Tourism is the world’s largest industry and continuing to grow. By 2020, there could be as many as 1.6 billion passenger journeys by air and sea every year. The challenge is to manage this growth sustainably: increasing numbers of tourists inevitably leads to increased demand for energy, water and natural resources.

Greenhouse gas emissions as a result of international tourism account for almost 5% of the world’s total: 1.3 billion tonnes annually. Three-quarters of greenhouse gas emissions due to tourism are transport-related: aircraft (40%), road transport (32%) – accommodation (21%). The WTO estimates that the spiralling growth of the business could lead to a 150% increase in its greenhouse gas emissions over the next 30 years.

The new UNEP campaign entitled “Green Passport” will be supplying tourists with information enabling them to minimise their impacts on the environment and society in general by abandoning certain behaviours.

An initiative of the United Nations Environment Programme, the French Ministry for Ecology and Sustainable Planning and Development and the Brazilian ministries for Tourism and the Environment, the campaign aims to raise tourists’ awareness of the fact that they too can contribute to sustainable development by making responsible vacation choices. The campaign’s website supplies travellers with practical “green” advice, particularly with respect to transport, enabling them to reduce their environmental and social footprint during their stay and minimise the energy consumption required for their journey.

Now you can reforest the Amazon with the click of a mouse. L’hôtel Gavarni recommends two new search engines which help to save the planet even as you do your searching to prepare your next trip to Paris.
www.ecocho.fr

Launched in April 2008 by Australians, this environmentally-friendly search engine is committed to planting two trees for every 1000 searches. Ecocho.fr is based on the Yahoo search engine and works using sponsored links. Every click is a blow against CO2 emissions and global warming. At present, the trees are being planted in Australia, but Ecocho.fr is hoping to expand its programme in Europe and America. The fun homepage shows you how many trees have been planted since the site was set up.

www.ecoogler.com
Also based on the Yahoo search engine, Ecoogler.com plants a tree for every 10,000 search requests. Although this is less productive than Ecocho.fr, the site is involved on more continents: Brazil (Amazonia), the Canary Isles and Madagascar. Five new areas are also being examined: French Guiana, Peru, Cameroon, Benin and Rwanda.

Eco-friendly consumers reign on this very complete, fun website. It’s just the thing for finding the green products and brands you’re looking for, classified by topic.
Site features include:
- favourite products and websites
- organic cookbooks
- green events diary for Paris and the French provinces
- presentation of green brands
- links to organic cosmetics, greenness for kids, organic food, green fashion and green homes (environmentally-friendly home furnishings).

It’s a very efficient way of finding that special something for you, your children, your big sister or your boyfriend.
Acheterbio.com has all this on offer – it’s no wonder the site is so successful!

Ecovisit Paris, is one man’s smart idea for taking care of the planet: an environmentally-friendly transport service using a hybrid Toyota Prius in the streets of France’s capital. Take a revolutionary step by choosing this means of getting around Paris! Forget about taxis, buses and other more traditional transport alternatives. Go for a chauffeur-driven car that doesn’t pollute. Just the right thing for tackling pollution problems in major cities.

Ecovisit Paris enables you to enjoy an environmentally-friendly guided tour of Paris, as well as travel to airports and stations, and can provide chauffeur-driven transport for your shopping and professional transport needs. It’s just right for airport transfers, too. A night-time “Best of Paris” guided tour costs €150; airport transfers cost €40 – €90. The hourly rate for the chauffeur-driven car is €60.

Ecovisit Paris
6, quai Henri IV
75004 Paris
France
T. : +33 (0)1.77.13.79.99

Paris will be hosting the 26th edition of the International Environmental Film Festival (Festival International du film d’environnement) from November 19-25. The Pagode cinema will be opening its doors for meetings and debates relating to the environment and sustainable development. The aim is to use documentaries, short films and fictional movies to raise public awareness of the importance of saving the planet.
The competition features 87 films from 37 nations, with six major awards for the best films. The festival will begin with the world premiere of the film «The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the flamingos», from Disney’s new «Disney Nature».

The aim of this new company is to produce nature films, bringing all the beauty of our world to the silver screen and to city-dwelling audiences who are often too remote from such environments to be familiar with them. Make sure not to miss this fantastic journey – it lasts only six days.

Cinéma La Pagode
57 Bis, rue Babylone
75007 Paris
France
T. : +33.9.62.23.05.33

If you don’t know where to go organic shopping, this online supermarket allows you to order fresh seasonal produce available directly from farmers in a click of the mouse. This fun, practical site provides delivery to your home or office in 24 or 48 hours.

Natoora, is the shortest route from the country to your table. Most of the products available on the site are shipped daily from the best artisans, affineurs, farms and market gardeners to supply food which is fresh – a real guarantee of quality.

The Natoora site is both practical and user-friendly and helps you find all the best produce in one place. It does away with having to run around several stores to find everything you need.

Natoora, Service Consommateurs
1, rue de la Réunion
P 20117 Rungis
Cedex 4538
France
0820.891.782
info@natoora.fr

The Gavarni Hotel has called on Ecovert to be its supplier for organic cleaning products. Founded in 1987, Ecovert creates and develops products and services designed for companies and institutions which help to optimise the impact of human activity on the environment.

The Ecovert Attitude is one of realism, self-effacement, creativity, pro-activeness, pride and thoroughness, all in the cause of coming up with ideas for saving and protecting the planet.

Ecovert naturally distributes its own products, as well as carrying “comptoir des lys” products, also available in Biocoop supermarkets.

Ecovert
La Passerelle
20, rue Bernard Palissy
69800 Saint-Priest
France
T. : +33 (0)4.37.23.89.99
F. : +33 (0)4.37.23.89.90
contact@ecovert.fr

From November 8th to 16th, go to the organic and sustainable development show: Salon Marjolaine. It’s THE meeting time for all the responsible consumers. 500 available exhibitors will be there to explain their work, their organic techniques.

Activities and various stales to discover gourmet exclusive farm products not foundable in supermarkets or also some green decorating ideas – soon it will be Christmas time – and news to act to protect the earth.

This Salon Marjolaine is for all those who have chosen a lifestyle,  eco-travellers and eco-citizens, and for all those who will soon step in.

Salon Marjolaine
Parc Floral de Paris
Bois de Vincennes
75012 Paris
France
T. : +33.1.45.56.09.09
contact@salon-marjolaine.com
Open from 10:30am until 7pm. Night time on Friday 14th November, until 10pm.

EXKi restaurants now mean that “fast food” no longer needs to be synonymous with bad eating. At the origin of this project were three schoolfriends who came up with the concept of serving quality fast food using natural, fresh produce – at all hours of the day. The first EXKi restaurant opened in Brussels in January 2001. It was an immediate success, and the three friends exported the concept to Luxembourg, Italy and France.

The twin mantras of these establishments are “natural, fresh and ready” and “serving the customer as you would like to be served yourself”. All the products are organic, with the details and nutritional values of all ingredients completely clear for each dish. Even the cleaning products are environmentally-friendly (Ecovert) and the electricity used is 100% green. This environmental awareness is attractive – and enjoyable, too!

Our recommendations: raisin and nut twists (organic bread), the “Romulus” with duck mousse, organic fig jam, celeriac, carrots and parsley; wholewheat bread triangles (also organic) such as the “Cristano” with vegetable Carpaccio, basil pesto and shards of parmesan. Delicious!

EXKi
9, bd des Italiens
75002 Paris
France
T. : +33 (0) 1 42 61 06 52
F. : +33 (0) 1 42 61 07 54
bd.des.italiens@exki.fr

Open on monday to friday from 8am to 10:30pm. And saturdays, from 9am to 10:30pm