Interview Preview: Danielle Weiss – Latin America Fan And Sustainable Travel Expert
Sustainable travel has been an issue I have been interested in for a while now and through G.A.P Adventures, the sponsor of the grand prize for our soon to be launched Travel Story Contest, I was able to learn more about the topic of sustainable tourism.
Danielle Weiss, a former tour leader for G.A.P, is now the company’s Sustainable Tourism Coordinator. While I was quizzing Danielle about sustainable travel issues of course I asked her a bit about herself and her connection to the adventure and eco-travel industry. As she started to tell me more about her background, I realized that I had a very interesting person right there in front of me, who has lived, worked, studied and volunteered in a number of foreign countries. Needless to say, I needed to find out more about Danielle and her background.
Danielle completed a degree in environmental studies at the University of Waterloo and during her college years she traveled to Guatemala and Costa Rica. In her 3rd year of studies she went to Ecuador for two semesters. During the first semester she worked on academic...