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Responsible Tourism Awards 2011

What are the best low carbon initiatives in tourism? The last 10 years have seen an explosion of innovation in low-carbon tourism – initiatives aiming to reduce the carbon intensity of travel. But which ones are the best? The Responsible Tourism Awards 2011 are calling on the public to nominate the most innovative and inspiring [...]

Facebook Goes Green? Greenpeace complains

Corporations often times leave us all thinking that they are the titans that will rule our world if we are not careful. In the case of Facebook, it has not been much of a target except for fears about its use of subscriber data. In a recent move the company announced that, inspired by the [...]

Trewin Restorick – Global Action Plan

   Since 1993, Global Action Plan has contributed to greater environmental awareness. We have taken a practical approach to help communities reduce their carbon emissions and impacts. Our initiatives work with people across society, at every point in their life.  EcoTeams is one of our most successful campaigns, and focuses on you and your friends, [...]

With love from Norway – Eco living as an ex-pat

Life as an expat has some disadvantages in terms of environmental responsibility, however as much as I’m doing in my new day to day life. I can’t reconcile the fact that my carbon footprint will increase by a huge amount because of flights home to friends and family.

Bumi Tak Romantis Bagi Pernikahan di Indonesia?

Belum lama ini saya mengunjungi sebuah wedding fair di kota tempat
saya tinggal, Pontianak. Seperti yang sudah saya duga, di sana saya
(hanya) melihat serbuan industri pernikahan ‘konvensional’. Tak ada
yang benar-benar baru dan menggebrak di wedding fair tersebut. Semua
dengan misi yang sama: “pick my service, pick my service” semata,
tanpa ada misi yang lebih unik (produk/jasa yang agak/lebih ramah
lingkungan, misalnya).