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.
There is a lot of terminology in sustainable travel, sustainable tourism. There is voluntourism, there is community based tourism, but most of them are different aspects of tourism. Community based tourism is pretty self-explanatory. You are spending some time in a community in a developing count...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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