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2010
June 22, 2010: Save the Date! 3rd International Travelers' Philanthropy Conference. Monteverde, Costa Rica July 20-23, 2011.
Comprehensive New Study Released: "The Impact of Tourism related Development along Costa Rica's Pacific Coast" now posted! Click here to download full report or click here to read the press release.
March 12, 2010: New Study Shows Strength of Responsible Tourism Market Despite Global Economic Recession. Click here to download the full report.
February 3, 2010: First Coastal Tourism Innovators Symposium Receives Praise from participants. This press release gives the results of the Innovators Symposium held at Stanford University, January 20-22, 2010.
2009
March 10, 2009: CESD is now Center for Responsible Travel (CREST)
CESD has officially become the Center for Responsible Travel. Although our name has changed, our mission remains the same: To transform the way the world travels.
2008
December 6, 2008: Travelers' Philanthropy Conference a Success!
CESD wishes to thank the sponsors, keynote speakers and participants who helped make the recent Travelers' Philanthropy conference a great success. Thank you for joining us in Arusha! We hope to see you again at our future conferences and events.
November 10, 2008:
CESD announces a book signing for Martha Honey's newly released edition of Ecotourism and Sustainable Development: Who Owns Paradise?. Signing will take place 12:30pm to 1:45pm on November 20th, at the CESD office in Washington DC. Click here for full details.
October 21, 2008:
WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show interviews CESD Co-director Dr. Martha Honey on the recent edition of her book, Ecotourism and Sustainable Development: Who Owns Paradise? Click here to hear the broadcast.
August 15, 2008
CESD and CAB International announce publication of volume 7 of the CAB Ecotourism Series: Ecotourism and Conservation in the Americas by CESD Co-Director, Dr. William Durham, in collaboration with Dr. Amanda Stronza. Click here to learn more.
August 6, 2008:
CESD and Island Press proudly announce publication of the new edition of Ecotourism and Sustainable Development: Who Owns Paradise? by CESD Co-Director, Dr. Martha Honey. Click here for the Press Release, or click here for details from the publisher.
July 16, 2008:
Congratulations to our travel partners, Micato Safaris, Country Walkers and Lindblad Expeditions for their top rankings among the "World's Best" Awards by Travel & Leisure Magazine. Click here to read the full article.
June 23, 2008:
Green Travel in the news: Interview on Minnesota Public Radio with CESD Co-director Martha Honey, PhD. What does truly earth-friendly travel mean, and what forms might it take? Experts discuss. Click here to listen to a recording of the broadcast, in RealPlayer format.
June 1, 2008:
Dr. Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of Kenya’s Green Belt Movement, has graciously agreed to give the keynote address at the 2008 Travelers’ Philanthropy Conference to be held in Arusha, Tanzania, December 3-5, 2008.
March 25, 2008:
Attention Charter Club Invitees, CESD announces its next ecotourism study tour with CC AFrica on Safari in Tanzania taking place directly after the Travelers' Philanthropy conference December 6-12, 2008.
February 18, 2008:
CESD seeks Director of Development. See job posting on our Jobs page.
February 13, 2008:
Registration is now open for our upcoming Travelers' Philanthropy Conference in Arusha, Tanzania, December 3-5, 2008.
2007
November 6, 2007:
Attention Charter Club Invitees - CESD announces its next ecotourism study tour in the Bahamas, to introduce the benefits of sustainable travel to interested individuals and travel industry executives.
August 27, 2007:
CESD anounces it is hosting the next major Travelers' Philanthropy Conference in Arusha, Tanzania, December 3-5, 2008.
June 18, 2007:
We are pleased to announce the completion of four handbooks on ecotourism certification developed in collaboration with Rainforest Alliance. Please click below for PDF versions in English. Spanish versions will be available here soon!
Handbook 1: A Simple User's Guide to Certification for Sustainable Tourism and Ecotourism
Handbook 2: Practical Steps for Funding Certification of Tourism Businesses
Handbook 3: Practical Steps for Marketing Tourism Certification
Handbook 4: Financing Tourism Certification Programs
(Available in Spanish)
Also, be sure to check out our first newsletter!
April 18, 2007:
You are invited to attend "Traveling with Climate in Mind", part of The International Ecotourism Society's Advocacy and Ecotourism Speakers Series, co-sponsored by CESD and Sierra Club. Click here for more information.
April 10, 2007:
CESD announces two new Charter Club trips for individuals interested in learning more about ecotourism. The first ecoadventure will take place at the Papoose Creek Lodge in Montana in August 2007, and the second trip will venture down to the Tiamo Lodge in the Bahamas in January 2008. For more information, please contact Len Materman (materman@stanford.edu).
April 1, 2007:
CESD has changed its email addresses. Please make note of this change by browsing the "Contact Us" page.
March 1, 2007:
CESD announces internship openings for Summer 2007. For more information, please see the "Internships" page.
February 14, 2007:
CESD welcomes the new Stanford Coordinator, Len Materman.
2006
November 1, 2006:
As a follow-up to discussions and decisions from the indigenous ecotourism workshop in Quito in September 2006, CESD pledges to support efforts by workshop participants in planning a second meeting in Chiapas, Mexico in 2007. To learn more, please click here.
September 7-9, 2006:
CESD unites indigenous leaders from across Latin America for a workshop in Quito, Ecuador, on ecotourism and indigenous communities. Groundbreaking results include the formation of an indigneous tourism network.
August 18, 2006:
CESD and partners INCAE and Environmental Defense present findings from our study Cruise Tourism in Belize and preliminary results from our study on the cruise industry in Costa Rica and Honduras.
August 6, 2006:
CESD presents findings from Cruise Tourism in Belize to government officials and local stakeholders at a widely attended forum in Belize City.
July 1, 2006:
David Krantz joins CESD as the new DC Coordinator
April 21, 2006:
CESD supports The International Ecotourism Society's Celebration of Ecotourism and Eco-Holiday Auction
January 21, 2006:
CESD held a very productive Cruise Study Workshop that summarized key findings from summer fieldwork in Belize City, Grenada, and Majahual. Many thanks to all who participated.
2005
September 29, 2005:
CESD launched a new project to study the economic, environmental and social effects of cruise tourism in Costa Rica and Honduras.
June 6, 2005:
An updated version of the Consumer Demand study is available here.