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Sustainability advocate and “waste fighter” Lauren Kharouni presents the case against food waste, the business case for reducing it, and simple ways to start. Have you ever taken a closer look at data on global food waste? If not, take a seat, the numbers are striking. Otherwise, a short reminder could not hurt. Every year, the UN […]
Read More Save money, satisfy guests, & join the fight against food waste
At home in the United States, Kerrie Springer takes pride in being environmentally conscious. So when she booked a week’s getaway at the Bucuti and Tara Beach Resort in Aruba, she choose the “green stay” option, agreeing to reuse her sheets and towels rather than have them changed each day. “You don’t do that at home, […]
Read More From smarter energy to less plastic, Caribbean resorts go green
China announced on Sunday plans to build and upgrade 64,000 public toilets between 2018 to 2020 as part of its “toilet revolution” aimed at boosting tourism and lifting the sector’s contribution to economic growth. China has been keen to develop and expand services industries to move away from debt-fueled and investment-driven growth, while offseting the […]
Read More China pledges another three years of ‘toilet revolution’ to boost tourism
As co-founder of the not-for-profit Refill NOT Landfill in Cambodia, Christian de Boer claims a hotel can obliterate its reliance on plastic water bottles in about 15 minutes. All it takes is willpower, a signature, and a willingness to absorb or pass on about a dollar a day per guest. With more than a decade’s worth […]
Read More The “Good Tourism” Podcast #2: How to be a plastic-free hotel in 15 minutes
Prominent Filipino writer and economist Dr Bernardo M Villegas is encouraged by the preliminary draft of the next Philippines tourism development plan because of its intent to develop low-density, community-based, and nature-based tourism and to promote the use of green technologies. However, in this “Good Tourism” Insight, Dr Villegas urges authorities to look to Spain […]
Read More Philippines tourism development & how to avoid more Boracays
Nice places to live are nice places to visit. With Lake Naivasha tourism taking a hit due to pollution, a social enterprise has cooked up a plan to clean up the lake and provide cheap meals to local villagers. Report by the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Standing on a muddy patch on the shores of Lake […]
Read More Pollution plan cooked up at Kenya’s Lake Naivasha