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During the period 2024-2025, twenty-seven Eco Awards reports were finalised. The levels of the awards achieved this year, following sustainability assessments, were extraordinarily high – ranging between Four-, Five- and Five Green Flowers! Thanks to all the members of our Review Committee, who had contributed to the finalisation of these reports.
The 2025 Conservation and the Environment in Namibia magazine has been published, in both hard and e-copy. Hard copies can be collected from the NCE offices in Windhoek: 14 Mozart Street, Windhoek West. The e-version is available on the Conservation Namibia website here: https://conservationnamibia.com/articles/.
Course Length: Nine weeks
Date: 30 September 2025 - 24 November 2025
Delivery Mode: Online
Instruction: Facilitator-led Short Course
Registration Due Date: 01 July 2025
Total Fees: N$ 3701 - 00
To register please click this link: https://forms.gle/TtgGeM8XCL9hbXwp6 and fill in the registration form.
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Bank: First National Bank Windhoek
Branch Code: 281872
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Please do not forget to provide your Reference that includes your surname and FA24-5025.
For example, if your surname is Angula, your reference will read as follows: Reference: Angula FA24-5025
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Individuals with a passion for environmentally sustainable practices.
No formal qualification required, however, experience in tourism will be an advantage to applicants.
The current global and national trends in tourism emphasize sustainable practices at destinations as part of building tourism destination resilience. This short course is developed to enable participants to acquire knowledge and skills on how to manage operations in an environmentally sustainable manner.
Ms. Mary Ellen Kimaro, Tel: 0812443188 | Email: SCCESTM@unam.edu.na
Ms. Hazel Milne, Tel: 0811285105 | Email: admin@ecoawards-namibia.org
Mr. Jona Heita, Tel: 0814462798 | Email: jheita@unam.na
Course Length: Nine weeks
Date: 20 January 2025 - 25 March 2025
Delivery Mode: Online
Instruction: Facilitator-led Short Course
Registration Due Date: 18 November 2024 - 06 December 2024
Investment: N$ 3701 - 00
Managers and supervisors in tourism and other operations.
Experience in tourism and hospitality management and/or an interest in sustainable tourism
management.
The current global trends in tourism emphasize sustainable practices at destinations as part of contributing to building tourism destination resilience. As a precondition for success, all stakeholders need to be involved and benefit from tourism by considering the environment, residents/hosts, tourist travellers, and the local community at their tourism destination.
This professional development course is developed to enable tourism and non-tourism operators to acquire knowledge and skills on how to manage tourism and non-tourism establishments (or organisations) in an environmentally sustainable manner.
The course will support participants to appreciate and implement context-based best practices in Namibia as a tourism destination and beyond.
Ms. Mary Ellen Kimaro, Tel: 0812443188 | Email: SCCESTM@unam.edu.na
Ms. Hazel Milne, Tel: 0811285105 | Email: admin@ecoawards-namibia.org
Mr. Jona Heita, Tel: 0814642798| Email: jheita@unam.na
Sustainable tourism in Namibia is being celebrated once again!
14 Sustainable Tourism Awards Certificates were handed over during the recent Travel Namibia Festival at Droombos in Windhoek. The theme of the event was Conscious Travel, which tied in perfectly with the establishments being awarded for their efforts in Sustainable Tourism.
The levels of the awards achieved this year, following sustainability assessments, were extraordinarily high – ranging between Four-, Five- and Five Green Flowers!
Twenty-two certificates were awarded at the Tourism Expo held in November. Eight of these were for the highest award catgory: the Five Green Flowers category gives special recognition to establishments who scored 5 flowers overall, and in addition, scored 90% or more for the environmental criteria sections i.e. Water, Energy, Waste Management and Conservation.
Eco Awards recipients were awarded their certificates in June 2019 at the Hospitality Association of Namibia event.
From left to right: Stephanie Mohrmann (Ongava and Okonjima); Dominic Duraan (Journeys – Fish River Lodge); Bettina Frank-Schultz (Gondwana Kalahari Farmhouse); Hazel Milne (Eco Awards Namibia); Jack Chakanga (Wilderness Safaris – Skeleton Coast Hoanib Camp); Granville Maasdorp and Robin Donenburg (Am Weinberg Boutique Hotel); Jason Nott (//Huab under Canvas – Ultimate Safaris); Conny Berg (Pack Safari).
Photo: Lara Potma of Pack Safari, and Jason Nangolo representing Wolwedans.
The winners of the 2019 Responsible Tourism Awards (RTA) were announced at the Namibia Tourism Expo yesterday.
In the category for accommodation establishments Wolwedans Collection (Dune Camp) walked away as the winner while the runners-up were Wilderness Safaris Desert Rhino Camp and Gondwana Kalahari Anib Lodge.
Wolwedans Dune Camp provides the perfect base from which to explore vast stretches of pristine nature where guests can encounter small and large desert dwellers, intriguing flora and fascinating geology. The charm of the camp lies in its tranquil, intimate atmosphere, capturing the romance of a bygone era. During its most recent sustainability assessment by Eco Awards Namibia, Wolwedans Dune Camp scored very well – achieving full marks in the sections for Management, Conservation, Energy and Guiding – over 90% overall.
In the category for tour operators the winner was Pack Safari while the runners-up were Sense of Africa (Tourvest) and Wild Dog Safaris. Pack Safari is an established, reputable Namibian inbound tour operator with extensive experience and broad knowledge of Southern Africa. Pack Safari designs superior tours, incorporating the most inspirational places, nature and cultures that Southern Africa has to offer. Although Namibia is the heart of their operation, their expertise and passion extends past Namibia’s borders, into South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana. The combination of their love for places and people, and their keen dedication to unsurpassed service, ensures that each tour is unique and extraordinary. During the recent sustainability assessment by Eco Awards Namibia, Pack Safari achieved an excellent score against internationally benchmarked criteria.
The Responsible Tourism Awards, initiated by Namibia Media Holdings (NMH), aim to acknowledge and reward tourism operators in accommodation establishments who practise ecotourism in their operations as well as those who invest in the communities where they operate. The awards are linked to the Namibia Tourism Expo, an annual event which brings together tourism operators from Namibia and neighbouring countries to network and market their products and services.
Text from https://www.namibiansun.com/news/rta-winners-announced-2019-06-05
Namibia Media Holdings (NMH) on the 1st of March Friday announced the finalists for the 2019 Responsible Tourism Awards (RTA) which showcase some of Namibia's top tourism establishments and operators.
The awards aim to acknowledge and reward tourism businesses who practice ecotourism in their operations as well as those who invest in the communities where they operate. The finalists all achieved top marks in the most recent Eco-Awards Assessments, especially in their waste management and recycling scores. The awards are divided into two categories, namely Accommodation Establishments and Tour Operators. The three accommodation establishment finalists are, in random order, Wolwedans Collection's Dune Camp, Wilderness Safaris' Desert Rhino Camp and the Gondwana Kalahari Anib Lodge. Pack Safari, Sense of Africa (Tourvest) and Wild Dog Safaris are the three finalists for the RTA's Tour Operator category.
The awards, initiated by NMH and assisted by Eco-Awards Namibia, are linked to the Namibia Tourism Expo (NTE), an annual event which brings together tourism operators from Namibia and neighboring countries to network and market their products and services. The RTA winners of each category will be selected during a more complex assessment process focusing on the theme of this year's NTE, namely Recycling – Think Sustainability.
The winners will be announced at the official opening of the Namibia Tourism Expo that will take place at the Windhoek show grounds on 5 June 2019.
Text from https://www.eif.org.na/post/nmh-announces-2019-rta-finalists
Photos by (top) Wiebke Schmidt; (bottom) Tanja Bause
During 2018, the Management Committee of Eco Awards Namibia discussed the fact that there were already over 30 Tourism Establishments which had achieved the 5 Flower Award. Following the latest criteria update, we realised that it became possible to achieve 5 flowers by doing well in criteria sections across the board, without excelling in the environmental criteria sections.
We decided that we want to give special recognition to those establishments, which, on top of achieving an overall 5 Flower award, also excel in the environmental criteria sections, namely Energy, Water, Conservation and Waste Management. The Green Five Flower Award was thus created and is only being awarded to Tourism Establishments that achieve 90% or more average in the combined 4 Environmental Criteria Sections.
The first Green 5 Flower Certificates were awarded in June 2018, to four Wolwedans establishments: Boulders Safari Camp, Dune Camp, Dunes Lodge, Private Camp.