Ecotourism is a business that is exploding around the globe, to the tune of over 100% growth each year, which means that the ecotourism industry literally doubles in size every year. Here in China though, ecotourism has, unfortunately, taken a bit longer to catch on. Not to worry though, because there are dedicated operators here, committed to ensuring that sustainable tourism will gain ground in the Middle Kingdom. But first, what is ecotourism? The International Ecotourism Society (who, we imagine, are pretty knowledgeable about the subject) defines it as “responsible travel to natural areas...

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Thank you to everyone who joined us on Earth Day and helped to make it such a wonderful evening. About 250 people made it out to the courtyard of Creative Space where they were well taken care of by Kaiba and Kuluska. The Lions of Puxi, put on a fantastic show, and in between there were plenty of diversions. ENO was running a graffiti competition to design their next Neti, the environmental yeti . Sweet Ever After, our favorite sweets maker, helped us record our guests sharing what green means to them for our volunteer website and offered their delicious cupcakes in exchange. DesignLi3 provided...

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Greennovate and Naked Retreats are joining forces to create more reason to come and enjoy the fresh mountain air of Moganshan! The partnership between two companies will be contributing to sustainable development by educating the next generation of decision-makers and series of innovative green projects throughout 2009. GECKO program will be launched in February in Moganshan town’s middle school with Greennovate teaching 200 kids for the next 6 months. At the same time, Naked Retreats are integrating Greennovate’s BEAT , Business environmental awareness...

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