1. Tourism, Progress and Peace - A Global Conference, The Gambia, 24.-26.03.2011
(Conferences/Conferences)

..., people suffer from diseases that are preventable, and starve to death although there is enough food on earth, and some do not have access to drinkable water although oil pipes are running under thei...

2. Haiti - shaken by history and hazards - A viewpoint by Sir Hilary Beckles
(Globalization and Tourism Content/World Heritage)

...om and the seed of justice. Haiti did not fail. It was destroyed by two of the most powerful nations on earth, both of which continue to have a primary interest in its current condition.  ...

3. World in the Balance: Earth in peril
(Tourism & Environment/TF: Sustainable Tourism)

4. HERITAGE IN ASIA CONVERGING FORCES AND CONFLICTING VALUES, 08.-10.01.2009, Singapore
(Conferences/Past Conferences)

...Reconciliation In  recent  years   devastating  disasters - whether it be from earthquakes,  cyclones and tsunamis, or from  the  manmade violence of  civ...

5. WRI: Polar Warming and its Global Consequences
(Tourism - Hazards, Desasters and Risks/Tourism and Climate Change)

6. EARTHTRENDS - Global Tourism Data
(Research Tools/TF: Library Tools)

7. Scientists Seek Clues To Better Weather Forecasting
(Tourism - Hazards, Desasters and Risks/Tourism and Climate Change)

Web address: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1997/05/970514143215.htm Source: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

8. DIT Conference: European Tourism and the Environment, Dublin, Ireland, 11. - 12.10.2007
(Conferences/Past Conferences)

...n the area.  The conference is endorsed as part of Ireland's contribution to the UN Year of Planet Earth For further information on the conference or the research project please contact...

9. TF & Carbon Offsetting
(Tourism & Environment/TF: Sustainable Tourism)

...nhouse gases.[2]. Compared to less vegetated lands, forests affect climate in three main ways: cooling Earth by functioning as carbon sinks cooling Earth by adding water vapor, a greenhouse gas, to ...

10. EARTHWATCH - NEWS
(Tourism & Environment/TF: Sustainable Tourism)

http://www.earthwatch.org/site/apps/nl/rss2.asp?c=dsJSK6PFJnH&b=692025

11. Bulgaria's Diversity
(Globalization and Tourism Content/TF: Globalization- News)

Legend has it that when God was creating the earth he forgot about Bulgaria. When he realised, he took a piece of heaven and put it there. This is a myth from Bulgarian folklore and is based on the fa

12. Thirst for bottled water may hurt environment
(Tourism & Environment/Sustainable Tourism News)

...y in the U.S. — an 8-ounce glass per person per day — representing $11 billion in sales. The Earth Policy Institute estimated that to make the plastic for the bottles burns up something li...

13. Earth Day April 22nd
(Tourism & Environment/Sustainable Tourism News)

...ne. The large oil spill, off the coast of Santa Barbara, helped galvanize American support for the first Earth Day in 1970. Almost four decades later, Earth Day is celebrated by 500 million people in...

14. Marine Summit calls for dramatic increase in ocean protection
(Globalization and Tourism Content/TF: Globalization- News)

The Earth?s oceans are being destroyed at a much faster rate than they are being protected, said the world?s leading marine experts at the end of the IUCN Marine Protected Area Summit this week.The Ea

15. Plan B Budget for Restoring the Earth
(Tourism & Environment/Sustainable Tourism News)

...adication program–no matter how carefully crafted and well implemented–will not succeed. Restoring the earth will take an enormous international effort, one even larger and more demanding than the o...

16. Australia: Earth Hour
(Tourism & Environment/Sustainable Tourism News)

Australia, already the driest inhabited continent on earth, is expected to be particularly hard hit by global warming and has already claimed a world first in fighting climate change. The government

17. Deforestation in the Developing World ?Out of Control?
(Tourism & Environment/Sustainable Tourism News)

Forests store massive amounts of carbon — roughly 50% more than is found in the atmosphere. Deforestation and the Global Carbon Cycle Deforestation increases the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2

18. 5th ATLAS Africa Conference 'Tourism and Wealth Creation', Kampala, UG, 27. - 29.10.2007
(Conferences/Past Conferences)

... and local levels. The ideology of using tourism for economic benefit changed drastically after the Rio earth Summit, 1987. Emphasis has been put on mainstreaming local communities in decision-makin...

19. UoL: BSc Geography and Environment
(Tourism University/Distant Learning Tourism Progs.)

...en society and nature examines the reasons why people live where they live, why the mechanincs of the earth's natural forces result in earthquakes, hurricanes and tidal waves, and how the latter i...

20. ScienceDaily: Climate News
(Tourism - Hazards, Desasters and Risks/Tourism and Climate Change)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/rss/index.php?section=Earth+%26+Climate&keyword=Global+Warming

21. Farming in the City
(Tourism & Environment/Sustainable Tourism News)

Lester R. Brown While attending a conference on the outskirts of Stockholm in the fall of 1974, I walked past a community garden near a high-rise apartment building. It was an idyllic Indian summer

22. Get crazy in the Caribbean!
(Globalization and Tourism Content/TF: Globalization- News)

Visitors to the Caribbean always claim it is a paradise on earth. Local waters are crystal clear, and offer great quality diving. Generally, water sports are the number one hit in the Caribbean. From

23. Climate change from pole to melting pole
(Tourism & Environment/Sustainable Tourism News)

...hekchak, Program Manager of the Cousteau Society: The Southern Ocean spans 35 million square km ? 10% of Earth?s ocean surface, and ice shelves cover 1.5 million square km of it. When Captain Cousteau...

24. UFO science key to halting climate change
(Tourism & Environment/Sustainable Tourism News)

...aul Hellyer, 83, told the Ottawa Citizen. Alien spacecrafts would have traveled vast distances to reach Earth, and so must be equipped with advanced propulsion systems or used exceptional fuels, he t...

25. The Bio DaVersity Code Animation
(Tourism & Environment/Sustainable Tourism News)

A secret held for thousands of years is about to be exposed. Join animal symbiologist Robert Penguin and the dashing agent Sophie Minnow as they race to expose the greatest lie ever told. Can they cra

26. Golf Tourism to Set Records in 2007 in Bermuda
(Globalization and Tourism Content/TF: Globalization- News)

...ffluence in Bermuda are the reasons why it has more golf courses per square mile than any other place on earth. 2007 will be a special year for the Bermudan golf tourism industry as the island is set ...

27. Climate Engineering: Time For Drastic Measures?
(Globalization and Tourism Content/WorldWatch - News)

Sending tens of thousands of enormous mirrors into the Earth?s orbit may sound like a drastic or even laughable scheme to counteract the effects of global warming. But what about launching an even lar

28. U.S. has record numbers in severe poverty while military budgets soar
(Tourism & Environment/Sustainable Tourism News)

...lation of the most combative, consumptive, environmentally destructive and resource exploitive nation on earth is reaching 300 million. Can you hear the sound of one hand clapping? The human populati...

29. Sustainable Design: Easy on the Eye and on the Earth
(Globalization and Tourism Content/WorldWatch - News)

From luxury cars to rickshaws, environmentally friendly transport options need to incorporate creative design elements in order to have mass appeal, according to experts from a wide variety of discipl

30. What areas are most at risk of natural disasters? Maps and data
(Tourism - Hazards, Desasters and Risks/Climate Change News)

...es. The report assesses the global risks of mortality and economic losses for six major natural hazards: earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, floods, drought, and cyclones. Risk levels are estimated by...