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ABOUT PLANETA.COM

Since 1994 Planeta.com has provided tips for travelers and locals who share a vision of eco-friendly, people-friendly and place-friendly travel. Let us know if you are interested in creating an alliance. We take a wiki view of the Web and appreciate helpful editorial suggestions and financial contributions.


WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2008

YOUR TURN - World Environment Day is June 5. You can contribute photos to the World Environment Day Group on Flickr. The group solicits photos from events around the globe as well as the official celebration in Wellington.

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NEWS

g The Morphing of Oaxaca
g Climate Change, Ecotourism and World Environment Day 2008
g Wikification Now
g Geotourism Challenge
g Jaguars: Current Status
g What is RSS?
g Ecotourism's 25th Anniversary
MORE HEADLINES

WIKI WATCH

g 2008 Ecotourism Spotlight Award
g Awards
g Biodiversity
g Celebración de la Comida Indígena
g Finance
g Germany
g How green is your eco conference?
g RSS
g Toward Effective Communication
ONLINE WIKI

ELSEWHERE ON THE WEB

b Eco-friendly events can leave large, unfriendly footprints - G. Jeffrey MacDonald/USA Today

YOUR TURN

Answer reader surveys

Participate in our online conferences: Tourism and Climate Change and Food, Health and Building Communities

Learn from others in our forum
GUIDELINES

FOOD

This year we highlight food -- local food, slow food, food miles and wild food.

CLIMATE CHANGE

This year we highlight tourism and climate change.

MICROFINANCE

Planeta.com is a financial supporter of Oaxaca Amigos: English Classes for Community Guides and Rural Artisans.
TOURISM AND MICROPHILANTHROPY

PHOTOS

Photos are archived on Flickr. 435,000+ views and counting! Get your popcorn ready and enjoy the slideshow.

Group of the month - World Environment Day

Collections - Indigenous People and Tourism, Oaxaca Markets

Picture of the month - We are powerful beyond measure

Handouts and Giveaways - Flickr Tips - Planeta Forum Tips (Archive)

UPDATING

Reflections on Awards (Editing Tips)

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Book Book Book Book

NOMINATIONS PLEASE!

g 2008 Book of the Year Award
g Ecotourism Spotlight Award

RECOMMENDED READING

New Titles include Traveler's Took Kit: Mexico and Central America and Capitalism as if the world matters

YOUTUBE



TALKING POINTS, MAY

Agriculture Guide
Biodiversity and Tourism
Climate Change and Tourism
Food, Health and Building Communities
World Day for Cultural Diversity
World Markets

JUNE/JULY

Colibri Ecotourism Award
Ecotourism's 25th Anniversary
The long tail of ecotourism

International Day for Biological Diversity

JOURNALISTS

g Press Room (CJ)

WEB TOURS

g Changemakers (Web Tours)

SURVEYS

g Travel Definitions (about)
g World Environment Day (Opens May 20)
g Surveys on the Web

SUPPORT THIS SITE

Planeta.com is a pioneering website that provides helpful resources for travelers and locals with a common vision of eco-friendly, people-friendly and place-friendly travel.

We welcome financial support that helps with Web service bills, content acquisition, graphics and the web workshops we offer artisans, market venders and indigenous tourism operators. Right now you can support this site. Donors are recognized at the following levels:

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EVENTS

Planeta - Events Calendar

How to - Invite us to give a presentation

E-Conferences - Food, Health and Building Communities, Tourism and Climate Change

Updating - Green Events

Wiki - How Green is Your Eco Conference?

PEACE

Peacemaking starts today!

WHO SAID IT?

We are going to prove that climate change action and economic prosperity are not contradictions, but mutually dependent. (Quotes)


WEB 1, 2, 3

Digital Natives
Email Tips
Indispensable Tools
Platinum Rule
Strategies for using Web 2.0

Your Turn - Web 1, 2, 3 Forum, Planeta Wikispace

Web Seminar - Details


FOCUS ON PLACE

AFRICA

South Africa - Cape Town

ASIA

India - Kerala
Laos - Vientiane
Nepal - Kathmandu

OCEANIA

Australia - Melbourne
New Zealand - Wellington
Pacific - Samoa

SOUTH AMERICA

Brazil - Rio
Colombia - Bogota
Ecuador - Guayaquil
Peru - Cusco - Lima
Venezuela - Caracas

NORTH AMERICA

Canada - Whistler
Caribbean - Cayman Islands
Costa Rica - San José
Mexico - Oaxaca
Panama - Panama Canal
USA - Texas

EUROPE

England - Bath
France - Paris
Germany - Bonn
Greece - Athens
Ireland - Dublin
Norway - Oslo
Spain - Barcelona
Wales - Cardiff

POLAR SPOTLIGHT

Poles - Antarctica - Arctic

COUNTRY AND CONTINENTS

Africa - Argentina - Australia - Brazil - Bulgaria - Caribbean - Canada - Chile - Costa Rica - Czech Republic - Ecuador - England - Europe - France - Germany - Greece - Guayana - India - Ireland - Italy - Kazakhstan - Laos - Mexico - Nepal - Netherlands - New Zealand - Nicaragua - Norway - Panama - Scotland - South Africa - Spain - Sri Lanka - Sweden - Switzerland - USA - Wales (Sitemap)


CONVERSATIONS (WEAVING THE WEB)

g Conversation with Dan Shilling
g Conversation with Martin Hughes
g Conversation with Joshua Berman
g Conversation with Leo Hickman
g Conversation with Hector Ceballos-Lascurain
g
Conversation with David Stanley
g Conversation with Carol Patterson
g Conversation with Antonis B. Petropoulos
g Conversation with Daniel Jaffee
g Conversation with Richard Hammond

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ELSEWHERE ON THE WEB

Features - Green List, Travel globally, spend locally, Eco-friendly hotels, tours help travelers stay green on the go, Green travel schemes demystified, Return to Oaxaca, SEJ 2007 Blog, Mexico Premiere

Interviews - Practical Environmentalist, Flor y Canto

Directories - Incredible Journeys: Across Indigenous Australia (PDF)

Music - Weekend Planet

Slidecast - Ethics and Sustainable Tourism - David Fennell

Earth - International Year of Planet Earth 2007-2009

Recommended listening - Trading Trees, Reith Lectures and Sustainable Development in Sweden

Recommended viewing - The Machine is Us/ing Us, A Vision of Students Today, The Story of Stuff

Websites - Meta-Guide 2.0, StepUp Travel, Irresponsible Tourism, ECOCLUB, Transitions Abroad, Viva Travel Guides



MUSIC


CD CD CD

Tunes we are listening to include In Seed Comes Fruit, Keep it Simple and Yell Fire.


ADVERTISING

Planeta.com features ads and books link to Amazon.com. Our travel directory features eco-friendly guides and our directory of Spanish language schools shows where you can learn español. (Advertising FAQ)


DOWNLOADS

2008 Calendar

Responsible Tourism Handbook
- This 2006 anthology focuses on responsible tourism around the globe and was prepared by the editors of Transitions Abroad magazine. Free download as PDF (2 megs)

Communication in Sustainable Tourism (PDF)

 

Think smart, travel slow!


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