S.L.O.W. Life Symposium / Progressive Solutions For Future
Tourism
http://www.slowlifesymposium.com/
Six Senses, Maldives - Photo by Cat Vinton
agenda
Symposium attendees will engage in three days and three evenings of intimate conversations, insightful presentations and robust panel discussions. Attendees will discuss ways that the tourism industry and small island and tropical states can join forces to mutually secure prosperous and sustainable economic futures.
The activities will commence with a welcome dinner on Thursday 6th October, before launching into full Symposium sessions Fri 7th – Sunday 9th October.
Discussions topics will include the low-carbon development targets of the Cartagena Dialogue group of progressive countries and the impact this may have on international policy; protecting marine bio-diversity; engaging local communities in ambitious carbon reduction targets; investing in sustainable technologies and the challenge of adapting transportation in a low carbon economy.
Here are some videos recapping the conference
Sir Richard Branson
See him talk about tourism and becoming carbon neutral
Guilt free travel
Fabian Cousteau on Paying It Forward with A Mission To Help
Save The Environment With Tourism
Tim Smit, Director Eden Project
Action, Doing, Positive Solutions Creating Jobs on Islands
Links
http://www.edenproject.com/
http://www.slowlifesymposium.com/
Take Aways
http://www.slowlifesymposium.com/case-studies/
Let's revisit next year and see if anything has been implemented
