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Presentation of the Day12 Project
If we're all following the same guidebooks and spending our money in the same places, how sustainable is our COLLECTIVE IMPACT as independent travellers? Last year backpackers poured US$440million into the Australian economy alone and there are hundreds of thousands of backpackers around the world searching for their journey of a lifetime.
What kind of economic, environmental and social impact does that kind of demand have on the places we visit? In 2009 The Day12 Project is heading onto the backpacker trail to find out.
The goals are:
- to raise awareness of the cultural, economic and environmental issues surrounding backpacking and independent travel
- to encourage debate among both seasoned travellers and students in schools, colleges and universities who are planning their gap-years
- to find out how tourism can work for local people, not just the other way round.
More than footprints? is a low-carbon journey along the overland route to Australia to find out from local people how we can limit the impact of our journeys. Leaving in October 2009 we'll be using local and international media both en route and following this research to raise awareness of the issues and promote sustainable solutions.
Buy a Kilometre for a Quid!
'More than Footprints?' is a journey everyone can be part of. We're asking people to support us by donating £1 or more to buy 'kilometres' to help us research the issues, promote sustainable backpacking and give local people the chance to voice their concerns about tourism. Money donated to the project goes towards raising awareness of the issues, the journey & research, the creation of the magazine, poster campaigns in UK universities and the distribution of teaching materials.
Visit www.day12.com for more information on how to buy kilometres
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