Conserving what we love: Playa Viva’s watershed regeneration project

We believe in highlighting the good work tourism businesses are doing to promote responsible travel. In this series, we will be highlighting the work of our platinum sponsors, a group of responsibly-operated hotels and tour operators from around the world whose values align with our mission and have committed to supporting CREST for at least…

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Conserving what we love: Playa Viva’s watershed regeneration project

Muy’Ono Farms’ Sustainable & Regenerative Farming Practices

We believe in highlighting the good work tourism businesses are doing to promote responsible travel. In this series, we will be highlighting the work of our platinum sponsors, a group of responsibly-operated hotels and tour operators from around the world whose values align with our mission and have committed to supporting CREST for at least…

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Muy’Ono Farms’ Sustainable & Regenerative Farming Practices

Small is beautiful: An interview with Bodhi Surf + Yoga

We believe in highlighting the good work tourism businesses are doing to promote responsible travel. In this series, we will be highlighting the work of our platinum sponsors, a group of responsibly-operated hotels and tour operators from around the world whose values align with our mission and have committed to supporting CREST for at least…

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Small is beautiful: An interview with Bodhi Surf + Yoga

Taking an active role in protecting the wild places

We believe in highlighting the good work tourism businesses are doing to promote responsible travel. In this series, we will be highlighting the work of our platinum sponsors, a group of responsibly-operated hotels and tour operators from around the world whose values align with our mission and have committed to supporting CREST for at least…

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Taking an active role in protecting the wild places

CREST Announces the Winner of the 2023 Martha Honey Legacy in Responsible Travel Award

[Washington, D.C.] – The Center for Responsible Travel (CREST) is proud to announce the recipient of the 2023 Martha Honey Legacy in Responsible Travel Award, an annual accolade that honors individuals who have demonstrated exceptional dedication to advancing the cause of responsible travel. We are honored to present Bruce Poon Tip, the visionary founder of…

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CREST Announces the Winner of the 2023 Martha Honey Legacy in Responsible Travel Award

Can bodysurfing transform surf tourism for the better?

This is a follow-up post to How Surf Tourism Can Inspire Environmental Stewardship. How surf travel has contributed to the rise in overtourism Despite the positive impact of surfing in many regards, its dominant narratives have also presented some challenges: the comparison between men and women, the objectification of the latter, and the disregard for…

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Can bodysurfing transform surf tourism for the better?

The Last Hope: Protecting the Huemul

Though the threats facing the huemul related to livestock and tourism pose serious consequences, the Legacy Fund believes this project can shift the paradigm so these threats may become vehicles for improved conservation, sustainability, and education. Through collaborative efforts and actions, we hope to finally achieve the Last Hope solution for protecting the huemuls of Última Esperanza and Torres del Paine.

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The Last Hope: Protecting the Huemul

How surf tourism can inspire environmental stewardship

Operating within the Marino Ballena National Park, a protected marine ecosystem that conserves over 12,000 acres of ocean and 4,000 acres of beach, Bodhi Surf + Yoga’s week-long surf curriculum is geared toward providing guests with a nature-based educational experience that will cultivate a deeper understanding and appreciation for the environment. In this conversation, Travis and Spencer discuss the unique opportunity surf schools have to utilize the learn-to-surf experience as a means of inspiring a new wave of environmental stewards.

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How surf tourism can inspire environmental stewardship

Destination Stewardship: It’s Everybody’s Business [Press Release]

CARE for the Cape & IslandsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Jill Talladay508-760-8187jill@careforthecapeandislands.orgcareforthecapeandislands.org March 1, 2022 C.A.R.E. (Creating A Responsible Environment) for the Cape and Islands Announces Spring Summit, Destination Stewardship: It’s Everybody’s Business Yarmouth Port, MA – CARE for the Cape & Islands in partnership with Center for Coastal Studies and Cape Cod Anti-Litter Coalition will host…

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Destination Stewardship: It’s Everybody’s Business [Press Release]