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INTERNATIONAL ECOTOURISM MAGAZINE™

Established 1999

THE ECOCLUB.com INTERVIEWS

Recent ECOCLUB.com Interviews

Steve Noakes - 01/2010
Executive Director - Pacific Asia Tourism, Director - Ecolodges Indonesia, Adjunct Professor in Sustainable Tourism at Griffith University, Australia
"I would suggest that we have as many national governments as possible fully realise the power (and do something
about it) of sustainable tourism to contribute to peace, harmony, respect and tolerance between people and for their own national economic, environmental and social/cultural objectives."

Victor Ananias - 07/2009
Secretary-General, ECEAT & Chairman Bugday Association, Turkey
"All strong - successful social movements have been developed from civil, strongly motivated, visionary peoples intentions, activities and devotion. When money and funding starts to be the dominating-motivating prior tool - there starts the problem."

Manolis Psarros - 06/2009
Head, Sustainable Tourism Development Department, Greek Sustainable Tourism Organization, ELAGRO, Greece
"Greek tourism should move from central administration models to local or regional decentralised administration systems & policies"

Pascal Languillon - 05/2009
Director, French Ecotourism Association
"The French government has been very disappointing ...
To put it simply, there are very few specific government policies on tourism and the environment "

Michael Cramer - 04/2009
MEP, European Green Party, Germany
Ecotourism would be ideal for job generation under
a Green New Deal.

Mary Mulvey - 04/2009
CEO, Greenbox, Ireland
"The region, which was once overshadowed by conflict, is now one of the most peaceful places in Ireland and eleven years on from the Belfast Agreement the destination is in an ideal position to welcome tourists to visit "

Brian Tokar - 03/2009
Director, Institute for Social Ecology
"The fundamental problem with tourism today is that it transforms communities
and important natural areas toward serving the desires and perceived needs of
more affluent people who come to visit from other parts of the world "

Older ECOCLUB Interviews

01/2009: Mr. Yannis Vardakastanis, Proprietor, Ionian Eco Villagers & Earth, Sea & Sky, Greece

11/2008: Mr. Brian Mullis, Co-founder & President, Sustainable Travel International, United States

09/2008: Dr. Graham Miller, Senior Lecturer, Surrey University, United Kingdom

09/2008: Dr. Martha Honey, Co-Director, Center on Ecotourism & Sustainable Development, United States

07/2008: Mr. Angus Begg, Photojournalist & Broadcaster, South Africa

07/2008: Dr. Vic Nair, President, APacCHRIE, Malaysia

05/2008: Prof. Kelly Bricker, Director, The International Ecotourism Society, United States

05/2008: Mr. Babu Varghese, Director, Tourindia, Kerala, India

03/2008: Mr. Shams Uddin, Manager, Chitral Association for Mountain Area Tourism, Pakistan

03/2008: Prof. Habis Samawi, Jordan University, Jordan

01/2008: Mr Aivar Ruukel, Chairman, Estonian Ecotourism Society, Estonia

01/2008: Mr. Mart Reimann, Proprietor, Reimann Retked, Estonia

11/2007: Mr. Gopinath Parayil, Founder, The Blue Yonder, Kerala, India

11/2007: Dr. Rachel Dodds, Assistant Professor, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada

09/2007: Ms. Nikki Rose, Principal, Cooking in Crete, Greece

09/2007: Mr. Costas Christ, Judging Chairman, Tourism for Tomorrow Awards, USA

08/2007: Prof. Harold Goodwin, International Centre for Responsible Tourism, Leeds, UK

08/2007: Ms. Stella Bell, Business Development Manager, Climate Care, UK

06/2007: Ms. Carol Patterson, Principal, Kalahari Management, Canada

05/2007: Mr. David Sollitt, The International Ecotourism Society, USA

04/2007: Mr. Albert Teo, Director, Sukau Rainforest Lodge, Malaysia

03/2007: Ms. Jane Crouch, Responsible Travel Manager, Intrepid Travel, AU

01/2007: Prof. Harris Coccossis, Ministry of Tourism Development, Greece

11/2006: Prof. Michael Romanos, University of Cincinatti, USA

10/2006: Arq. Héctor Ceballos-Lascuráin, Mexico

09/2006: Ms. Miriam Ross, Survival International, UK

08/2006: Mr. Eugenio Yunis, United Nations World Tourism Organisation

07/2006: Mr. Peter Raines MBE, Coral Cay Conservation, UK

06/2006: Mr. Douglas Hainsworth, SNV, Vietnam

05/2006: Prof. Jim Macbeth, Murdoch University, Australia

04/2006: Ariane Janér, Brazil Sustainable Tourism Program

02/2006: Prof. Trevor Sofield, University of Queensland, Australia

01/2006: Potjana Suansri & Peter Richards, REST, Thailand

12/2005: Agha Iqrar Haroon, President, Ecotourism Society Pakistan

09/2005: Mr. Elliot Helman, San Francisco Green Hotel & Hospitality Initiative

08/2005: Mr. Bodhi Garrett, North Andaman Tsunami Relief, Thailand

07/2005: Mr. Jan Telensky, Environmental Industrialist, Czech Republic

05/2005: Mr. Burkhard Herbote, WorldTourismDirectory.com, Germany

04/2005: Prof. Sarah Graham Mann, Sustainable Tourism Awards 2005, USA

03/2005: Mr. Sami Grover, Editor, Channel View Publications, UK

02/2005: Mr. Bill Tuffin, The Boat Landing Guesthouse, Laos

01/2005: Mr. Louis D'Amore, Founder & President, IIPT

12/2004: Andres Hammerman & Michelle Kirby, Black Sheep Inn, Ecuador

11/2004: Mr. Vassilis Kouroutos, MEDASSET

10/2004: Prof. Ralf Buckley, Int. Cent. for Ecotourism Res, Griffith U, Australia

09/2004: Prof. Kreg Lindberg, Oregon State University, USA

08/2004: Mr. Todd Barber, Reef Ball Foundation, USA

05/2004: Mr. Sotiris Kitrilakis, Zante Feast, Greece

04/2004: Mr. Xavier Font, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

03/2004: Mr. Ben Box, Editor, Footprint South American Guide, UK

02/2004: Ms. Cathy Parsons, Green Globe 21, Australia

01/2004: Mr. Andrew Dean Nystrom, Guidebook writer, USA

12/2003: 15 Ecolodge Owners report on 2003

11/2003: Ms. Megan Epler Wood, Director, Epler Wood International, USA

10/2003: Ms. Eleni Svoronou, WWF Greece

09/2003: Sir Patrick Fairweather, Director, The Butrint Foundation, UK-Albania

08/2003: Mr. Frans Stroebel, Director, Peace Parks Foundation

07/2003: Mr. Zoltán Kun, Director, Pan Parks Foundation

05/2003: Prof. Richard Welford, Env. Mgmt Centre, University of Hong Kong

04/2003: Mr. Edward Cameron, EU Commission Env. Governance Initiative

03/2003: Glenn & Trish Warner, Proprietors, Bathurst Inlet Lodge, Canada

02/2003: Prof. Aimilia Drougas, Director, Arion & Delphis, Greece

01/2003: Mr. Jeremy Garrett, Director, NaTour Communications, USA

10/2002: Mr. Chandra De Silva, Director, Ecotourism Society of Sri Lanka

08/2002: Ms. Pam A. Wight, Principal, Pam Wight & Associates, Canada

07/2002: Mr. Vinzenz A. Schmack, Proprietor, La Laguna del Lagarto, Costa Rica

06/2002: Mr. Artemios Hatziathanassiou, CRES, Greece

05/2002: Dr. Stefanos Fotiou, EKBY, Greece

02/2002: Mr. Ron Mader, Editor, Planeta.com, Mexico

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