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W<\/span>e love a trailblazer, and the Burren Ecotourism Network has been leading the way for more than a decade when it comes to sustainability, pioneering ecotourism principles in Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Green Light award set out to celebrate a business, destination or initiative for its contribution to sustainable tourism. Its efforts will have \u201chelped make Ireland a greener destination and provided an inspirational example,\u201d we said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s a perfect winner. Made up of 62 tourism enterprises, from cheesemongers to carbon-neutral hotels, the Burren Ecotourism Network<\/a> works to conserve the area through training, initiatives and a code of sustainable practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tally of projects under its belt is impressive. Members spearhead projects like community clean-ups, and each business gives out Burren Bags \u2014 tote bags that can be filled with rubbish found when guests are out exploring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Businesses can adopt hedgerows and undergo biodiversity training, and they also support the Burren Pine Project, which aims to restore Ireland\u2019s only native pine species, previously believed to have been extinct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it\u2019s not just sustainability projects. In May 2020, the network launched a visitor voucher that could be spent among any of the members, and it also held two festivals completely virtually during the pandemic \u2014 the Burren Food Fayre and Burren Slow Food Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe joined about nine years ago,\u201d said \u00c1ine Martin, Green Team Leader at Hotel Doolin, which was Ireland\u2019s first hotel to become carbon neutral<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s very beneficial to us. Part of the ethos of the network is to promote other businesses in the community, and there are lots we wouldn\u2019t know about unless they were members.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The world has taken notice too. In 2020, Lonely Planet named it <\/a>one of the world\u2019s Best Community Tourism Projects and \u201ca global leader for sustainable tourism\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is an excerpt from an article by Nicola Brady, originally published by Independent.ie<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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