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UN WTO and UNEP Partners in
1st IIPT European Conference
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IIPT is most proud
to announce that the UN World Tourism Organization (UN WTO)
and United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) will be Partners
in the 1st IIPT European Conference being hosted by Stenden
University (formerly CHN University) and to be held in Leeuwarden,
Netherlands, October 21 – 24 2008. Theme of the conference
is:
“Bridging the North–South
Divide
through
Sustainable Tourism Development”
The Conference is in support of the U.N. designated
Decade of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World
and the UN Millennium Development Goals.
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Amb. Anwarul Chowdhury
H.E. Maha Khatib
Hon. Eduardo S. Chingunji
Hon. Edmond Bartlett
Luigi Cabrini
Fiona Jeffery
Yianis Evangelou
Johanna Fragano
Robert Zimmer
Dr. Tom Selänniemi
Richard R. Miller
Lyndall De Marco
Taj Hamad
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In making the announcement, IIPT
Founder and President Louis D’Amore said, “IIPT is most honored
to again have the UN WTO and UNEP as a partner with us. The
UN WTO has been a supporter of IIPT Conferences and Summits
since the very first IIPT Global Conference in Vancouver, 1988
– and IIPT enjoys a special relationship with UNEP having done
the first international study on ‘Guidelines and Models of
Best Practice – Tourism and Environment’ for UNEP shortly following
the UN Rio Summit on Environment and Development in 1992. We
look forward to this opportunity for continued collaboration
with each of them.”
Keynote Speakers who have been confirmed
to date include:
Amb. Anwarul Chowdhury
Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries,
Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States.
H.E. Maha Khatib
Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Hon. Eduardo Jonatão S. Chingunji
Ministre de l'hôtellerie et du tourisme, Angola
Hon. Edmund Bartlett
Minister of Tourism, Jamaica
Luigi Cabrini
Director Sustainable Development of Tourism Department
Fiona Jeffery
Chairman, World Travel Market
Yiannis Evangelou, President
Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies
Johanna Fragano
President, European Hotel Managers Association (EHMA)
Robert Zimmer
President, Zimmer Group International
Dr. Tom Selänniemi
Chairman, Tour Operators' Initiative for Sustainable Tourism
Richard R. Miller
CEO & Managing Partner, TourismROI LLC
Lyndall De Marco
Executive Director International Tourism Partnership
The responsible tourism programme of the Prince of Wales International Business
Leaders Forum.
Taj Hamad
Secretary General, World Association of NGO’s (WANGO)
Additional Keynote Speakers will be announced in the weeks
ahead.
Conference Aim
Build on, expand, and leverage current North – South, and South – South initiatives
towards sustainable tourism development, poverty reduction, and societal
betterment.
Conference Goals
1. Provide a Forum for governments, private enterprise, donor agencies, foundations
and NGO’s to debate and reach consensus on more effective models of achieving
North – South and South – South collaboration towards sustainable tourism
development, poverty reduction, and societal betterment.
2. Identify Models of Best Practice in North – South and South
– South collaboration in achieving Sustainable Tourism Development
3. Facilitate effective knowledge transfer on Models of Best
Practice and state of the art contribution of technology to
Sustainable Tourism Development, Community Empowerment, and
Destination Marketing.
4. Enhance the role of the Media, and the role of Culture
and Sport in nurturing North – South and South-South dialogue,
relationships and collaboration.
5. Engage Educators and future leaders of the industry in
the debate, and in conducting innovative research that will
contribute to enhanced North – South and South – South collaboration
towards sustainable tourism development.
6. Identify potential synergies with other industries for
sustainable wealth creation, poverty reduction, and societal
betterment in the Group of 77 Countries, and particularly Least
Developed Countries (LDC’s), Land Locked Developing Countries
(LLDC’s), and Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
Conference to Feature Media Exchange
The 1st IIPT European Conference will feature a media exchange
bringing together prominent journalists from Europe, North
America and Developing Countries to debate the critical role
of the media in “Bridging the North – South Divide through
Sustainable Tourism.” Confirmed media panelists to date include:
Bea Broda
President Elect,Society of American Travel Writers
Thomas Steinmetz
Publisher, eTurbo News
Sandy Dhuyvetter
Travel Talk Media
Other prominent journalists will be announced in the weeks
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Bea Broda |
Thomas Steinmetz |
Sandy Dhuyvetter |
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The 1st IIPT European Conference will bring together senior
executives from both the public and private sectors of tourism;
senior officials of UN Agencies, the European Union, World
Bank, UN World Tourism Organization, and other international
organizations; and relevant NGO’s, as well as policy makers,
educators, leading practitioners, entrepreneurs, future leaders
of the industry, and senior representatives of related sectors
including culture, environment and economic development.
The Conference builds on the foundations of: three Global Summits:
Amman 2000; Geneva 2003; and Pattaya, Thailand 2005; three Global
Conferences: Vancouver 1988; Montreal, 1994; and Glasgow, 1999;
four African Conferences: Nelspruit, Mpumalanga Province, South
Africa 2002; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 2003; Lusaka, Zambia, 2005;
and Kampala, Uganda 2007; and several smaller conferences, symposia
and workshops in Europe, Australia, North America, Middle East
and Caribbean.
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Call for Papers and Success Stories
1st IIPT European Conference
In addition to plenary sessions with keynote speakers, the conference will feature
a series of Concurrent Sessions and workshops where “Success Stories” and “Models
of Best Practice” related to the conference theme will be presented – and workshops
held to discuss programs and methods by which to gain greater synergies in achieving
sustainable development in developing and emerging economies.
Topics to be addressed in the context of “Bridging the North – South Divide through
Sustainable Tourism Development” include:
• Gaining greater leverage from North – South initiatives
including the roles of Donor Agencies, Foundations, and
NGO’s
• South – South Initiatives in Sustainable Tourism Development
• Innovative Initiatives within Developing Countries
• Innovative Private Sector Initiatives
• Recent developments in Micro-Enterprise
• Volunteer Tourism, Philanthropic Tourism, Fair Trade Tourism
• Knowledge Transfer and the Contribution of Technology to Sustainable Tourism
Development
• The Role of Culture and Sport
Persons wishing to nominate “Success Stories” and/or “Models of Best Practice”
in any of the above topics – or other areas relevant to the above stated
goals – are invited to send project or program descriptions to: Amy Sotherden,
Email: amy@iipt.org
Educators Forum and Student Forum
As with other IIPT Conferences, a full day Educators
Forum – and full day Student Forum will be held on 21 October.
Papers, presentations and posters are invited on the topics
indicated above, and other areas related to the conference
theme. Please provide an abstract of your paper to: Dr. Omar
Moufakkir, Lector in Peace through Tourism, Stenden University,
Email: o.moufakkir@chn.nl; with a copy to Ian Kelly, Coordinator,
IIPT Educators Network, Email: iankelly@picknowl.com.au
Educators are requested to encourage their students to attend
and submit papers for the Student Forum. Communication should
be made to Anna Krupp, Email: a.krupp1@chn.nl,
With a copy to Nishit Charadva, Coordinator, IIPT Student/Youth
Leadership Network, Email: iiptyouth@gmail.com
IIPT €1,000 SCHOLARSHIP–STUDENT ESSAY COMPETITION
IIPT will award a €1,000 Scholarship to the inter-disciplinary
team of 3 to 5 undergraduate and/or graduate students who write
the best paper related to the conference topic:
‘Bridging the North-South Divide through Sustainable Tourism
Development’
Length of Essay:
There are no restrictions on the paper length. However, the
suggested optimal length is between 2,500 and 3,000 words.
Bibliography should be included.
Eligibility:
 Each member of the inter-disciplinary team must currently be
enrolled as a graduate or undergraduate student through October
2008. Essay must be the result of original scholarly research
of significant merit.
Submissions:
Essay Entry Deadline is 30 August 2008. Submissions in MS Word
format should be sent via email to o.moufakkir@chn.nl with
subject: “Essay Entry.” Please include contact, university,
and study information for each team member.
Award:
The winning team will be announced by 15 September 2008.
Members of the winning inter-disciplinary team will have
the opportunity
to present their essay at the Student/Youth Leadership Forum
on 21 October 2008.
The €1,000 Scholarship Award, to be shared among members of
the winning team, will be presented at a Special Awards Luncheon
at the 1st IIPT European Conference.
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Delegates
Commit to Major Initiatives at 1st IIPT International Community
Tourism Retreat
Delegates representing more than 50 organizations
and communities recently came together in Kingston, Jamaica
with a positive “can do” and enthusiastic spirit to share
knowledge, experience and “Success Stories” - and to plan
future goals and progress on their journey to making Community
Tourism a central pillar of Sustainable Tourism Development
in Jamaica and the Caribbean.
The Community Tourism Retreat was a shining example of creativity,
innovation and commitment to the Conference theme:
Tourism Entrepreneurship – Sustaining and Transforming Communities.
Conference highlights included recognition
for past achievements, citations, the launching of new initiatives,
and  resolutions for the way forward. Ian Neita, Executive
Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund, honoured IIPT Caribbean
Chapter President Diana McIntyre-Pike with a citation for
her outstanding contribution to community tourism for more
than 30 years. Diana also received praise from Mr. Zachary
Harding, Special Advisor, Ministry of Tourism, and IIPT Founder
and President Louis D’Amore.
 Jacqueline
DaCosta, Chairperson of the National Best Community Competition,
announced the awardees for 2007,
Glengoffe CDC,
St. Catherine, winners of the US $30,000 first prize in 2007.
The IIPT Community Village Award was presented to Mystic
Mocho Experience Community; and the IIPT Community Tourism
Leadership Award, sponsored by Bernard Henry, the
late Desmond Henry’s nephew, was presented to Astil Gage,
Community Leader/Guide
Beeston Spring Village, Westmoreland.
Gillian Rowlands was named Vice President
of the IIPT Caribbean Chapter and Executive member of
the IIPT Community Tourism
Network.
New Initiatives
New initiatives launched at the Conference included: 
Mr.
Zachary Harding, Special Advisor, Ministry of Tourism announced
a Community Tourism Award of US$ 42,000
for the IIPT Community Tourism Retreat and a two year community
tourism program that includes research of13 communities with
the assistance of 12 interns from the University of the West
Indies, NCU and UTECH.
 Official launch of the IIPT Caribbean Youth
Community Tourism Network to be coordinated by Mark Pike,
Jamaica Youth Ambassador and assisted by Sharon Chambers,
Positive Tourism Network.
Official launch of the Desmond Henry Community
Tourism Entrepreneurship Fund to provide low interest loans
and grant funding for
community tourism projects in communities.
Establishment of an IIPT Caribbean Chapter
Working Group and Community Tourism Secretariat/Office
which will facilitate business development: marketing,
PR, HR, Leadership & funding support linked to the
Desmond Henry Community Tourism Entrepreneurship Fund.
Establishment of a Tourism Village Development
Programme which will network with Health and Wellness
partners; Environmental stakeholders to protect the natural
and cultural
heritage of communities; universities and other educational
institutions for relevant research and policy development;
and to develop a dynamic community tourism marketing
program.
Future plans also include the development
of an IIPT Community Tourism Day Event in 2009; the first
IIPT Caribbean Community Tourism Village conference and
trade Show in 2009 in association with the Jamaica & Caribbean
Diaspora; and a community tourism study trip by twenty-two
students from George Washington University organized by
Professor Raynald Bruouard and with the assistance of Countrystyle
and the IIPT Caribbean Chapter.
 Launch of IIPT Jamaica Peace Parks Program
An IIPT Jamaica Peace Parks Program will be launched
on September 21 - the UN International Day of Peace,
at Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth, as proposed by Jason
Henzell, Founder, Breds Foundation, Jamaica. The peace
park, will include a natural pond, and be encircled
by a 'Bosco Sacro' - a Peace Grove of 100 Blue Mahoe
(Hibiscus elatus) trees, the national tree of Jamaica.
The Dispute Resolution Foundation anticipates that
one of the uses for the IIPT Peace Park will be for
dispute resolution and restorative justice as its peaceful,
natural setting would be an ideal environment for this
purpose.
The aim of the IIPT Jamaica Peace Parks Program
is to have each community in Jamaica engaged in community
tourism dedicate an IIPT Peace
Park - and as well, to have Kingston's Emancipation Park
dedicated as an IIPT Peace Park.
Jason Henzell
African Diaspora Heritage Trail
Also proposed was that Jamaica identify sites of historical
significance in relation to the African Diaspora – and
that these sites be linked to the African Diaspora Heritage
Trail Network. Particularly noteworthy among these sites
is St. Elizabeth which at one time was a slave trading
site and future site of a museum.
Minister Bartlett Invited to Lead Delegation to IIPT European
Conference
IIPT Founder and President Louis D’Amore extended an invitation
to Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, to be a Keynote
Speaker and to lead a delegation from Jamaica to the 1st
IIPT European Conference to be held October 21-25, 2008,
in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. The Conference, which is in support
of the UN Decade for Peace and Non-Violence for the Children
of the World, is being organized in partnership with the
UN World Tourism Organization (UN WTO) and United Nations
Environment Program (UNEP), and hosted by Stenden University.
The delegation would include Diane McIntyre-Pike,
President IIPT Caribbean Chapter; Gillian Rowlands, the new
Vice President,
IIPT Caribbean; Mark Pike, National Youth Ambassador at Large,
Sharon Parris-Chambers, President, Editor-in-Chief, Positive
Tourism News; Ministry of Tourism representatives and Community
leaders.
Hon. Edmund Bartlett
Representatives of Glengoffe Community, St. Catherine
- winners of the
National Best Community Competition together with
IIPT President Louis
D'Amore, Diana McIntyre Pike, IIPT Caribbean President,
and Gillian
Rowlands, newly installed IIPT Caribbean Vice-President.
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IIPT President D'Amore
proudly shows off his
"
Spruce Up Jamaica" shirt together with
Sharon Paris Chambers, Positive Tourism,
and Prof. Raynald Brouard, George
Washington University. |
   
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IIPT to Exhibit at The Trade Show
 The International Institute for Peace through
Tourism will sponsor a booth at TheTradeShow in Orlando
September 7-9. The recent partnership agreement between ASTA
and IIPT
was the catalyst for this participation, which will be
IIPT’s first time to exhibit at TheTradeShow.
IIPT will showcase a series of tours
under the banner of “World Peace Tours”, excursions especially
crafted to
reinforce IIPT’s
dedication to “making Travel and Tourism the world’s
first Global Peace Industry” and promote the belief “that
every traveler
is potentially an ‘Ambassador for Peace’”. Each of
the tours will exemplify IIPT’s vision, values, and philosophy
as expressed
in the ‘IIPT Credo of the Peaceful Traveler.’
Lou D’Amore, the president of IIPT has asked Donald
King, who serves as Ambassador at Large for IIPT,
to provide leadership
to the World Peace Tours initiative. King says, “Our
first World Peace Tours—to Oman and to Bhutan--proved
successful
in achieving the goals of IIPT, and we think TheTradeShow
will help us as we expand our tour offerings.”
 Seven tours for 2009 have currently been designated as
“World Peace Tours”:
• Jordan
• Bhutan
• Algeria/Tunisia
• South Africa
• Arabian Peninsula
• Central America
• Armenia
• Iran
Specific information about these itineraries
will be available at TheTradeShow and also on the IIPT
web site: www.iipt.org.
Travel agents will learn how they can market these
tours to their clients. King says, “This will
be an opportunity for
agents to earn a commission and also help promote
conscientious tourism. We would like to enlist
travel agents’ assistance
as we continue efforts to make travel and tourism
the world’s first global peace industry.”
 
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IIPT Proud Partner in 4th African
Diaspora Heritage Trail Conference: Catching the Fire |
Dr. Ewart Brown
Bermuda Premier
Danny
Glover
Conf. Co-Chair
Hon. David Allen, the late Minister
of Tourism, Bermuda |
IIPT
is again proud to be a partner in the 4th African Diaspora
Heritage Trail International Conference: Catching the Fire
being held in Bermuda from 26th to 30th July 2008 being hosted
by Premier Dr. the Honorable Ewart F. Brown, JP, MP, and the
Government of Bermuda.
The 2008 Conference will provide a continuing
forum for the sharing of the vision, models, policy and resources
that govern the development of the African Diaspora Heritage
Trail - gathering diverse talented and experienced persons
from throughout the African Diaspora who are committed to the
authentic research, documentation, promotion and dynamic development
of African Diaspora Heritage sites/venues, museums, monuments,
and cultural expressions.
“Recapturing and revisioning the concept of a
cross-border African Diaspora Heritage Trail, “CATCHING THE
FIRE!” will translate the previous planning and valuable dialogue
into solid structure by featuring the dynamic research of scholars,
anthropologists, historical researchers, students, artists
and other stakeholders as they uncover, recover, shape and
ignite the Trail which retraces the footsteps of our ancestors.”
It was at IIPT’s First Global Summit on Peace through Tourism
in Amman, Jordan, November 2000 that the late Hon. David H.
Allen was inspired with the vision of “The African Diaspora
Heritage Trail” (ADHT). Within six months, the ADHT was launched
as a self-guided tour in Bermuda. It was subsequently presented
in its full concept for the first time at the 1st IIPT African
Conference on Peace through Tourism in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga
Province, South Africa, March 2002.
In May 2002, Hon. David H. Allen’s inspired idea took full
flight with international support at the First African Diaspora
Heritage Trail Conference in Bermuda. In Hon. David Allen’s
own words: “The aim of the African Diaspora Heritage Trail
is to identify, conserve, and promote historic sites linked
with the development and progress of people of African descent.” |
With
the continued bold leadership of Bermuda Premier, Dr. Ewart
F. Brown, the ADHT has since been developing a network of collaborators
who identify, build, finance, promote and market memorable
heritage destinations. ADHT destinations foster sustainable
economic development, provide inspiring educational experiences,
produce quality cultural heritage products that expose visitors
to authentic African Diaspora history and culture, and motivate
local populations to become active participants in the preservation
and dissemination of their own history and culture.
The 4th ADHT Conference will identify specific
heritage trails in selected countries and physically place
them on an interactive “Trail Map”, highlighting the connections
between the developing components which make up an expanding
trail of hope across borders of diverse nations.
Interactive conference offerings are designed to include
the expertise of all participants, and convey the rich heritage
and culture of the peoples of Africa and the African Diaspora
as presented through their own artistic expressions, written
and oral histories, institution-building and policy making.
Conference attendees can expect to actively participate in
educational and professional development sessions, share
model heritage trail programs, enjoy networking on an international
level, and receive unparalleled technical assistance for
their heritage tourism programs.
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IIPT
Pleased to be Sponsor of
2008 Travelers’ Philanthropy Conference
IIPT is most pleased and proud to be a sponsor of the 2008
Travelers’ Philanthropy Conference being held in Arusha,
Tanzania, December
3-5, 2008. The Conference is being organized by the Center
on Ecotourism and Sustainable Development (CESD), a nonprofit
research institution
based in Washington D.C and at Stanford University.
The Tanzania conference builds upon the initial international
Travelers’ Philanthropy conference held at Stanford University
in the USA
in 2004. The three-day conference in Arusha will bring
together 200-300 practitioners from socially responsible
tourism businesses,
experts in the field of sustainable tourism and philanthropy,
community based organizations and global and regional
NGOs doing development
work, the United Nations and other development agencies,
philanthropic foundations, government, and the media.
CESD aspires to promote and strengthen this emerging
form of development assistance generated by travelers
and the tourism
industry by moving
Travelers’ Philanthropy from a mere set of ideals to
applied best practices. The Travelers’ Philanthropy Conference
2008
will provide
a venue for collective learning and exchange among the
group of global participants. It will facilitate discussion
of the
tools
and capacity needed for effectively running and evaluating
community projects.
More generally, the conference will build media and public
interest in socially responsible travel and will include
presentations on
some of the leading Travelers’ Philanthropy initiatives
around the world. It will also offer a range of optional
safaris before
and after the event, hosted by leading East Africa tour
operators that include visits to community and conservation
projects.
For more information, please visit: : www.travelersphilanthropyconference.org
  
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2nd World Peace
Tour to Bhutan Announced
 IIPT
is most pleased to announce its second World Peace
Tour to Bhutan in collaboration with and organized
by Sacred Himalaya Travel. The tour comes at an auspicious
time in Bhutan’s history. Bhutan is a Kingdom where
its peoples still wear centuries old robes, monks swirl
in sacred dances and Kings dare to risk change in governance
on the greater behalf of their people’s happiness.
In March 2008, on the King’s urging,
the country held its first elections to cast ballots
for National representatives. They ushered out the
last century of wise monarchy with a new era of constitutional
monarchy. A unique example in our modern world, Bhutan
continues to balance material with spiritual development,
Blessed with some of the world's highest and youngest
mountains, glacial lakes, and an intricate network
of deep forests rich with life, Bhutan protects the
jewel of its lands as well as its peoples’ traditional
culture with their guiding principle of Gross National
Happiness.
 The
focus for this second IIPT World Peace as a Tour of
Kindness 2008 began when Sacred Himalaya Travel’s Wendy
Erd, met a primary school teacher last summer from
Berkeley, California. She said that the addition of
a young Tibetan student and his family to their school
brought lovely changes to her classroom. At the end
of the year the parents and young students said the
new student and his family taught them so much about
kindness and gentleness. Bhutan shares this same surround
of kindness which emanates from its people and arises
from their same gentle compassionate values.
On the 2nd IIPT World Peace Tour to Bhutan, with a
small group, maximum 10 guests, we’ll spend 13 days
and 12 nights in Bhutan. A Tour of Kindness combines
stays in lodges and an overnight in a traditional farmhouse
with a local family, with a few nights tenting under
a beautiful Himalayan sky brimming with stars. Focused
in the Bumthang area, with its gentle wide  valleys
and ancient spiritual sites, we’ll take easy day hikes
along a sparkling river and climb a gentle trail under
tall pines to visit young nuns in a small nunnery.
Camp under stars for 2 nights nearby Tangbi village;
join together with villagers as they celebrate sacred
Tangbi Mani festival; share stories and songs with
young students at a primary school in the high rural
valley of Tang; meet with a Lama and listen to his
insights and wisdom. Please
click here for the full details of our tour. Keeping
a flexible schedule, please join us to experience the
gentleness and good humor of Bhutan’s warm-hearted
people and take time to receive and share kindness
along the way.
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Show Your Support with One Earth
One Family
IIPT Plaques and Gift Cards
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IIPT, both items display the IIPT Credo
of the Peaceful Traveler and Art Piece by R. Padre
Johnson. The Credo of the Peaceful Traveler puts forth an ethical travel
philosophy for travelers to abide by. The IIPT Credo of the
Peaceful Traveler was the inspiration of a very special person at the
IIPT First Global Conference: Tourism - A Vital Force for Peace,
Vancouver 1988. We have respected the author's request to remain
annonymous. The IIPT Credo has since spread across the travel and
tourism industry worldwide. |
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The One Earth One Family art piece by
R. Padre Johnson provides a view of our incredible earth from outer
space, surrounded by the open faces of 25 children and adults from
different cultures. Each portrait represents an important visual
statement about the unique and interesting facial difference in each
individual, the culture and ethnicity each represents, and the
limitless threads of common humanity that draws all citizens of our
planet more closely together as one inter-dependent family.
These
items will remind all who see or receive them of what a privilege it is
to travel freely throughout the world and the opportunity they have as
they travel to be ambassadors of international understanding, good will
and peace. These items will be admired and appreciated by everyone who
sees them in your office, place of business or home.
Costs are
$200 (US) plus shipping for an Acrylic Plaque, and $15 (US) plus
shipping for a Gift Card pack of 10 Cards and Envelopes. To
order online or by fax/mail, please visit our website.
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About
IIPT
The
International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT) is a not for
profit organization dedicated to fostering travel and tourism
initiatives that contribute to international understanding and
cooperation, an improved quality of environment, the preservation of
heritage, and poverty reduction; and through these initiatives, helping
to bring about a peaceful and sustainable world. It is
founded on a vision of the world’s largest industry, travel
and tourism – becoming the world’s first global
peace industry; and the belief that every traveler is potentially an
“Ambassador for Peace.”
For more information:
IIPT Website:
www.iipt.org
Tel: (802) 253-2658
Fax: (802) 253-2645
Email: info@iipt.org
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