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LATEST NEWS

First Coastal Tourism Innovators Symposium Receives Praise from Participants. Click here to read the press release.

Haiti: All Hands on Deck, Not Business as Usual. Click here to read CREST's latest press release.

Spring internship announced for CREST. Click here to learn more.

Chris Blackwell, Owner of Island Records & Boutique Resorts To Play Leading Role at Coastal Tourism Innovators Symposium. Click here to read more!

Sylvia Earle and other notable speakers to present at Innovators Symposium January 20-22, 2010.
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United State Instititute for Peace release Special Report authored by Martha Honey and Raymond Gilpin. Click here to read full report!

Denver Post highlights CREST and Travelers' Philanthropy.
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Travel'n On Radio interviews Martha Honey on September 29, 2009. Click here to listen!

Announcing Innovators Symposium: Stanford University, January 20 - 22, 2010
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Announcing the Celebration of Responsible Travel and Trip Auction, November 5, 2009
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Travel + Leisure magazine names Travelers' Philanthropy partners Country Walkers and Punta Islita among "World's Best." Also mentioned were Conference sponsors, Micato Safaris, Big Five Tours & Expeditions, and Abercrombie & Kent! Click here to read more.

Ashoka Changemakers Geotourism Challenge 2009 Finalists Announced Congratulations to Travelers' Philanthropy partner, Nature Air for making it to the final round! Click here to learn more.

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Innovate

The Innovators Symposium, Rethinking Coastal Tourism Development: The Importance of Innovators in Times of Climate Change & Economic Crisis was held at Stanford University, January 20 - 22, 2010. Results are coming soon!

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Our Mission

The Center for Responsible Travel (formerly Center on Ecotourism and Sustainable Development, CESD) is a non-profit research institution whose mission is to design, monitor, evaluate, and improve ecotourism and sustainable tourism practices and principles. Its policy-oriented research focuses on ecotourism as a tool for poverty alleviation and biodiversity conservation, as well as socially and environmentally responsible tourism practices



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