Top city officials recently launched the Cape Town Climate Change Coalition’s “Climate Smart Capte Town Campaign. The aim of the campaign is to highlight actions that the people of Cape Town, South Africa can take to reduce carbon emissions. The campaign recognizes that the climate crisis is our joint responsibility. Real solutions can only come [...]

Harriet Lamb, executive director of the UK’s Fairtrade Foundation – an organization that has dramatically transformed shopping habits and improved the lives of millions across the globe – is to officially open WTM World Responsible Tourism Day. Lamb guided the Fairtrade Foundation to a period of staggering growth with estimated fair trade sales of more [...]

Greenloons — http://www.greenloons.com – specializes in guiding families to international rainforests that are inclusive of sustainable vacation opportunities. And it is offering them its recommendation as to the top five such adventures. Irene Lane, Greenloons founder, believes it’s never to early to introduce children to the “lungs of the planet”, the world’s rainforests covering less [...]

The Marriott Inn & Conference Center, University of Maryland University College has received its Green Seal Certification. The property was named the country’s first environmentally friendly hotel and conference centre back in 2004 when it received its LEED certification for using recyclable materials and energy-saving systems in every part of the facility to ensure a [...]

The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) has launched a 60-day public comment period for Version 2 of the Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria that are based on ISEAL guidelines (the ISEAL Alliance is a global association for social and environmental standards). The comment period continues until Oct. 15, 2011. The survey can be accessed through the [...]