Day12.com
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more than footprints?
A 40,075km, low-carbon, Round-the-World trip to find out how local people feel about tourism, how we can make our journeys more sustainable and make a positive contribution to those places we visit.
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| more than footprints | the journey | buy a km! | get involved | suggestions box |
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...change the way you travel.
What has backpacking become since the first Intrepids hit the overland trail to Australia in the 60s? Is backpacking really greener that mass tourism? And does the old adage 'Take only photographs, leave only footprints' still apply when your Thai taxi driver has an iPhone and your Goan waiter has a Facebook profile?
In 2009 The Day12 Project is organising conferences in universities from London to Sydney, speaking to NGOs, local media and, most importantly, local people to find out what we as travellers can do to make our journeys more sustainable. You can follow More than footprints? here at Day12.com and we'll be publishing the results in the Day12 Magazine following the journey. On the next few pages you'll find everything you need to know about our plans and how YOU can get involved. Many websites give advice on sustainable tourism but what do those people who LIVE along the backpacker trail have to say about it? With YOUR help, we're going to find out.
Latest 22/12/08
Happy christmas to all of you who've supported the day12 project over the last 12 months. We've got a special announcement about a major boost to the project come the new year but for now, your latest donation has taken us well past the German border and we're on our way to Berlin so enjoy the holidays, many thanks to everyone who's bought a kilometre so far and see you in January.
Martin |
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The Day12 Project
Making the tourism industry work for local people,
not just the other way round
Buy a Kilometre for a £!
or join our sponsors
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every year 200,000 British students take a gap- year from university
120,000 British backpackers visit Australia every year
A 'Round-the-World' traveller spends, on average, US$12,000 on their trip
Backpacking has grown far beyond its 'hippy trail' origins

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| The Conferences |
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This trip is not about getting off the beaten track. it's about speaking to local people along the tourist trail and finding out how they feel we can travel more sustainably. At major destinations along our route we're organising conferences with the help of local universities to find out what impact, both positive and negative, we have as travellers. We'll be working with local media and ngos and asking local people to voice their concerns about tourism. |
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Are you studying or teaching at a university somewhere along the route? Do you work for a local newspaper, radio or TV station? Do you LIVE anywhere near a popular tourist destination? We want to hear your views! Please contact us at morethanfootprints@day12.com |
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| The Day12 Project? |
| Day12.com gives backpackers the chance to communicate in an environment that isn't informed by the sale of guidebooks, and has a strong social and environmental agenda. Our writers and photographers are travellers who submit their work to us through the site, so have a look at guide for contributors and give the benefit of your experience to those following in your footsteps. |
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Contact us:
morethanfootprints@day12.com |
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The journey so far... |
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501kms |
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which will get us as far as... |
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Dusseldorf, Germany! |
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(Next stop Berlin...) |
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These people OWN kilometres! |
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Joe Wiersma owns 10kms |
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from London, England |
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Greg Stevenson owns 60kms |
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from Cambridge, England |
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Abdulaziz Althanayan owns 50kms |
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from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
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Juan Pablo Alcalde owns 5kms |
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from Santiago, Chile |
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Annamaria Spalvieri owns 10kms |
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from Ascolipecelo, Italy |
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Daniel Einloft owns 10kms |
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from Gleisweiler, Germany |
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Nam Kyu Kim owns 10kms |
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from Seoul, Korea |
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Amanda Edmonds owns 30kms |
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from Bideford, England |
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Anne Lainault owns 10kms |
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from Berlin, Germany |
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Aymeric de Perthuis owns 10kms |
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from Paris, France |
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...who else owns kms? |
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