Ecotourism/ Hospitality

Organizations

BlueGreen Meetings
http://www.bluegreenmeetings.org/
Resources to make environmentally responsible choices for meetings.

Business Enterprises for Sustainable Travel
http://www.sustainabletravel.org
Information, conferences, cases studies to stimulate sustainable business travel.

Center on Ecotourism and Sustainable Development
http://www.ecotourismcesd.org/
A program of Stanford University and the Institute for Policy Studies. Mission is to design, monitor, evaluate, and improve ecotourism and sustainable tourism practices and principles. Its policy-oriented research focuses on ecotourism as a tool for poverty alleviation and biodiversity conservation, as well as socially and environmentally responsible tourism practices.

CERES Green Hotel Initiative
http://www.ceres.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?pid=761&srcid=748
Green Hotel Initiative (GHI) is a Ceres program designed to increase and demonstrate market demand for environmentally responsible hotel services. Despite the promotion of environmentally sound practices by environmental advocates, even within the industry, hotels currently feel little demand for these services.

Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Conventions
http://www.cerc04.org/
Energy, transportation, waste, hotels, construction, event planning.

Conservation International Ecotourism
http://www.ecotour.org
Ecotourism is an important part of regional strategies to conserve biodiversity. Learn about it here along with some of the top destinations.

Green Commercial Kitchens
http://www.foodservicewarehouse.com/education/going-green/default.aspx
Learn how to green a commercial kitchen in the foodservice industry. Take steps to get your kitchen certified.

Green Hotels Association
http://www.greenhotels.com
Lists green hotel members; Meeting Planners Questionnaire.

International Centre for Responsible Tourism
http://www.icrtourism.org
Sharing best practice in all aspects of responsible tourism: reports, news, events, projects around the world.

International Ecotourism Society
http://www.ecotourism.org