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the alternative ecotourism awards funding micro-projects
which promote genuine Ecotourism and ecological & social change in Tourism!

About the Awards Terms & Conditions Awards Timeline Winners & Project Implementation

Past Award Winners: 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007

Our 2008 Winners - Projects funded & part-funded by ECOCLUB®
Ecuador: Sustainable Ethnic Rescue Centre for Mindo	Canada: Toolkit for Greening Canada's Events	Ecuador: Native-Tree Nursery Using Plastic Garbage	Ecuador: Banishing Disposable Plastic from an Ecolodge	Pakistan: Raising Environmental Awareness in Kalash area visitors

About the Awards:

Every year, on the 1st of July, to celebrate our founding anniversary, we fund and part-fund micro-projects initiated & implemented by our Members, which improve local well-being and promote ecological change in Tourism, according to the aims of ECOCLUB.
Our 5th Annual Awards were announced on July 1, 2008:

Theme:
The 2008 theme was "Tourism Without Plastic". Project proposals had to be somehow related to the theme.

Deadline:
The deadline for receiving completed applications (by email, in text or Word format) was May 31, 2008.

Eligibility:
The Awards were open to all Members who were in good standing.

Prize:
The total ECOCLUB.com Ecotourism Awards 2008 funds amounted to Euros 3,000 (approx. USD 4,750) to be shared by five winners, who were to receive Euros 600 each (approx. USD 950) on successful completion of the projects.

Candidates & Winners:
There were only 5 eligible project proposals so there was no need for a Member vote to choose the winners.
All winning projects were posted online on World Environment Day, June 5, 2008.

The 2008 Winners were (in chronological order of project submission):

• Septimo Paraiso Cloud Forest Reserve, Ecuador - Web: www.septimoparaiso.com
  Winning Project: Sustainable Ethnic Rescue Centre for Mindo
  In an area where traditions are being absorbed by the culture and beliefs of immigrants from other provinces of Ecuador raises the need for an "Ethnic Rescue Centre" to save and record traditions, folklore and culture.
  Project Proposal Details
  Progress Report
  Completion Report

• Rachel Dodds / The Icarus Foundation, Canada - Web: www.theicarusfoundation.com
  Winning Project: Greening Canada's Events
  Reducing the environmental footprint of major events through a practical toolkit that consists of a guide, checklist and case studies that focus on the benefits of greening.
  Project Proposal Details
  Progress Report
  Completion Report

• Black Sheep Inn, Ecuador - Web: www.blacksheepinn.com
  Winning Project: Native-Tree Nursery Using Plastic Garbage
  Spearheading the creation of a native tree nursery in the high Andes using discarded plastic bottles and abundant organic fertilizer.
  Project Proposal Details
  Progress Report
  Completion Report

• La Selva Jungle Lodge, Ecuador - Web: www.laselvajunglelodge.com
  Winning Project: The End of Disposable Plastic
  For many years La Selva Jungle Lodge has worked towards becoming a disposable plastic free zone but still we fall short. In this project we would eliminate plastic in its disposable form altogether.
  Project Proposal Details
  Progress Report
  Completion Report

• Shams Uddin / Chitral Association for Mountain Area Tourism (CAMAT), Pakistan - Web:www.ecoclub.com/c/blog/suddin
  Winning Project: Kalash Environmental Protection Project
  Protecting the environment of the Kalash people by introducing environmental awareness initiatives and a community-driven waste disposal campaign in Bomburate, Rumbor with an aim to make the activity sustainable in future.
  Project Proposal Details
  Progress Report
  Completion Report

2008 Awards Timeline:

April 15 - May 31, 2008: Call for Proposals

June 5, 2008: Winning projects posted online at the ECOCLUB.com Ecotourism Awards 2008 Forum.

July 1, 2008: On the 9th anniversary of ECOCLUB, the project implementation phase officially starts.

August 1, 2008: Deadline for project initiation.

November 1, 2008: Deadline for project completion.

November 2008 - June 2009: Review of supporting evidence and payment of award funds.
All 5 projects completed and prizes paid as of 12 June 2009.