ECOCLUB SYNERGY
This month we would like to thank two of our Ecolodge Members, The Cottages at Spring House Farm, USA and The Boat Landing Guesthouse, Laos. 
Mr. Campbell of The Cottages at Spring House Farm created free publicity for all Members by including ECOCLUB.com in their numerous interviews with local newspapers, and television stations as you can see in the Member News Section. Mr. Bill Tuffin of The Boat Landing Guesthouse had the excellent idea to invite over to the ECOCLUB.com Community 100 conference participants of the SE Asia Community-based Ecotourism Conference and to establish an on-line forum there so that this important discussion could continue. I hope more members will show such dedication in the future, so that ECOCLUB's on-line and off-line presence becomes ever stronger.

NEW EXPERT MEMBER
Ann Britt Stenrfeldt - TheGoodTourist.com We warmly welcome Ms. Ann-Britt Sternfeldt, our new Expert Member from Sweden. Ms Sternfeldt is a published Travel-writer and a co-founder of The Good Tourist.
Her travel guides are targeted towards tourists with a conscience, who apart from basic information on a country need practical advice on how to be responsible towards local nature and culture and how to support the local economy. ECOCLUB members who like to be promoted in Sweden can contact Ms Ann-Britt Sternfeldt at info [at] thegoodtourist [dot] com with information about their company and she would include them in her articles in Swedish magazines and newspapers. Ms Sternfeldt has recently written "The Good Tourist - In The Gambia", and a brand new English edition is ready.
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ECOLODGE MEMBERS APANI-DHANI & TOHUM RENEW
Two quality ecolodges, Apani-Dhani Ecolodge of India, and Tohum Living Earth Centre of Turkey, have renewed their membership and confidence in ECOCLUB. You will find a special report on Apani-Dhani in this issue and there will be a special report on Tohum in our May issue.

NEW TRIAL ECOLODGE MEMBER: EARTHSHIP OF ST. VINCENT
Earthship is an exciting pioneering marine ecotourism research and training project in the Caribbean, in search of students and volunteers Click here to board the Earthship

"I believe there is a growing international understanding of the need to treat security and peace as two sides of the same coin" - Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General, 1st of April 2002

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