Comments on Discussion Paper
Just in case you haven't seen it, you can download the Icarus Discussion paper on Climate Change here.
Download icarus_discussion_paper.pdf
We welcome and really want your comments, creative ideas and concerns - so please send your comments by clicking on "comments" at the foot of this post.
Came across this paper after reading about it in the Canadian Travel Press for March 31, 2008. It is a fabulous start for creating direction for the Canadian Travel Industry.
It is important that we begin moving forward and creating mesurable/tangable goals that are easily obtainable.
One way to do this, in my mind, is to start making companies fiancially responsible for their carbon footprint (this of course could be paid for by the consumer).
Examples of this might be for every flight you purchase into or out of Canada, 1 tree is planted or a donation is made to www.solarimpulse.com towards his solar airplane, or a portion of the flight goes to the buidling of windmills in Southern Alberta or Ontario.
If the companies start showing the impact with carbon calculators on each website or listed on each airline ticket (like lables on cigaretts or food pkgs) and suggest how the consumer can begin to make a difference in their carbon footprint - the knowledge is being shared and something is being done about creating a positive impact (like supporting the windmill projects, etc).
Once knowledge is out there and people are held accountable, people will begin to make clearer and more responsible decisions - not just take the easy way out w/ their eyes closed.
The paper is fabulous. I've taken notes to share w/ my company & fellow colleagues and also have begun forwarding the link to those I know in the industry for them to view.
Well done.
Trina.
Posted by: Trina Medd | July 22, 2008 at 04:33 PM