Author: lund-durlacher

  • Expert Concept and Guidelines for the Sustainable Tourism Development in Rheinland-Pfalz

    The state of RLP has set itself the goal of initiating a strategic and operational change process towards sustainable tourism development. A coherent concept was developed as a future orientation and action framework for sustainable tourism development in RLP, which contains statements on tasks, structures, financing and funding opportunities. Project period: 05/2022 – 12/2022Partners: Centre…

  • Sustainable Food Toolkit

    The second edition of the successful and widely used handbook “Sustainable Food”, which was first published in 2015, was updated. The contents of the handbook are digitised and offered on the educational platform Futouris. Best practices, checklists and tools for implementing sustainable practices in food businesses complement the digital handbook. See also our practical tools…

  • APCC Special Report on tourism and climate change

    The consequences of climate change are already being felt today. The APCC Special Report “Tourism and Climate Change in Austria” (SR19) is a comprehensive summary and assessment of the current state of research on the complex relationships between tourism, events and climate change. In its nature as an assessment report, SR19 is the second Special…

  • Sustainable Food Workshops

    Project period: 01/2018 – ongoingPartners: Futouris e.V., Centre for Sustainable Tourism (ZENAT) at Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development, KnallgrünProject Team: Dagmar Lund-Durlacher, Andrea Dietl, Hannes Antonschmidt Training of hotel staff is essential to secure the successful implementation of the principles of sustainable food. Having researched and published on the topic since 2015, Prof. Lund-Durlacher conducts…

  • European Tourism Going Green (ETGG) 2030

    The project aims to support tourism SMEs (accommodation, tour operators, travel intermediaries) to implement sustainability in their businesses. Overall, the project aims to establish a EU wide business sustainability knowledge learning and training system to support European tourism SMEs throughout the supply chain in their move towards sustainable consumption and production. The main activities are:…

  • Transforming Tourism – Protecting biodiversity and increasing local value creation by promoting sustainable tourism development in three pilot destinations in the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica

    The project supports three certified destinations in Costa Rica (Sarapiquí and Sarchí) and the Dominican Republic (Las Galeras) as models for sustainable development and biodiversity through a destination management strategy. The focus is on the implementation of zero waste, sustainable gastronomy and eco-efficiency concepts as well as on the development of innovative, high-quality sustainable tourism…