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Sustainable Tourism – New Addition

gmist — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:22:35 +0000

GMIST would like to extend a welcome to its newest facilitator Carl Duivenvoorden who is a speaker, writer and environmental consultant. Carl will be working with GMIST to help grow and develop our sustainable tourism programs.

Carl Duivenvoorden was raised on a dairy farm in northern New Brunswick, and attended the NS Agricultural College. His diverse career has taken him to over 25 countries, from New Zealand to Vietnam to Brazil.

In 2006, he read “An Inconvenient Truth”, the book that catapulted climate change to the top of the global agenda. In April 2007, he became one of the first Canadians to be personally trained by Al Gore. Since then, he has presented “An Inconvenient Truth” in English and French over 250 times to more than 35,000 people across Atlantic Canada and in the US.

Formerly with Efficiency New Brunswick, Carl now makes his living as a speaker, writer and consultant, helping people and organizations learn how they can save money, energy and our environment. He also writes a biweekly column, Green Ideas, in the NB Telegraph Journal and three NB weeklies.

He looks forward to sharing his passion with you.

Carl has recently been selected as one of only 22 Global leaders to present as part of Al Gore’s 24 Hours of Reality. He will be presenting to participants in Ilulissat Greenland.

Celes Davar – A facilitator for Edge of the Wedge

gmist — Mon, 04 May 2009 10:07:11 +0000

Celes Davar owns and operates Earth Rhythms, Inc. His company is located on the south boundary of Riding Mountain National Park in southern Manitoba. Celes specializes in delivering a variety of year-round experiences that involve bringing guests face to face with chefs, artists, musicians, aboriginal teachers, yoga practitioners, guides, naturalists, agricultural producers, and many other remarkable people. Each experience is customized to fit each individual traveler or group. The key benefits for this type of sustainable tourism business is that guests are more directly engaged, tourism is approached as a partnered community business venture, and the quality of guest experiences is enhanced. In particular, Celes is passionate about integrating art, culture, nature, and cuisine into customized “experiences that are diverse and enriching”. He has developed a remarkable partnership with over 50 local people in rural Manitoba as an award-winning Canadian “experience broker”. Coaching and mentoring the development of these partnerships with local people have helped make these customized experiences possible. He is excited to share the importance and value of creating partnerships and creative development of rich experiences as viable sustainable tourism opportunities within your own community.

Celes Davar - Facilitator for the Edge of the Wedge

Nancy Arsenault – A facilitator for Edge of the Wedge

gmist — Mon, 04 May 2009 09:23:53 +0000

Nancy Arsenault loves everything about the tourism industry, the people, the places, and the passionate people that make Canada a great place to visit. An enthusiastic believer in the power of experiences to transform businesses, travelers and training environments Nancy’s expertise centralizes around product and market development, planning and evaluation, marketing, and the customer experience. Described as the Rubix Cube gal, Nancy’s company – Arsenault Project Solutions – is about moving concepts to reality. A strategic planner, business and product/market developer, Nancy loves working with people who love to innovate, push the envelope, try new things, create, and sustain new business opportunities. A strong proponent of national heritage, the protection and preservation of special places, team-based approaches to learning and capacity building, Nancy brings her 25+ years of domestic and international experiences as an educator, operator, and researcher to ‘the Edge’ to ensure that that your journey will be memorable, transformative and fun, but also grounded is solid business practice. One of three facilitators for the Edge of the Wedge training team, Nancy beams with pride when she learns how the 500 individuals, businesses and communities who have attended ‘the Edge’ program are doing, including the awards being won by those who have elected to incorporate experiential travel in the foundation of their business and/or destination.

Nancy Arsenault - facilitator of the Edge of the Wedge