US national parks green awards announced ...

The annual awards, established in 1989, honor significant natural resource accomplishments in six categories. And the winners are ...

Marc Albert, Natural Resource Manager, Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site (resource sharing with Salem Maritime National Historic Site and Boston Harbor Islands National Recreational Area).

Patrick Reed, Superintendent, Mammoth Cave National Park

Fred Bunch, Chief of Resource Management, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve

Kathy Jope, Natural Resources Program Lead, Pacific West Region

William C. Malm, PhD, Air Resources Division, Fort Collins

The awards have been presented in Portland, OR on March 5, 2009. ...

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A ethical travel guide

The fully revised new edition of Tourism Concern’s Ethical Travel Guide has finally been published.

The new guide does list places to visit and to stay in in more than 60 countries . If you're tired of the usual travel guide book, and want to be more responsible when you travel around, this is the book for you. Find hundreds of new ideas for your next holiday and visit amazing communities not listed in other guidebooks. From construction projects in Tibet to luxury Greek island breaks, there is something for every budget.

The guide also gives a background to the many ethical and practical issues involved in ethical tourism, including a new section on travel and climate change.

More info at http://www.tourismconcern.org.uk/