What is our aim? We aim to raise awareness, spread and promote Sustainable Tourism all around Argentina. Why? Because we believe in people’s potencial, we value our identity and want to preserve the natural resources present in this, our beautiful country; we want to preserve them for us and, above all, for future generations.
How do we plan to do it? From our experience with Iniciativa Imagine, we created HOLIDAYS WITH NO FOOTPRINT ©. It is a Guide based on environmental education and designed to reaise toruists’awareness, as well as to serve as a tool for the local Secretariats of Tourism to make known their potential in Sustainable Tourism.
Methodology is simple: tourists reaching a tourist town will be given a Passport-Booklet (HOLIDAYS WITH NO FOOTPRINT ©), designed for their holidays’ Carbon footprint calculation (expressed in kgs of CO2) considering the number of kilometres they have travelled – in accordance with the means of transport used – and the number of days of their stay.
The aim is not only to make tourists aware of the effects their holidays have, but also to give them information to help them know that “the decisions they make in their holidays can make a difference.”
In doing so, tourists will MITIGATE their Carbonfootprint by choosing environmentally friendly tourist service providers, and will COMPENSATE their footprint by engaging in low-impact activities included in the Passport ( bike rental, bird watching, tree planting, etc.); therefore, they will know if the they had holidays with footprint or HOLIDAYS WITH NO FOOTPRINT ©.
How we got started and why do we need your help? We have been travelling for 11 months around our country – Argentina – with Iniciativa Imagine, aiming to identify, learn about and spread the work of action groups (governments, private companies, NGOs, families and people in general) committed to their environment.
We have covered part of the Argentine Patagonia, and we need from YOU so as to be able to reach most of Argentine towns (large and small ones) so as to lead our Passport-Booklet (HOLIDAYS WITH NO FOOTPRINT © to be implemented in the tourist towns committed to caring for the environment, as well as to spread good examples related to Sustainable Tourism.
“YOU MAY SAY I’M A DREAMER, BUT I’M NOT THE ONLY ONE, I HOPE ONE DAY YOU JOIN US AND THE WORLD WILL LIVE AS ONE”
Our Recognitions for your support:
- Your name will be written in the 2 flags of Iniciativa Imagine we take during the whole trip.
· You will be mentioned in a personal dedication in our web section “Buena Onda”; read about it in Spanish at http://www.iniciativaimagine.com/tu-buena-onda-vale.html
- You will be included in our monthly Imagine Newsletter; check the former newsletters in Spanish at http://www.iniciativaimagine.com/boletin-imagine.html
- Your name will be published in the home page of our website and social networks.
- You will have the chance to be our “Sustainable Emabassador”, writing an article for our web section “Cronista Itinerante”. You can write about the work you are doing in terms of environmental protection, as well as local attractions in your town, its historical background and anything you would like to tell other sustainable travellers.
Our Sustainable Rewards:
Note that all the rewards are offered in digital format so as to avoid excessive printing and CO2 release from shipping. We believe you will understand our commitment to choosing Sustainable Rewards.
- “Eye-resting Images”: a set of 10 high quality pictures for your screensaver. It’s a looking window to our Argentina for you to relax your pupils at your office, ease home concerns, clear your daily thoughts and take a glimpse of the wonders you can find in our country;
- VISAS: Spiritual, Urban, Historic, Natural and a “Bonus” VISA. VISAS are folding printable booklets that will let you travel with us in an original way, getting to know the idiosyncrasies and interesting facts we learnt about our country;
- Digital Thematic Calendars: calendars with 12 high quality pictures, designed with the same themes as the VISAS.
Reunions:
Supporting us financially or spreading our idea means having our first encounter. The reunion involves our visiting you to tell you about our travel experiences, organize a sustainable event and spend time learning about you and your town.
En caso de no recaudar el 100% de nuestro objetivo económico haremos lo siguiente:
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Con el 10%
You will help us afford our web site hosting and updating, and reach the towns in northern Argentine Patagonia (Neuquen and La Pampa)
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Con el 25%
With your support we will equip ourselves to continue our trip and cover the travelling expenses to reach the towns in the Cuyo region of Argentina (Mendoza, San Luis, San Juan y La Rioja)
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Con el 50%
You will allow us to equip ourselves better and cover the travelling expenses to reach the towns in the Northern Argentine provinces (Catamarca, Santiago del Estero, Tucuman, Salta and Jujuy)
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Con el 75%
Thanks to your efforts, we will be able to cover the travelling expenses to reach the towns in the Argentine Littoral (Formosa, Chaco, Corrientes, Misiones y Entre Rios)
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