Resources
Courtesy of Astrid Jirka
Outreach Coordinator for Study Abroad Programs, Ithaca College
Websites
Transitions Abroad Responsible Travel Handbook: www.transitionsabroad.com/listings/travel/responsible/resources.shtml
The International Ecotourism Society: www.ecotourism.org
Sustainable Travel International: www.sustainabletravelinternational.org
Also, see Sustainable Travel International's Sustainable Travel Checklist
International Institute of Peace through Tourism: www.iipt.org
Ethical Traveler: www.ethicaltraveler.org
The Global Footprint Network: www.footprintnetwork.org
Planeta: www.planeta.com
Tourism Concern: www.tourismconcern.org.uk
Partners in Responsible Tourism: www.pirt.org
World Tourism Organization: www.world-tourism.org
World Travel and Tourism Council: www.wttc.org
Lonely Planet Thorn Tree Bulletin Boards:
http://thorntree.lonelyplanet.com
Responsible Travel: www.responsibletravel.com
Carbon Neutral: www.carbonneutral.com/index.asp
Books
Tourism: Principles, Practices and Philosophies by Charles Goeldner
and J.R. Brent Ritchie, John Wiley and Sons, 9th ed., 2003
Hosts and Guests Revisited: Tourism Issues of the 21st Century edited by Valene Smith and Maryann Brent,
Cognizant Communications, 2001
Ecotourism by David Weaver, John Wiley and Sons, 2001
Tourism in the 21st Century: Lessons From Experience edited by
Bill Faulkner, Continuum, 2001
Ethical Travel Guide by Polly Pattullo, Tourism Concern, 2006
Ecotourism and Sustainable Development: Who Owns Paradise?
by Martha Honey, Island Press, 1999.
Organizations
The Association of University Leaders for a Sustainable Future (ULSF) is a leading international non-profit organization working to encourage colleges and universities to make sustainability and environmental literacy a major focus of teaching, research, service, and operations. It also includes a useful resource section.
The Earth Charter is a declaration of fundamental principles for building a just, sustainable, and peaceful global society for the 21st century. Created by the largest global consultation process ever associated with an international declaration, the Earth Charter seeks to inspire a sense of global interdependence and shared responsibility for the well-being of the human family and the larger living world. Its resource center has hundreds of free resources for educators, students, and organizers.
Idealist.org: This site provides a clearinghouse for information on international and domestic nonprofit organizations.
IFPRI (International Food Policy Research Institute) works to eliminate hunger and malnutrition worldwide by finding alternative policies for better food security and nutrition, emphasizing sound management of local resources in low-income countries.
Global Ecovillage Network connects individuals striving to create sustainable communities. The site encourages users to exchange ideas and tools to further their efforts.
The Grace Factory Farm Project supports independent farmers who are dedicated to nurturing the land and environment by adopting practices based on sustainable farming.
National Wildlife Federation’s Campus Ecology Program helps transform college campuses into living models of an ecologically sustainable society, and it trains new environmental leaders. The program supports and promotes positive and practical conservation projects on campus and beyond to protect wildlife by restoring habitat and slowing global warming.
The Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC) is a student-run national network of progressive organizations and individuals whose aim is to uproot environmental injustice through action and education. It helps build networks, teach skills, educate about issues, and puts ideas into practice with a range of campaigns. Its website also serves as a clearinghouse of resources.