Richard Edwards is the Director of Planeterra. In this role, he oversees the direction and development of our Foundation with the purpose of ensuring sustainable community development through travel. The company's aim is to create lasting memories and meaningful relationships between travelers and local communities by providing all generations of travelers with ways to connect and give back to our valuable projects around the world.
Edwards has over 20 years of experience in the ecotourism industry, integrated resource management and international community development.
Richard Edwards received his undergraduate degree from Linfield College and his Masters degree from Washington State University.
As director of Planeterra which is the nonprofit organization that was started by Gap Adventures. Gap Adventures was started by Bruce Poon Tip, a very dynamic entrepreneur 20 years ago, and Gap is now the largest independent adventure travel company in the world. Several years ago he started Plane...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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