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We were very sorry to hear of Ronald Sanabria's recent passing at such a young age. Ronald was a genuine, green offspring of beautiful Costa Rica, a pioneer of Sustainable Tourism, Fair Trade and Organic Agriculture. As he mentioned in the very detailed Interview we conducted a few years ago, "If you are happy with what you do, if you believe and honour what you do, it becomes contagious to... Show more
Interview: Ronald Sanabria, Consultant & Advisor, Sustainable Tourism
Ecoclub Interview with Ronald Sanabria. Ronald Sanabria, a native of Costa Rica, has worked with the tourism industry on certification, productivity, quality assurance and sustainability…
A fresh, innovative and transparent example of presenting local projects supported by the EU, is the EU Parliament's "In my Region - What Europe Does For Me?" Explore at what-europe-does-for-me.europarl.europa.eu/en/regi…
EPRS - What-Europe-Does-For-Me
How does Europe affect our everyday lives? How does it impact our jobs, our families, our health care, our hobbies, our journeys, our security, our…
Among the many treasures at the MIT OpenCourseWare collection of free lessons, is this gem "How to Speak" by the late Professor Patrick Winston. This annual, January, speech was an MIT tradition for over 40 years. Never old, just gold. Very useful for all who have to make presentations at various stages of their career - never too late to improve!... Show more
How to Speak | How to Speak | MIT OpenCourseWare
This page includes the full How to Speak video recorded in January 2018, along with related content and commentary
Edinburgh has joined cities like Amsterdam, Paris, Rome and Manchester by introducing a tourist accommodation tax, at 5%. The Scottish Greens, who have pushed for such a measure for over 15 years, have urged councils to follow Edinburgh’s lead. The levy is meant to raise funds for schools, libraries and housing rather than combat Overtourism. greens.scot/news/greens-urge-councils-to-follow-ed…
Greens urge councils to follow Edinburgh in rolling out ‘tourist tax’ - Scottish Greens
Edinburgh and Greens have led the way.