Articles tagged ‘what is greenwashing’

Ecotourism Project Ideas

By Linda | May 29th, 2008 | Add a Comment »

What is an Ecotourism Project?
The intention of an ecotourism project is to conserve and protect a specific habitat through research, education and tourist interaction.
Each project is different. Some work solely in animal conservation, ensuring populations are protected – mainly from human interference – while others involve working with local communities to help them either prolong [...]

 

What is Greenwashing?

By Linda | May 1st, 2008 | Add a Comment »

Since ecotourism has become such a hot potato there is frequent talk of greenwashing within the travel industry yet it’s not always entirely clear what that means.
Definition of Greenwashing
To whitewash over something is to cover the cracks so when people talk about whitewashing over the issues they mean that the real issues aren’t being dealt [...]