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Created by Ron Mader, Planeta.com is a proud member of the Local Travel Movement and the organizer of the Indigenous Tourism and Biodiversity Website Award. We are pioneers using digital media and comfortable using lo-fi! We're happy to partner with others using Web 2.0 in Tourism and Conservation. Poke around. There are countless ways to participate!

PARKS

We are updating the Planeta.com Guide to Tourism and Parks with a request for photos in the Flickr Groups City Parks and World Parks. Join us!

PARKS
Parks and Tourism Webinar
Tourism and Parks
Parks - Flickr
Parks Wiki
City Parks - Slideshare
World Parks - Slideshare
City Parks Group
World Parks Group

JANUARY 2011

Mazatlán Hosts Sustainable Nature Tourism Symposium
Oaxaca Hosts Responsible Tourism Fair
International Year of Forests
Dates Announced for Responsible Tourism Week
Diving in Media Luna - Richard Worfel
What's on Your Wishlist for 2011?
Campaign for Free Wi-Fi
Planeta.com Opens Europe Travel Survey
Planeta.com Spotlights Las Vegas
Government Websites, Ecotourism and Responsible Travel
Volunteering
Voluntourism
Monarch Butterfies

FLICKR

January Calendar
2011
A Monthly Moment in Time
ONLINE FLICKR

WIKI
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Forests 2011
Rugby 2011
ONLINE WIKI

FEBRUARY 2011

Oaxaca Hosts Responsible Tourism Fair
Love Notebook
Volunteering
What's on Your Wishlist for 2011?
Campaign for Free Wi-Fi
Planeta.com Opens Europe Travel Survey
Oaxaca Hosts Responsible Tourism Fair
Dates Announced for Responsible Tourism Week

FLICKR

2011
2011 Responsible Tourism Week
Caldo de Piedra
A Monthly Moment in Time
ONLINE FLICKR

WIKI
02
Green Drinks
Monarchs
Rugby 2011
ONLINE WIKI

MARCH 2011

Responsible Tourism in Cities: A South Africa Workshop
Planeta.com Celebrates 2011 World Environment Day with Call for Photos
Slow Adventure Saturday
Registration Opens for Web 2.0 Workshop
Nature Tourism Symposium Postponed
Earth Day 2011
Benito Juárez
Easter in Mexico
Baseball in Oaxaca
IYE+10: Evaluating the Impact of the International Year of Ecotourism
Tourism and Biodiversity
The Value of Collaboration

FLICKR

March Calendar
Legacy of Juarez
Central de Abasto(s)
Good things happen
2011
A Monthly Moment in Time
Hyperlocal
ONLINE FLICKR

WIKI
03
Rugby 2011
ONLINE WIKI

APRIL 2011

Planeta.com Launches Ginger Group during Climate Week
Colibri Award Postponed in 2011
Planeta.com Spotlights Las Vegas
Easter in Mexico
Government Websites, Ecotourism and Responsible Travel
Sustainable Nature Tourism Symposium Postponed
Baseball in Oaxaca
The Value of Collaboration

FLICKR

April Calendar
Oaxaca 360
2011
good things happen
90-9-1
2011 Easter Market
A Monthly Moment in Time
ONLINE FLICKR

WIKI
04
Storytelling
Ginger Group
Web 2.0 Workshop
Rugby 2011
Menu Spanish
Chia
ONLINE WIKI

MAY 2011

Tourism and Biodiversity
Baseball in Oaxaca

FLICKR

May Calendar
2011
A Monthly Moment in Time
ONLINE FLICKR

WIKI
05
South Africa
ONLINE WIKI

JUNE 2011

Ireland's Sustainable Living Festival
Exploring the Mundo Maya in 2012
Baseball in Oaxaca
Forests
How to organize a grassroots tourism fair
Tourism and Biodiversity

FLICKR

June Calendar
ONLINE FLICKR

WIKI
06
Rugby 2011
WED
Responsible Tourism Conference in Canada
ONLINE WIKI

JULY 2011

Indigenous People's Week
How to organize a press trip ... or not
Baseball in Oaxaca
(Almost) everything you should know about Oaxaca's Guelaguetza

FLICKR

July Calendar
2011
ONLINE FLICKR

WIKI
07
Guelaguetza
ONLINE WIKI

AUGUST 2011

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Indigenous People's Week
2011 World Tourism Day Links World Cultures
The Value of Collaboration
Baseball in Oaxaca
Buzzword Bingo Takes World By (Twitter) Storm

FLICKR

August Calendar
Postcards
Slow Down, It's Cape Town
ONLINE FLICKR

WIKI
Indigenous People's Week
Culture
Read, Write Culture
ONLINE WIKI

SEPTEMBER 2011

2011 World Tourism Day Links World Cultures
Parks and Tourism Webinar
Planeta.com Spotlights Las Vegas
Tourism and Parks
Government Websites, Ecotourism and Responsible Travel
Rugby World Cup Links Cultures in New Zealand

FLICKR

September Calendar
2011
Indigenous
ONLINE FLICKR

WIKI
09
New Zealand
Parks
Rugby 2011
ONLINE WIKI

OCTOBER 2011

Stones in the Road
Day of the Dead in Mexico
October Social Media Challenge
World Food Day is October 16
Redesigning Mexico Routes
Explorers of the Yucatan: Augustus and Alice LePlongeon

FLICKR

October Calendar
Grateful Dead
ONLINE FLICKR

WIKI
10
Guernica
New Zealand
2012 Responsible Tourism Week
ONLINE WIKI

NOVEMBER 2011

Day of the Dead
Day of the Dead in Oaxaca Today
We Need Cape Town
The Visitor Economy: New Zealand's Tourism Future
Holy Mole Week, Nov 27-Dec 3

FLICKR

November Calendar
ONLINE FLICKR

WIKI
11
2012 Responsible Tourism Week
ONLINE WIKI

DECEMBER 2011

Have your say on parks and tourism
Fall in Love with Responsible Tourism
The Value of Collaboration
Explorers of the Yucatan: Augustus and Alice LePlongeon
The Lost World of Quintana Roo author Michel Peissel Dies
Follow the trees to World Mountain Day
Have Your Say: Favorite Buzzwords of 2011
Exploring the Mundo Maya
Loving Las Vegas

FLICKR

December Calendar
2011
ONLINE FLICKR

WIKI
12
2012 Responsible Tourism Week
ONLINE WIKI

As the movements toward local travel and responsible travel deepen, indigenous peoples have much to offer a growing number of travelers who wish to respect people and place. Putting such noble ideas into practice is the task at hand! Toward that end we are updating our guide to the Guelaguetza

Postcards View more presentations from ron mader.

Upgrade your world: How to integrate Web 2.0 tools in promoting European Ecotourism from Aivar Ruukel on Vimeo.

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

JANUARY 2012

The Value of Collaboration
IYE+10: Evaluating the International Year of Ecotourism
Have your say on parks and tourism
Fall in Love with Responsible Tourism
The Value of Collaboration
Explorers of the Yucatan: Augustus and Alice LePlongeon
The Lost World of Quintana Roo author Michel Peissel Dies
Follow the trees to World Mountain Day
Have Your Say: Favorite Buzzwords of 2011
Exploring the Mundo Maya
Loving Las Vegas
Dialogue on Volunteering

FLICKR

January Calendar
A Monthly Moment in Time
ONLINE FLICKR

WIKI
01
2012 Responsible Tourism Week
ONLINE WIKI

FEBRUARY 2012

Love Notebook
Volunteering

FLICKR

February Calendar
A Monthly Moment in Time
ONLINE FLICKR

WIKI
02
2012 Responsible Tourism Week
ONLINE WIKI

MARCH 2012

Tourism and Biodiversity
Benito Juárez

FLICKR

March Calendar
Legacy of Juarez
Good things happen
A Monthly Moment in Time
ONLINE FLICKR

WIKI
03
2012 Responsible Tourism Week
ONLINE WIKI

APRIL 2012

The Value of Collaboration

FLICKR

April Calendar
A Monthly Moment in Time
ONLINE FLICKR

WIKI
04
ONLINE WIKI

MAY 2012

Tourism and Biodiversity

FLICKR

May Calendar
A Monthly Moment in Time
ONLINE FLICKR

WIKI
05
ONLINE WIKI

JUNE 2012

06
Tourism and Biodiversity

FLICKR

June Calendar
ONLINE FLICKR

WIKI
06
ONLINE WIKI

JULY 2012

07
(Almost) everything you should know about Oaxaca's Guelaguetza

FLICKR

July Calendar
ONLINE FLICKR

WIKI
Guelaguetza
Guernica
ONLINE WIKI

AUGUST 2012

08
The Value of Collaboration

FLICKR

August Calendar
ONLINE FLICKR

WIKI
08
Indigenous People's Week
ONLINE WIKI

SEPTEMBER 2012

09
Tourism and Biodiversity

FLICKR

September Calendar
ONLINE FLICKR

WIKI
Rugby 2011
ONLINE WIKI

OCTOBER 2012

Day of the Dead

FLICKR

October Calendar
Grateful Dead
ONLINE FLICKR

WIKI
10
ONLINE WIKI

NOVEMBER 2012

The Visitor Economy: New Zealand's Tourism Future

FLICKR

November Calendar
ONLINE FLICKR

WIKI
11
ONLINE WIKI

DECEMBER 2012

The Value of Collaboration

FLICKR

December Calendar
ONLINE FLICKR

WIKI
12
ONLINE WIKI

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Mexico and Central America - Transitions Abroad
Colibri Award - Intelligent Travel
Have you been greenwashed? - Guardian
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