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Doing It Better: Big Bay, Michigan

Posted on May 9, 2022 by Kelsey Frenkiel
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Take a look at how a low-population, outdoorsy locale – Big Bay, Michigan, USA – goes about convening a destination stewardship council after the extractive industries it once depended on have wound down. Continue reading →

Doing It Better: Snæfellsnes Peninsula, Iceland

Posted on February 14, 2022 by Tiffany Chan
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On a long, skinny Icelandic peninsula, five small municipalities have teamed up to create a modest destination stewardship council and supporting network. Tiffany Chan explores the Snæfellsnes model of sustainable collaboration – a work in progress that has already earned a platinum sustainability rating. The eighth in our series on destination stewardship councils. Continue reading →

A Himalayan Village Takes Charge of Its Future

Posted on November 1, 2021 by DSR Contributors

After witnessing unprecedented environmental damage, and despite pressure from tourism investors, the Indian village of Sharchi put regulations in place to limit unbridled growth in its attractive Himalayan valley. Aditi Chanchani and Sandeeep Minhas detail how the valley’s village councils … Continue reading →

Grassroots Geotourism

Posted on February 20, 2017 by Linnea Iantria
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A restaurant owner in southwestern Missouri demonstrates why the key to a successful geotourism project in the countryside is a local champion willing to be the catalyst for change. A university geotourism class helps, too. Continue reading →

Philanthropic Investing

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Kit Carstens
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Philanthropic investing: How to have your cake and give some of it away, too—all in the name of geotourism. Continue reading →

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