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related: hangout editing: [|Planeta.com]

Question: How do we use the Google+ hangouts to highlight what's local and what's taking place next around the world?

June 5 World Environment Day Hangout
9am CDT 2pm CDT

June 12 Travel Labels and Certification Hangout
9am

June 26
Greetings and Saludos! The past two months we've had a ball playing with Google+ Hangouts and we will continue this as a weekly feature to connect with friends passionate about local travel, responsible tourism, ecotourism and blossoming field of conscious travel.

The way this works is that anyone can watch the videos live via YouTube. To be on camera and chatting up what's new and what's next is your corner of the world, let me know you want to participate and what you might want to talk about. Think of this as a global show-and-tell. To participate online you'll need to have a gmail address. It helps if you 'circle' Planeta.com on Google+ >> []

15 minutes before the hangout begins, we'll announce the specific link where you can watch.

If you cannot make the live chat, no worries. These conversations are archived on YouTube >> []

Final tip, if you want to keep track of these and other events in real-time, follow me on Twitter >> []

Objective
We want to record and webcast an amiable conversation and friendly chinwag among those working toward responsible travel, conscientious tourism and the local travel movement. Chats include previews and summaries of events and a a lively dialogue which invites questions and thoughtful answers. Said one participant: "These chats help fight back the isolation of home work and help me to converse with people I haven't yet had a good chance to share with and learn from."

Big Ideas and Future Plans
This is a conversation moreso than an interview. Anyone can ask questions. Editors are welcome to edit the wiki including info about yourself, events in which you are participating or other 'talking points' In the future we'd love to webcast this in real-time. Step by step!

Format
brief introductions, followed by what's new or what's on the radar Discussion about one or two big ideas. Recommended reading? Listening? What would you recommend have you read, seen or heard this week that's available online

Agenda
The agenda will be shared with the group on the Google+ event page For about 10-15 minutes we will connect, banter and the discuss agenda, learn the rhythm and solve any possible technical glitches. For about 20 minutes we'll record the audio using ipadio in a relaxed, friendly manner. Ron will conclude the recording and begin the upload process while we schedule future chats and edit this wiki.

Technical Tips for Participants
Get a gmail address +1 the Planeta.com page Download any necessary plug-ins Test your microphone. If there's too much echo, please use a headset and microphone

2012 efforts
TBA, times Participating:
 * Recording Tuesday, September 27 (world tourism day)**

Guests
Ron Mader Ethan Gelber Anders Karrstedt Kurt Ackermann Aivar Ruukel

Criteria
Our initial guests are colleagues with whom we have a relationship and who are comfortable with skype.

[|Chat #1] Ron, Ethan, Aivar, Anders, Kurt recorded but not uploaded due to technical problems
 * Tuesday, August 30**

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Common+Ground&iso=20110906T0930&p1=1987 Participating talking: Ron Mader, Ethan Gelber, Aivar Ruukel Participating silent: Anders Karrstedt ESTC Conference Parks Web 2.0 Travelforums Local Travel Movement Conscious business Anniversaries: ITBW Award, European Ecotourism Conference Review: Indigenous People's Week media type="custom" key="10373672" http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=CommonGround&iso=20110913T0730&p1=1987&ah=1 Participating: Ron Mader, Anders Karrstedt, Kurt Ackermann Topics: South Africa; New NMSRT launched [|NMSRT Launch] http://ronmader.wordpress.com/2011/09/12/southafricastandards RT Pilot to be launched, new RT How-To Guide for local industry, e-Tourism Africa conference in town this week - Fringe Networking with Sally on Saturday! http://www.e-tourismfrontiers.com/interactive/regional-events/africa-events/e-tourism-africa-summit-2011.html Mexico: hursday/Friday is Mexico's Big Independence Day Party with 'Grito' at midnight. Earlier on Thursday I am working with a local language school showing off photos kids took at the July FotoSafari ... Also, Parks Web 2.0 Workshop underway Sweden: Sámi companies forms a cluster for Kiruna destination management DERTOUR academy, 600 German travel agents coming in late November with huge media attention.
 * Tuesday, September 6**
 * Tuesday, September 13**

World: ESTC2011, September 15-16 First International Congress on Ethics and Tourism WTM app (Smartphone application för World Tourism Market, London) http://planeta.wikispaces.com/app Favorite Free Apps

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Questions
How do we embed sustainability and communication in tourism-related discussions/projects/initiatives/media from the get-go? How do we rewrite the rules so that travel sustains the values inherent in something like the LTM? How can writers and editors be made quietly complicit in the process of choosing responsible content and quoting sustainable operators when they write about travel? How do we foster continuity? How can we make the kinds of conversations we're having through Common Ground (with accompanying wiki documentation) the basis for similar such conversations throughout the industry (and beyond)?

Goals
Establishing common ground within the movement toward local and responsible travel

Invite! (Once we work out more of the bugs!)
Len Anna Spenceley Joshua Berman Catherine Mack Anna Pollock Heidi Van der Kamp Sallie Grayson Greg Hubbs Harold Goodwin Ayako Ezaki

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