The Ecohelpline.com will be the first of it’s kind to offer a Free Eco Best Practices Course to help people and businesses go green. The course is online and free. Our primary focus is hotel management and staff, however the free training lessons are useful for everyone.
As global warming, energy crisis, and […]
Entries Tagged as 'Ecotourism'
Announcing the launching of Eco Helpline – www.ecohelpline.com
October 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
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Into the heart of Thailand at Gecko Villa
March 30th, 2009 · No Comments
Gecko Villa was launched in 2000 amongst the rice paddies of Northeastern Thailand, a part of the kingdom seldom visited by travellers, who tend to follow the crowds to the tourist destinations of Phuket, Pattaya or Chiang Mai.
The aim behind the project was to create sustainable employment in the region, to avoid economic […]
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The Green Squeeze
December 4th, 2008 · No Comments
Will the credit crunch usher in a green backlash, as people abandon environmentalism in favour of what they consider more pressing economic concerns, and how should the green movement respond? Throughout the weekGuardian has asked a number of leading thinkers to assess the lessons of history and the changing tactics necessary to deliver their agenda […]
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Greenpeace shows Spain the perils of climate change
November 11th, 2007 · No Comments
The warning comes in a book, Photoclima, launched this week by Greenpeace in which images of some of Spain’s most emblematic places have been altered to show what they could look like in the future. Using statistics from the UN panel on climate change and a touch of digital makeup Greenpeace hopes to scare Spain […]
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Irresponsible tourism!
October 26th, 2007 · No Comments
Irresponsible Tourism is a forum designed to give YOU an opportunity to blow the whistle on practices in the travel and tourism industry which you think are irresponsible, and to discuss them with others.
The forum and its threads are accessible to anyone, but only registered users can post responses, comments and create new threads. […]
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eco lodges Indonesia…
October 16th, 2007 · No Comments
…are proud to present, for the eco traveller, four delightful eco friendly hotels for accommodation […]
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Ecotourism in Libya!
September 20th, 2007 · No Comments
Libya has unveiled an ambitious ecotourism project know as ‘Green Mountain’. The project utilising a raft of renewable energy technologies, recycling, biofuels and environmentally friendly building development will also serve to protect the world renowned Greek and Roman architecture and a coastal eco-system described as fragile. The International Herald Tribune reports on the story […]
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Cost effective ethical advertising to the eco conscious market!
September 17th, 2007 · No Comments
We’re pleased to announce that you are now able to access cost effective ethical advertising to the eco concsious market by placing your promotion with ethicalescape!
ethicalescape is ranked number one in Google for the essential search terms for your […]
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The Shiwiar People
September 12th, 2007 · No Comments
Who are the Shiwiar people? In their own words, “We are the Shiwiar people, enclosed by the Amazon jungle, living on the Pastaza river. We belong to the same cultural and linguistic tradition as the Achuar and Shuar. Our territory is one of the most pristine and isolated places in the Amazon basin, located near […]
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Bulgaria worries about eco tourism threat
September 11th, 2007 · No Comments
Bulgaria has grown concrned that the property earmarked for Bristish and Irish investors is not being taken up and is instead left for central and eastern european investors. What impact does this have? The concern in that the holiday apartments built with mass British and Irish tourism in mind may simply become just empty or […]
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