centre for Responsible […]

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Time to be ‘Strong’: Unprecedented NFT Earth Swatch auction to benefit tourism’s post-pandemic recovery, climate resilience, and environmental causes


Time to be ‘Strong’: Unprecedented NFT Earth Swatch auction to benefit tourism’s post-pandemic recovery, climate resilience, and environmental causes

The parties behind the auc­tion — glob­al ini­ti­at­ive for Cli­mate Friendly Travel SUNx — Strong Uni­ver­sal Net­work and cyber­se­cur­ity com­pany WISeKey — have cre­ated the first ever non-fun­­­gible token (NFT) related to cli­mate change and sus­tain­ab­il­ity. The first-off-the-line “Earth Swatch” watch, designed by cli­mate act­iv­ist and sus­tain­able devel­op­ment pion­eer Maurice Strong for the 1992 Rio Earth Sum­mit, is going up for […]

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Back to the future: Time for more ambitious climate action from travel & tourism


New hope through climate friendly travel SUNx Malta

Pres­id­ent of “Good Tour­ism” Part­ner SUNx Malta, Geof­frey Lip­man, reports: “UN Cli­mate Chief Patri­cia Espinosa has form­ally con­firmed to our SDG 17 part­ner Glor­ia Guevara at the WTTC top level sup­port for the SUNx Malta Cli­mate Friendly Travel Registry, and urged travel & tour­ism organ­isa­tions to file their car­bon reduc­tion plans.” Here is Pro­fess­or Lip­man’s […]

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‘Freeze or Fry Challenge’ highlights need to ACT NOW on climate crisis: SUNx


Fire vs ice. Image by thommas68 (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/illustrations/fire-and-water-fight-hands-fire-2354583/

The travel & tour­ism industry is urged to help save the plan­et. Geof­frey Lip­man, Pres­id­ent of SUNx Malta, has wel­comed the start of Joe Biden’s Pres­id­ency with a chal­lenge for us all to use the moment to act now to help redress the dev­ast­at­ing impact of cli­mate change. “As a kid we had a silly joke […]

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