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Starting IPW 2022 with a Green Bang: Tourism Cares Pledges $10,000 to IDEAS for Us

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IDEAS for Us works with volunteers to make Orlando’s greenery even more sustainable. As an organization supporting sustainable and beneficial travel, Tourism Cares maintains three funds that support efforts investing in tourism infrastructure, reestablishing tourism after a natural disaster or promoting diversity within travel.

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Earth Day is a Call to Action

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That very first Earth Day is recognized as a driving force of the modern environmental movement, and Earth Day, in its modern form, is recognized as the largest international civic event each year , with over 17,000 partners and organizations in 174 countries and over one billion participants. Beach pollution at Kuta beach, Bali.

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3 Shifts in Event Sustainability

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Instead of advertising its brand, Amazon chose to use its naming rights to spotlight its pledge to reach net-zero carbon emissions by calling the Seattle venue Climate Pledge Arena — just one example how sustainability has become top of mind for organizations and consumers. Michael Dyerland/Visit Seattle). ” — Shawna McKinley.

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Earth Day 2024: Ending Single-Use Plastic

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The official theme for Earth Day 2024 is “Planet vs. Plastic,” a call to arms issued by Earthday.org to reduce all plastic production by 60 percent by 2040 and to rapidly phase out all single-use plastics by 2030. won’t be recycled at all, the organization reported. Single-use plastic is a particular problem in the U.S.,

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Taking Carbon off Event Menus

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From a customer-demand point of view, for the last few years,” said Simon Mills, chief commercial officer for ExCeL London, sustainability “has been front of mind.” Tracy Stuckrath, founder of Thrive Meetings & Events, has kept close tabs on sustainable F&B. “It Boots on the Ground Across the pond in the U.S.,

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Tourism Destination Planning: How, When, and Who

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by 2030, and a staggering 4 billion predicted by 2040. The GSTC Destination criteria offers a great starting point for building responsible, fair, equitable and sustainable destinations. . From just 25 million tourist arrivals in 1950, today more than 1.3 billion people worldwide engage in tourism with expected increase to 1.8

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