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Earth Day 2024: Ending Single-Use Plastic

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The official theme for Earth Day 2024 is “Planet vs. Plastic,” a call to arms issued by Earthday.org to reduce all plastic production by 60 percent by 2040 and to rapidly phase out all single-use plastics by 2030. won’t be recycled at all, the organization reported. Single-use plastic is a particular problem in the U.S.,

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Tourism Destination Planning: How, When, and Who

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by 2030, and a staggering 4 billion predicted by 2040. While it should reflect a strategic long-term direction, it must always remain flexible and leave enough room for adaptation to unforeseen circumstances, changing trends and competition. From just 25 million tourist arrivals in 1950, today more than 1.3

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3 Shifts in Event Sustainability

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Instead of advertising its brand, Amazon chose to use its naming rights to spotlight its pledge to reach net-zero carbon emissions by calling the Seattle venue Climate Pledge Arena — just one example how sustainability has become top of mind for organizations and consumers. Michael Dyerland/Visit Seattle).

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Earth Day is a Call to Action

Smart Meetings

That very first Earth Day is recognized as a driving force of the modern environmental movement, and Earth Day, in its modern form, is recognized as the largest international civic event each year , with over 17,000 partners and organizations in 174 countries and over one billion participants. Beach pollution at Kuta beach, Bali.

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Taking Carbon off Event Menus

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On her “Eating at a Meeting” podcast, Stuckrath has explored leading-edge sustainable F&B trends, from upcycled ingredients to cultivated meat. You have to make it easy for the organizers and the planners to make more climate-conscious decisions.” In the U.S., the foodservice giant Sodexo Live!, In 2018, Sodexo Live!

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Starting IPW 2022 with a Green Bang: Tourism Cares Pledges $10,000 to IDEAS for Us

Smart Meetings

As an organization supporting sustainable and beneficial travel, Tourism Cares maintains three funds that support efforts investing in tourism infrastructure, reestablishing tourism after a natural disaster or promoting diversity within travel. Tourism Cares’ goal to fund sustainable travel practices aligns with this trend of going green.

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