The Institute at Golden Gate <http://www.parksconservancy.org/our-work/igg/> is proud to announce its lecture series, Conversations with Eco-Innovators <http://www.parksconservancy.org/our-work/igg/events/eco-innovators-lect\ ure-series.html> ,which addresses a broad spectrum of local and global environmental issues ranging from ecotourism to food security and ecosystem services. On Tuesday, November 3rd, Megan Epler Wood, Principal of EplerWood International <http://www.eplerwood.com/> and founder of The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) will speak on Ecotourism From the Ground Up <http://www.parksconservancy.org/calendar/conversations-with-eco-innovat\ ors-ecotourism-from-the-ground-up.html> . Epler Wood's pictorial tour of off the beaten path "emerging destinations" will draw back the curtain on the struggles of local people to deliver your transcendent tourism experiences, and reveal how sustainable tourism must be managed in the 21st century to build creative economies, preserve invaluable environmental and cultural assets, and create new economic options for rural and urban peoples.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009. 6:30-7:30 pm Where: CavalloPoint–the Lodge at the Golden Gate <http://www.cavallopoint.com/hotel_directions.php> , Tidewater Room Fort Baker, Sausalito, CA Tickets: Available online <http://ggnpc.convio.net/site/Calendar?view=Detail&id=101041> , by calling (415)561-3560 or by e-mailing eve...@instituteatgoldengate.org <mailto:eve...@instituteatgoldengate.org> .