One Planet Tourism Sustainable tourism: The Route to Resilience? EUTO Conference, Cornwall 2012 Manda Brookman
One Planet Tourism A five second intro: CoaST : a small, independent not for private profit social enterprise, founded 9 years ago, and just growing… Our job: to help ensure tourism everywhere contributes to a resilient present – and future Over 2,000 members One of the fastest growing networks of its kind… …from 5 members in Cornwall in 2003…
One Planet Tourism Now: Not just Cornwall. Not just tourism.
One Planet Tourism across the UK…
Taiwan Chile New Zealand South Africa Oz Cyprus Scotland Wales Ireland US Canada Italy Venezuela France Poland Sierra Leone Slovakia Contagious change...happening whether we’re ready or not… Nepal Japan
Tourism can warm our home…. Or burn down our house. Anon.
So: 5 important things we do: 1 encourage practical action
… over three hundred people qualified with a BTEC in Sustainable Tourism (the first in the UK). - 3 day course - includes writing an environmental policy - starts writing a green certification action plan 2 encourage learning… CoaST Communications Masterclass
One Planet Tourism …tourism carbon calculator – learning to read and speak the new language of Carbon…
3 Encourage leadership. Game Changers. Early Adopters. Bell Cows.
One Planet Tourism
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4 encourage cracking communication… …..LiveWire crackles every day with new messages…
people, place and prosperity
people, place and prosperity So good luck – the trick is in collaboration and collective clout.… Thank you! See you on-line! Free membership open to all; join us today at