community
It's funny how we forget where words come from, originally. But in fact it can be quite illuminating. Community is from the old French, and is to do with "together" and "gift" (which we think is just too lovely); "company", now associated with profit making big business, has come from the Italian "com pane" - meaning to share bread with someone; to eat together. To split your pasty; share your chips; divvy up your last cheese butty. To share what you have with your wider group of family and friends. To be com-panionable.
Altogether nicer. Rather better than what we've reduced it too. So this bit is about people - other people, and us - just keeping an eye out for each other. Like we used to, in the old days. :) Add your ideas, and thoughts, and before you know it we'll have a tourism industry that is known for how it makes its communities happier, healthier and a place of proper shared giftage (that's one word that we absolutely just made up, but we liked it anyway.)
exmoor is first dark skies reserve in the uk
Exmoor is the first Dark Skies Reserve in the UK...another great success from the south west...
david attenborough and population growth
David Attenborough urges big business to protect land from population growth
the happy museum
The Happy Museum. Think about it...do we ever put those words together in our own minds?
moving mountains?
Kazak locals hope for green tourism salvation
thinking beyond the gates?
Julia Schonharl writes about tourism and human rights in 2012: Can we ask anybody to think beyond the fences of the holiday resort?
tamar valley: a place of many lives
Heritage and culture. They're both biggies. And little wonder. But remember they're a living concept; and that they're about people; and stories. Always. So think about how you might tell them...
tamar valley: a sense of place
A sense of place. We sort of know what that means...don't we?
where on earth is Vanuatu?
the happiest yet the most dangerous country in the world
tamar valley: grow local
This is one of those ideas that should just exist. It's just common sense. Common food sense. Read on.
bring on the batteries
This man just got up and solved the problem.
green shoots of responsibility?
The younger holiday maker is putting us to shame; they know the deal when it comes to sustainable travel....excellent!
just a crayola drawing
I wonder how many other people are thinking just the same...
ethics r us
Well, that's a bit of a stretch. But we like to keep the issue on the table. Right in the middle. Because what's the alternative?
Ban Ki Moon on World Tourism Day
Ban Ki Moon promotes the importance of tourism and travel for the well being of the species...
seeing with our hands
Remember Homer? The original one? Remember that he was blind? I didn't...
On Small, Collaboration, and The Having of Faith.
Smallest room; biggest talker? David Goldblatt talks about Toilets He Has Mused From...
land grab
There has been much interest in the discussion around land grabs...this news bulletin shows the issue is very live...
tamar valley: the book of the valley
A Tamar Valley book launched by Plymouth School Children and students..and it's a delight.
mires mor
Mires Mor ("sea watch" in Cornish) combine the ocean, underprivileged young people, and passion. It's a very successful recipe...
sharing the work
Heresy? Generally a good thing to allow a bit of heretical thought..keeps us on our toes. A slap across the face of Complacency. A little unpleasant, but always invigorating.
heavy handed?
Not the way to do it. Breath-taking example of a destination sacrificing everything to the need to market itself...
Time to communicate with our communities?
New poll shows people might not be ringfencing their holiday..so should we be making sure we show them what's affordable, on their doorstep?
heartlands
The Heartlands Project is an innovative Lottery funded programme in Pool, Cornwall, to create just that. A heartland. Take a look...
car free idea:walkers are welcome
Planning a walking trip? Discover the 64 Walkers are Welcome towns and villages across Britain
water rights
The right to clean water, would, one thinks, be a no-brainer.
trading for people and planet
Great ideas for investing in your community...add your own!
giving families a break
Go on then, Guess. How many families in this country do you reckon don't get to go on holiday each year? We didn't know...
tourism for all
It's a new world, it's a new day...
social enterprise
This is what we are. A social enterprise; a not for private profit business, trading for people and planet: here to bring benefit to the communities, and the lands, in which we work, and using a business to do that.
community energy plus
Community Energy Plus have been operating in Cornwall for over ten years - and these are THE energy anoraks...and know all the other energy anoraks across the south west - so start here.
beach cleans
Jacqui has been organising lots of people to pick up lots of rubbish from the beaches in Cornwall - and it's extraordinary what she finds...
st petroc's society
St Petroc's is a Cornish organisation working with single homeless people, which could well use unwanted materials that could come from a tourism business refurbishment - bedding, furniture, toiletries.
spare food is share food!
Putting fresh milk where it belongs. This is one of those efforts by a small group of determined people that is turning something toe-curlingly wasteful into a thing for good. Sows ears into silk purses. We like things like that.
