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   Sustainable tourism:The Route to Resilience?

EUTO Conference, Cornwall 2012Manda Brookmanwww.coastproject.co.uk

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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 Tourismwww.coastproject.co.uk

Now:

Not just Cornwall. Not just tourism.

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across the UK…

Taiwan

ChileNew ZealandSouth 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

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…tourism carbon calculator – learning to read and speak the new language of Carbon…

3 Encourage leadership. Game Changers. Early Adopters. Bell Cows.

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One Planet Tourismwww.coastproject.co.uk

4 encourage cracking communication…

…..LiveWire crackles every day with new messages…

people, place and prosperitywww.coastproject.co.uk

people, place and prosperitywww.coastproject.co.uk

So good luck – the trick is in collaboration and collective clout.…

Thank you! See you on-line!

manda@coastproject.co.uk

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