Fall in love with responsible tourism February 13-19 as Planeta.com hosts Responsible Tourism Week, our 4th annual, week-long online unconference. Responsible Tourism Week 2012 is a fun, free, five-day mash-up exploring down-to-earth applications of noble concepts including responsible tourism, conscious travel, the local travel movement and ecotourism with effective and inexpensive social media. Details: http://planeta.wikispaces.com/rtweek2012

1. February 13-19, 2012
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2. Fall in love with responsible trave. This presentation recaps
RT Week with posters, screenshots and artwork. You are
welcome to adapt and reuse with the attribution-sharealike
license. We welcome your interaction -- comments,
questions, suggestions, shares, clips, favorites, likes and
hearts.
- Ron Mader (Oaxaca, 2012)
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4. Fall in love

5. Responsible Tourism creates
better places
for people to live and better
places to visit.
Cape Town Declaration, 2002

6. In February 2012
we held an unusual
unconference to celebrate
good practices
around the globe.

7. Foto Credit: NASA Earth Observatory

8. Responsible Tourism Week is a

9. Responsible Tourism Week is
conducted online and
on the ground

10. Compare the Cost
Traditional Conference
• Conference $200
• Transportation $500
• Accommodation $500
• Food and Beverage $200
• Catalogs and Flyers $200
Tourism Unconference
• Preparation Time
• Participation Time
• (Financial donations optional)
Cost: $$$$$ Cost: Time and effort

11. No Entrance Fee!
FREE

12. Donations
are
welcome

13. No Jet Lag!

14. How
to participate

15. Budget
Time

16. Circle
the dates on
your
calendar.

17. Stuck for
ideas?
Check what
others did
last year.

18. Seek out slow adventures

19. Take
pictures
in a
responsible
manner

20. Create a FotoSafari

21. Purchase local postcards (and
send them to friends)

22. Purchase
+promote
local
folk art

23. Visit Local Markets + Museums
Photo: Melissa and Ron in Mexico

24. Seek out
handmade
chocolate

25. Seek out
locally
produced
food

26. Create a carrotmob

27. Reduce, reuse, recycle

28. Get on the bus!
Get on the Bus! Cancún, México

29. Walk
Photo: Anders, Shep and Edgar in Sweden

30. Bike
Leo MacMillan in Cape Town, South Africa

31. Make your own poster

32. Make your own poster

33. Make a Foamboard

34. ✔
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Be attentive
Be generous
Be creative
Be curious
Tick the Boxes
✔
Be empathetic

35. ! Facebook
! Flickr
! Foursquare
! LinkedIn
! Slideshare
! Storify
! Twitter
! YouTube
! Wiki
Responsible
Travel
Twitter
YouTube
Flickr
Planeta
Facebook
Wiki

37. Tweet from Planeta.com

38. Tweet from the Wiki

39. Introduce yourself!
facebook.com/events/135563616538509

40. Blog!

41. Share this on Wordpress

42. Curate!

43. Create a YouTube
Playlist

45. Upload photos to
Groups

46. Share Images on Flickr

47. Use Foursquare to
let others find
places you
recommend

49. slideshare.net/planeta/rtweek2012
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50. @ronmader