With a degree of enthusiasm and maybe boyish naivety (of the Buzz Lightyear variety) I have set about encouraging change at a grass roots level within my community of Kangaroo Valley NSW. Since June 2007 a GHG Emissions reduction program has been running. We now have a third of the Kangaroo Valley Tourist Association membership […]
What do you picture when you think of a winter holiday in Bulgaria? Perhaps somewhere a bit cheap and cheerful? Somewhere with rather a lot of building work going on? That you might get pressured to buy an apartment? Maybe somewhere that’s ok for beginners but not good skiers? Me too. I have to say […]
I consider myself lucky to have found a job that uses the knowledge and expertise gained from the MSc Responsible Tourism Management program so soon after graduating. Following completing the MSc program in 2006, I entered the world of consulting – which I quickly learned was more hard work than glitz and glam. I loved […]
This winter I was in the mountains exploring ski resorts – I know, I know... it’s a tough job... I had set out to investigate ski resorts where it’s not just about the skiing and the kilometres of piste - some of the less well known resorts not frequented by the major operators. I wanted […]
As a board member of the Responsible Tourism Partnership in Sri Lanka I have been involved in a new initiative called Green Sri Lanka Hotels (GSLH). The initiative was launched today and is designed to enhance the environmental performance of Sri Lanka’s hotels through improvement of energy, water and waste management systems, a reduction in […]
