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1 International Symposium on Sustainable Tourism Development CONTENT: Who am I? 17th 19th March 2009 Expected questions My own questions Answers Contact info: Torbjörn Lahti sustainable sweden association

2 Who am I? Former Project Leader in Övertorneå (Eco-Municipaity 1.0) and Robertsfors (Eco-Municipality 5.0) Sustainable Sweden Association Chairman Senior advisor The Natural Step Esam AB Founder

3 Övertorneå Eco-municipality 1.0

4 The success of Övertorneå 1980 s people movement village development eco-municipality organic farming health center eco-tourism ecological housing areas 200 new companies

5 Robertsfors Sweden Eco-municipality 5.0

6 Eco-Municipality 5.0 CONTENTS: Visionary process back-casting System view with SC and fundamental needs Democracy and participation Horizontal integrations building bridges Vertical integrations working at each level networks Process Leadership and ongoing learning Building platforms

7 Building platforms Doing Good examples Planning Learning Management tools eg. Sustainable Development Plan Capacity centre

8 Stockholm Sweden

9 Morbegno Italy

10 Machakos Kenya

11 Kaneyama Japan

12 Chequamegon Bay WI

13 Madison WI

14 Whistler Canada

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16 Expected questions What are the best tools to maximize social benefits from tourism development at a destination in the context of sustainability? How does the community need to organize itself to maximize benefits from tourism? What might be the enablers to strike a balance between tourism development and benefits realised for residents? Outline the lessons learnt for other destinations

17 My own questions What do we mean by sustainable development?

18 We need Rules for the SD game! Copyright 2004 The Natural Step

19 In a sustainable And in that society, society... nature is not subject to systematically increasing......concentrations people are not subject...degradatio of substances to conditions that n by systematically extracted physical undermine produced from by means their earths capacity society crust to meet their needs

20 The Four System Conditions In the sustainable society, nature is not subject to systematically increasing concentrations of substances extracted from the earth s crust concentrations of substances produced by society degradations by physical means. and in that society people are not subject to conditions that systematically undermine their capacity to meet their needs.

21 My own questions What do we mean by sustainable development? How do we transform the world to become sustainable?

22 The compass towards the sustainable society D action program C vision A definition back-casting B inventory

23 How to change the world? CONSUMER PRODUCER COMMUNICATOR THE HOUSE HOLD THE COMPANY THE LOCAL SOCIETY THE MUNICIPALITY THE REGION THE STATE THE EU THE GLOBAL SOCIETY

24 International networks of regions and municipals Networks Eco-municip. Loc.networks Networks Regions The World The Nation The Region COMP. The Community The Organization NGO COMP. SCHOOL

25 My own questions What do we mean by sustainable development? How do we transform the world to become sustainable? Does tourism have a place in a sustainable world? If so, how does it look like?

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31 My own questions What do we mean by sustainable development? How do we transform the world to become sustainable? Does tourism have a place in a sustainable world? If so, how does it look like? Can tourism play a role in the change process into a sustainable world?

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33 What are the best tools to maximize social benefits from tourism development at a destination in the context of sustainability? Start up a sustainable community process, Create a sustainable image of the community Engage the Tourism Business - create networks Identify and create good examples of sustainable tourism Education in systemview and sustainable thinking Sustainable Tourism Plan Sustainable Tourism Trademark

34 How does the community need to organize itself to maximize benefits from tourism? Sustainable organization or project- umbrella for everyone Shared sustainable rules based on systemview - education A shared sustainable vision A sustainable community development plan Endorsement and engagement from the municipality Find the firesouls - realese the doers Learning-planning-doing

35 What might be the enablers to strike a balance between tourism development and benefits realised for residents? The Tourism Business must understand Sust. Dev. Education, tourism business and the community Mutual work between the tourism business and the community - shared vision and program Make use of local people and resources in tourism, eg food Share the facilities Local decision-making in the tourism business

36 Åkullsjö Village

37 Åkullsjö Environmental School

38 Lessons learnt for other destinations Sustainable Tourism needs a sustainable community Tourism can play an important role in a sustainable community Mutual sustainable trademark tourism and community Education in sust.dev. - learn the rules! Global thinking important Sustainable good examples can be anything Learning - planning - doing

39 Housing areas in Hällefors Millesparken Mästarnas Park Polstjärnan Staircases: Byron Hulsart She s listening to the earth Eric Grate The wild Anna Molander The searcher Anna Molander The polstar Lenny Clarhäll Dragon Ann-Sofi Färeal

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43 Hällefors Eco-municipality House of Design

44 Hällefors Eco-municipality House of Culinary Art

45 Welcome to the next Sustainable Sweden Tour! August The sustainable community - rich and dematerialized Contact info: Torbjörn Lahti torbjorn@sustainablesweden.org sustainable sweden association

46 Thanks for listening! Contact info: Torbjörn Lahti sustainable sweden association

47 The Funnel Declining resourses SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY The margin for action narrows SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Increasing demands SUSTAINABLE DEMAND The present The future

48 Eco municipalities in the world Sekom - 76 municip. Suomussalmi Övertorneå Canada/ USA Baltic sea EU Asia Japan South Amerika Africa Rio Summit 92 NZ Sustainable Sweden Tour

49 International Symposium on CONTENT: Who am I? Sustainable Tourism Development 17th 19th March 2009 Expected questions My own questions Answers Contact info: Torbjörn Lahti sustainable sweden association

50 My own questions What do we mean by sustainable development? How do we transform the world to become sustainable? Does tourism have a place in a sustainable world? If so, how does it look like? Can tourism play a role in the change process into a sustainable world?

51 The Four System Conditions In the sustainable society, nature is not subject to systematically increasing concentrations of substances extracted from the earth s crust concentrations of substances produced by society degradations by physical means. and in that society people are not subject to conditions that systematically undermine their capacity to meet their needs.

52 The compass towards the sustainable society D action program C vision A definition back-casting B inventory

53 How to change the world? CONSUMER PRODUCER COMMUNICATOR THE HOUSE HOLD THE COMPANY THE LOCAL SOCIETY THE MUNICIPALITY THE REGION THE STATE THE EU THE GLOBAL SOCIETY

54 International networks of regions and municipals Networks Eco-municip. Loc.networks Networks Regions The World The Nation The Region COMP. The Community The Organization NGO COMP. SCHOOL

55 What are the best tools to maximize social benefits from tourism development at a destination in the context of sustainability? Start up a sustainable community process, Create a sustainable image of the community Engage the Tourism Business - create network Identify and create good examples of sustainable tourism Education in systemview and sustainable thinking Sustainable Tourism Plan Sustainable Tourism Trademark

56 How does the community need to organize itself to maximize benefits from tourism? Sustainable organization or project- umbrella for everyone Shared sustainable rules based on systemview - education Shared sustainable vision Sustainable community development plan Endorsement and engagement from the municipality Find the firesouls - realese the doers Learning-planning-doing

57 What might be the enablers to strike a balance between tourism development and benefits realised for residents? Mutual work between the tourism business and the community - shared vision and program Make use of local people and resources in tourism, eg foo Local decision-making in the tourism business Education

58 Lessons learnt for other destinations Sustainable Tourism needs a sustainable community Tourism can play an important role for a sustainable community Mutual sustainable trademark tourism and community Education - a key-word Global thinking important Sustainable good examples can be anything Learning by planning and doing Planning by doing and learning Doing by learning and planning

59 The Funnel Declining resourses SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY The margin for action narrows SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Increasing demands SUSTAINABLE DEMAND The present The future

60 Hällefors Eco-municipality House of Design

61 Hällefors Eco-municipality House of Culinary Art

62 Welcome to the next Sustainable Sweden Tour! August Contact info: Torbjörn Lahti sustainable sweden association

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