PLANETA.COM

We have a great reason to celebrate -- 2009 marks the 15th anniversary of Planeta.com! Share stories and testimonials.

Some history. Since 1994 Planeta.com has created incentives for communication, opportunities for conversation and rewards for participation. The site brings together those who share a vision of eco-friendly, people-friendly and place-friendly travel.

Want to help? Be generous. Sponsors are invited to patronize our e-conferences and workshops. You can assist this work with a financial donation (click 'paypal donate') or via alliances. The generosity of donors is recognized.

2008 BOOK OF THE YEAR

Voting begins for 2008 Book of the Year Award
TIPS FOR AUTHORS

NEWS

Celebrating Day of the Dead in Mexico
Ecotourism Laos Wins Ecotourism Spotlight Award
What is Responsible Tourism?
Planeta.com Launches Oaxaca Travel Surveys
Latin America Media Project's Fifth Anniversary
Tourism and Web 2.0 Mix - Slideshare
MORE HEADLINES

INDIGENOUS
Indigenous Tourism Award
ITBW - Slideshare
TOURISM AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

PARKS
Park Photos and Handouts
World Conservation Congress
TOURISM AND PARKS

WIKI

Awards
Education
Food
How green is your eco conference?
Join the Conversation
Oaxaca Auction
Postcards from Oaxaca
RSS
Toward Effective Communication
What's a wiki?
ONLINE WIKI

ELSEWHERE ON THE WEB

Conversación con Ron Mader
Transitions Abroad July 2008
Colibri Award - Intelligent Travel
Have you been greenwashed? - Guardian
Eco-friendly events can leave large, unfriendly footprints - USA Today

MICROFINANCE

Planeta.com is a financial supporter of Oaxaca Amigos: English Classes for Community Guides and Rural Artisans. You can help out by buying crafts directly from the artesanos.
TOURISM AND MICROPHILANTHROPY

JOURNALISTS

RSS

EDITING

Wish List for Responsible Tourism (Editing Tips)

MAKING CONTACT

Email messages sent to Planeta.com may be published. If you don't want that to happen, just let us know. Requests for anonymity will be honored. Here are our Email Tips.

If you have news to share, request membership in forum and post in the relevant topic. Be sure to spend a few minutes reviewing the Forum Guidelines.

You can also fave a photo on Flickr, add pages to delicious, connect via facebook or comment on slideshare or youtube or simply twitter.

And for the tech savvy, here is our collection of rss

YOUR TURN

Learn from others in our forum.
GUIDELINES

YOUTUBE

SLIDESHARE

2008-2009 E-CONFERENCES

Check out the 2008-2009 e-conferences: Tourism and Climate Change and Food, Health and Building Communities

QUITO SPOTLIGHT

Quito
Quito Wiki
Quito Web 2.0

SURVEYS

YOUR TURN - What web tools do you find most useful ... and which do you want to learn? Presenting the popular Web Tools Survey
http://tinyurl.com/5t4kg4

Oceania Travel Survey (Details...)
Asia Travel Survey (Details...)
Latin America Travel Survey (Details...)
Travel Definitions (Details ...)

Are we really prepared to listen to those on the ground? How deeply are we prepared to understand our hosts REAL needs and accommodate them -- their way? This may be the only way that new tourism can emerge, and we certainly need it!
- Solutions Notebook

CONVERSATIONS

Visitors will know they have arrived in a real place when they deal with clerks who do not wear uniforms, where they find in shops well-crafted articles whose makers live nearby, when they discover on restaurant menus dishes they could not order anywhere else.
- Active Participation Notebook

Planeta.com, nudging us along the continuum since 1994. Think smart, travel slow!