World Travelers Podcast focuses on Sustainability
Links from Nancy Arsenault
Info on conference sustainability measures:
- http://www.childnature.ca/webinar/
- article on the Bateman Centre:
- Royal Roads article on Bateman Centre
- A message from Bob Bateman
Regional DMOs that are collaborating and examining ways to partner and strengthen their contributions
Public:
- http://www.hellobc.com/en-CA/PopularAreas/VancouverCoastandMountains.htm
- http://www.hellobc.com/en-CA/RegionsCities/VancouverIsland.htm?S=N
Corporate:
Links from Celes Davar:
The TIAC Canadian Charter for Sustainable Tourism (Draft – For Discussion):
http://www.tiac-aitc.ca/english/documents/advocacy/2008/canadian_charter_sustain_tourism.pdf
The Climate Project Builds Momentum
http://www.theclimateproject.org/tcpnews.php?id=485
Notes from Celes Davar:
- There are many new opportunities for tourism operators to ensure that sustainable tourism becomes fully integrated into their operations.
- Customers are going to be coming much more knowledgeable about sustainable technologies (wind, bio-fuels, pv, solar). How will we make sure that our operations reflect customer expectations?
- Todd Lucier and Celes Davar will be joining 100 other Climate Project Presentors from Canada and 400 Americans with Al Gore at the North American Summit in Nashville, TN, to learn about techniques for effective advocacy of governments to pass climate change legislation this year.
- 2009 is the year of the Copenhagen Treaty. The TIAC Sustainable Tourism Charter should be part of Canada’s position.
- The Canadian Tourism Commission has a new $20.0 Million stimulus package boost that is focused on a domestic marketing program. A great opportunity for tourism operators to link their new experiences to the EQ, and national domestic marketing initiatives that focus on great Canadian experiences.
Links from Todd Lucier:
- Save Food on Twitter
- Save Food Wiki - lots of resources presented at SxSW in Austin, March 2009
- Follow Todd’s liveblog at ClimateCafé.org from the G20 Summit in London, UK, April 1-2, 2009
