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Archive for September, 2008
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The Littlest Interpreters
Posted on September 23, 2008 | 1 Comment“Is green tourism possible?” My husband asked me this question when I invited him to join me on an eco-tour of Costa Rica. The tour was an educational trip for students and small business owners with an interest in green tourism. My husband’s question referred to the three-hour drive to the airport, the flight from Washington D.C. to Costa Rica, and our travel in-country. The efforts made by our green accommodations would not reverse the effects of the fossil fuels we burned to get to these places. -
Green Tourism and the Interpreted Experience: Finding a Sustainable Balance
Posted on September 15, 2008 | No CommentsI was biking with a mission on a perfectly clear, sun-shiny morning in June—the start of the tourist season in Fenwick Island, Delaware. Most of the attraction to this small beach town is sun, sand, and the Atlantic Ocean two blocks to the east, but I would be exploring the bayside of the barrier island this morning. I had signed up for the salt marsh eco-tour with Coastal Kayak (a local sailing and kayaking center) and I busied myself selecting my life jacket and water shoes as the other tour customers arrived—15 of us in all, some families, some couples, and some singles like myself. -
Dan Shilling: Author, “Civic Tourism: The Poetry and Politics of Place”
Posted on September 8, 2008 | 1 CommentDan Shilling worked at the Arizona Humanities Council from 1984 until 2003, the last 14 years as director. He guided Arizona’s early research on heritage tourism, editing three publications and earning several awards, including the Arizona Office of Tourism "Person of the Year Award" and the Museum Association of Arizona "Distinguished Service Award." Dan recently directed a three-year project on place-based tourism, resulting in the book Civic Tourism. He teaches a seminar at Arizona State University (ASU) on sustainability, and he recently received an ASU fellowship to research the connections between Aldo Leopold’s Land Ethic and sustainability. -
Sustainable Tourism: It’s Not that Simple
Posted on September 1, 2008 | No Comments"Of all the things that confuse human beings, perhaps nothing trips us up so much as what it means for something to be simple or complex.” At first glance, this quote from Jeffrey Kluger’s book Simplexity: Why Simple Things Become Complex (and How Complex Things Can Be Made Simple) seems easily refuted. Advanced calculus: complex. Basic addition and subtraction: simple. The science of the human digestive system: complex. Is ice cream delicious? Simple.