ECOCLUB® is a professional ecotourism community established in 1999. Twenty-six years later, our Professional Membership remains a unique, networking, promotion, support, and careers package for ecotourism and sustainable tourism practitioners and academics.(1) Ecotourism Networking & Promotion: Access our global community of ecotourism & sustainable tourism professionals. Your own social profile [Example] with full privacy controls, wall, friends, photos and videos. Post a Status, Photo or Video, send Private messages and more. Promote your company and/or services at our Community and through your own Blog [Example] with a user-friendly interface where you can write your news and views.
(2) Ecotourism Careers: Access our Major Employers database and Full-time, Part-time, Freelance, Project-based, Business, Funding, Academic, Internship & Other Opportunities. Post your CV on our Member-only Jobseekers Database and Access Jobseekers CVs. Have us review your CV and request the latest edition of our short Ecotourism Careers Guide.
(3) Member Support - Mutual Aid Forum: A safe, professional, member-only environment where you may ask us questions about your practical or academic ecotourism-related needs, find ecotourism resources as well as assist your fellow Members with their questions.
(4) Collaboration Opportunities: If you are, or wish to become, a freelance ecotourism consultant there may be collaboration opportunities in the context of suitable projects.
(5) Other Benefits & Discounts - offered by third parties, subject to terms/availability:
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(a) GoodFellow Publishers: 20% Discount for Ecoclub.com Members on all GoodFellow Publishers titles.
(b) TrainingAid Course: Sustainability Management for Tourism Businesses: 20% Discount for Ecoclub.com Members. A facilitated online course which will help you consolidate your knowledge about sustainability best practices and turn it into a systematic and holistic approach to your own sustainability strategy.
(c) ProWritingAid: 20% Discount for ECOCLUB® Members for this very helpful bundle of online writing and editing utilities to improve your articles, reports and documents and unlock your potential.
(d) Lycabettus Press: 20% Discount for ECOCLUB® Members on "Lost in the Wilds of Greece" by Penny Turner and other Lycabettus Press titles. (VAT, if applicable, and postage outside Greece are extra.)
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Membership Fee: Free of charge
Members Code of Conduct & Membership Terms: By joining as a Member you indicate and acknowledge that you have read and agreed with the ECOCLUB® Professional Membership™ Code of Conduct and the ECOCLUB® Professional Membership™ Terms & Conditions.
ECOCLUB® Professional Membership™ Code of Conduct
(last update 7 April 2025)
1. As an ECOCLUB® Member you pledge to be active, by creating a profile, regularly posting your news and views in the Community and/or the Blogs section. You also pledge to conduct yourself in a constructive manner towards your fellow Members and assist them when you can. Members deemed inactive may be suspended for security reasons. For example, an inactive Member could be someone who has not posted anything in the Community, the Blogs or the Forum section, has not logged in for the past 12 months and has not created a Member profile.
2. ECOCLUB® has zero tolerance for: all forms of racism and fascism, including xenophobia, homophobia, misogyny, religious propaganda, promotion of supernatural phenomena and pseudo-science, or of violence against humans and animals.
3. If Members have a request, problem or complaint about ECOCLUB® or another Member they should discuss it in private with the ECOCLUB® Team.
4. When travelling you pledge to (try to) follow the ECOCLUB® Traveller's Guidelines. You are welcome to assist us improve and expand these guidelines.
5. Membership is conferred to you on a personal basis and cannot be transferred. Please do not share your username & password, just have your friend or colleague join!
6. You must state your own, full name and surname in the registration form and in your Community Profile. ECOCLUB® is a network of real people, professionals, practitioners, academics and students, not of impersonal legal entities. Displayed names in our Member Directory may be edited to conform to this rule. You are welcome to add any organisational affiliation in brackets after your name if you wish, for example, Jane Austen (Mansfield Park Lodge).
7. All Information on ecoclub.com, including information in the Member Areas is provided on an "as is" basis for informational purposes only. We are not responsible for the content, accuracy, timeliness, completeness, legality, reliability, quality or suitability of any resource or posting. We do not screen or endorse employers, organisations or any individuals involved. If you decide to accept an offer of employment, volunteering or enter any other arrangement, you do so at your own risk. Please see our full Terms & Conditions below.
8. Member Content Guidelines: Members pledge to assist us in maintaining a high content quality by not posting offensive, illegal, defamatory, profane, threatening or irrelevant material and by not engaging in advertising (or reviewing) 3rd party commercial products or services not offered directly by their own organisation. Please remember that content you post online is subject to libel, slander, antitrust and other laws in various jurisdictions. Members should not engage in any form of excessive soliciting for their services, spamming or flooding, including message and post spamming in the community, blogs and mutual aid forum sections. In particular we discourage the posting of advertisement copy. Press releases are acceptable. If you wish to promote your accommodation or tour, please write an article about an attractive nearby site and include a link to your tour/hotel at the end. You may also create a blogger profile. You are encouraged to initiate conversation but always respect the views of others by avoiding personal attacks. Do not plagiarize - always attribute ideas to their originators. We reserve the right to edit or delete posts, articles and comments and to warn, suspend or ban Members who in our view act disruptively.
9. By joining as a Member you opt-in to receive email communications from us including special Member Announcements. You may opt-out of any or all types of communications, apart from functional ones (e.g. password reminder) at any time.
10. Members who violate this Code of Conduct may be warned. A second violation may result in a temporary ban. In serious cases, there will be an instant and permanent ban without warning.
ECOCLUB® Professional Membership™ TERMS & CONDITIONS (Last Update: 7 April 2025):
(1) "ECOCLUB® Professional Membership™" (hereafter 'Membership') is an online service offered by ECOCLUB S.A. (hereafter 'We', 'us') to a specific INDIVIDUAL (hereafter 'Member', 'Members', 'You') who pledges to act in accordance with the the Ecoclub Members Code of Conduct as stated above. (2) Membership is granted to you strictly as an individual and is not transferable. (3) You should not share your Membership login details, otherwise, your Membership will be immediately terminated and you will be permanently banned from Membership. We monitor logins and visits on our website to prevent abuse and for security reasons. You must state your own, full name and surname in the registration form. Displayed names in our Member Directory will be edited to conform to this rule, i.e. your full name and surname will be visible. You may add your company affiliation in brackets after your name if you wish. (4) Membership Fees are as stated on this page and can be amended at any time. (5) Membership Cancellation Policy: You may cancel your Membership at any time by contacting us through our contact form. It is your responsibility to cancel your PayPal subscription on time before the next annual charge if you do not wish to renew. (6) Refund Policy: No refunds will be issued. (7) Member Conduct: Members agree to respect the Members Code of Conduct as stated at https://ecoclub.com/join/professional. In addition, they agree to always act in a way that enhances the quality of ECOCLUB®, respect our Editorial Policy and our Member Support Policy, and try to assist other Members according to their abilities. They should also refrain from harassing other ECOCLUB® Members or the ECOCLUB® Team in any way, from posting offensive, illegal and copyrighted material or material that directly goes against our philosophy and general aims, engage in excessive soliciting or in any form of spamming including message and post spamming and the posting of an excessive number of links to 3rd party websites. We reserve the right to edit the subject and content of all posts, articles and comments, or to delete these, so as to meet the above requirements and to warn, suspend or ban Members who in our view act disruptively. Inactive Members may be suspended or deleted for security reasons. An inactive Member is someone who has not logged in and/or posted anything during the past 6 months. (8) Communications: As a Member you agree to receive email communications from us relating to your Membership as well as Member Circular. You may unsubscribe at any time from the Member Circular using the link provided in the circular. (9) Membership Benefits & Online Support: Membership benefits are as stated on this page (https://ecoclub.com/join/professional) and may be amended, replaced or removed at any time. Each Membership includes a maximum of 4 hours of personal online support by email per annum in conjunction to the provision of these Membership benefits. Unused hours cannot be transferred to future years. (10) No Guarantees: We make no guarantees as to the quality, non-interruption, availability, performance or benefits of this service. Our website and all our (online) services and Member benefits are subject to availability and depend on factors outside our control. We do not guarantee any potential or speculated business profits or benefits attached to you being a Member. All Information on Ecoclub.com, including information in the Member Areas is provided on an "as is" basis for informational purposes only. We are not responsible for the content, accuracy, timeliness, completeness, legality, reliability, quality or suitability of any resource or posting. We do not screen or endorse employers, organisations or any individuals involved. If you decide to accept an offer of employment, volunteering or enter any other arrangement, you do so at your own risk. (11) Personal use: Information that appears on the ecoclub.com website and email communications and in any Member sections, is provided for your own personal and direct use only and it should not be resold in any way, retransmitted, reproduced, broadcast or copied online or in any other form, without written permission. Violators will be instantly and permanently banned from Membership. (12) Communications Consent: By becoming a Member you agree to receive email communications from us on ecotourism-related topics but you may opt-out at any time. (13) The provision of fraudulent information by you in your application form will lead to immediate termination of your Membership, with no refund. (14) Upon expiry or termination of your Membership, you will immediately remove and destroy all information and promotional material that identifies you as a Member. (15) You agree to indemnify us against any consequence resulting directly or indirectly from your being a Member, your professional or academic activity and your online presence including inaccurate or misleading advertising. You agree to indemnify ECOCLUB S.A. against all claims made in relation to you and/or your Company. The payment of such indemnity shall not prevent us from seeking any and all damages suffered by us as a result of your illegal behaviour or breach of contract. Your engagement in illegal acts will lead to the immediate termination of your Membership. (16) We will make no refund in case our website and/or company cease operations. (17) These terms can be updated and/or amended at any time without notice by posting at https://ecoclub.com/join/professional. It is your responsibility to periodically check this page for changes. (18) Any dispute arising from this Agreement will be referred to the Law Courts of Athens, Greece, according to the Greek Laws. (19) By joining as a Member you indicate and acknowledge that you have read and accepted the above Terms & Conditions.