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This page - a work in progress - documents the development of a ginger group espousing the need to connect the travel and tourism sector with a long-term commitment toward low-carbon lifestyles and preparing ourselves for the impact of climate change.

Buzzword Bingo
behavior - benchmark - climate - climate change - footprint - ginger group - green economy - green growth - inaction - point of no return - quadruple bottom line - smart travel - sustainable mobility - tipping point - wakingup

Format
Currently this page is divided into five sections: an internal discussion, a focus on the issues we wish to address, methodologies, miscellaneous ideas, choice buzzwords

Internal Discussion (Organizing Ourselves)

 * Core concepts that will focus a shared vision
 * Protocols for adding new people to this group
 * Where the travel and tourism industry stands now in its understanding and relationship to climate change; what are the benefits of becoming involved with our ginger group?

Focus

 * Our primary focus is climate change and how we prepare ourselves for low-carbon lifestyles
 * We would like to develop short-term (2011) and long-term (2020-2050) time tables in creating a greener economy mosaic
 * Promoting a dialogue and discussion online and at key tourism events
 * How do we broaden the ownership among stakeholder groups? Maybe by sketching the advantages and dangers to each?

Methodology
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 * No long soap box stuff
 * No artificial consensus; we need multi-point of view debate and discussion

Misc

 * Is there a way to visualise the overall green economy (and tourism within it)?
 * If society doesn't fix it everything else - however important is re-arranging deckchairs on the Titanic
 * Assume the case can't be definitively proven but enough evidence to put a big onus on the disbelievers
 * 2050 and 2 degrees are excellent as benchmarks and Kyoto is the essential framework BUT do they force impossible commitments
 * Innovation is the missing element in the equation and by definition its impact cannot be assessed
 * What constitutes green growth?

Blogs
[|Tourism and Climate Change: Spotlight on Cancun]

More about ginger
[|Pear and ginger tarte tatin] http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/2011/06/bth_20110603_1145.mp3

Links
http://groupspaces.com/FringeTravel/item/134194?msid=1300545564.9963

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