Our Planet. Our Future. Our Mission.
The mission of EcoGo is educational; to connect and inform travelers, local stakeholders, and eco-tourism providers. We do this through our websites, international speaking engagements, books, and other publications including reporting to the UNWTO International Network of Sustainable Tourism Observatories, all with best practices for sustainable travel, healthy planet living, and carbon use reduction in mind.
We make every effort to incorporate the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in all facets of our work.
EcoGo is a not-for-profit, fiscally sponsored project of Inquiring Systems Inc. under section 501(c)(3).
*UNWTO is the United Nations World Tourism Organization
Ecotourism with Pamela Lanier
More and more, conservation and tourism go hand in hand. As a member of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and to respond to a growing demand for sustainable tourism and ecotourism, industry pioneer and expert Pamela Lanier shares insights and the latest advances in the eco-tourism industry, through newsletters, books, and conference presentations. She and the EcoGo Team are dedicated to this outreach.
Positive Movement Forward
Highlighting the successes of Green Initiatives, Sustainable Farming, and Eco-Travel. Sharing examples for communities and small businesses to model when striving to operate with a smaller ecological footprint while supporting local stakeholders and promoting local conservation efforts.
A History of Activism
EcoGo was started by Pamela Lanier in 2012 as a way to connect with green-minded travel options and share exciting ecotravel news with the world. In 2021, Pamela, in conjunction with Inquiring Systems Inc., has transitioned EcoGo into an education-focused NonProfit under section 501(c)(3).
EcoGo Team & Contributors
Pamela Lanier
Pamela is the author of 20 travel titles and textbooks in 130 editions and the founder of Bed and Breakfasts, Inns, and Guest Houses International.
Deeply committed to furthering ecotourism and sustainable travel, Pamela has increased her involvement in ecotourism and sustainable travel, pioneering the first US West Coast Sustainable Tourism Observatory in conjunction with the UN World Tourism Organization’s International Network of Observatories (INSTO).
Pamela has a wealth of experience as a speaker, leading presentations at the World Conservation Congress in Honolulu, World Wilderness Congress in Salamanca, Spain, World Travel Market, London, the Pacific Asia Indigenous Tourism Conference in Vancouver, and World Parks Congress, Sydney, amongst seventy-eight different conference presentations worldwide.
Her latest titles include Healthy Vines, Pure Wines: Methods in Organic, Biodynamic®, Natural, and Sustainable Viticulture (2021), Marketing Essentials for Independent Lodgings (2017), The Good Company: Sustainability in Hospitality, Tourism, and Wine (2015), Sustainable Tourism: A Small Business Handbook for Success (2013).
Pamela Lanier
Jess Hughes
Jessica Nicole Hughes
Jessica Nicole Hughes is a San Francisco Bay Area native with a passion for earth-based systems and how the natural world works. Following graduation with her Bachelor’s degree from Sonoma State University in Earth Sciences, she turned her attention to sustainable tourism in the SF North Bay, helping to establish the Sonoma Sustainable Tourism Observatory in 2017.
She is a member of the IUCN’s Commission on Education and Communication, and a member of the following subgroups: IUCN CEC Young Professional Group, IUCN CEC NatureForAll, IUCN CEC Community Management, Traditional Knowledge, Empowerment.
Lora Templeton
After her career as a marketer for the professional and trade division of John Wiley & Sons, Lora is now a writer and marketing consultant for academic publications and newsletters. She is currently the social media editor for Women in Higher Education, a monthly newsletter for university professionals.
A lifelong advocate of sustainable and accessible agriculture for communities, she worked closely with neighbors to revitalize the Lanham Village Community Garden in 2008 and continues to volunteer in the Garden each year. She lives in Marin County California with her bees and chickens.