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EcoClub Announces Results of 2008 Tourism EcoProject Competition
To celebrate World Environment Day, ECOCLUB®, the International Ecotourism Clubâ„¢has announced the results of its fifth annual eco-project competition, the “ECOCLUB.com Ecotourism Awards 2008” which fund or co-fund community and environment-supporting projects, organised and implemented by tourism SMEs and NGOs around the world.
The awards are different in that they are not based on morally rewarding past performance, but on financially supporting future action through micro-grants of a total value of Euros 3,000 (USD 4,700).
The winners are:
Septimo Paraiso Cloud Forest Reserve, Ecuador
www.septimoparaiso.com Winning Project: Sustainable Ethnic Rescue Centre for Mindo
Rachel Dodds / The Icarus Foundation, Canada –
TheIcarusFoundation.com
Winning Project: Greening Canada’s Events
Black Sheep Inn, Ecuador
BlackSheepInn.com Winning Project: Native-Tree Nursery Using Plastic Garbage
La Selva Jungle Lodge, Ecuador
LaSelvaJungleLodge.com Winning Project: The End of Disposable Plastic
Chitral Association for Mountain Area Tourism (CAMAT), Pakistan – Chitral
Winning Project: Kalash Environmental Protection Project
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