Protecting our environmental resources and promoting social justice
Post from the past. As the County prepares to allow more winery events and cannabis tourism we have to ask, “who are you working for?” Tourism is only 6.5% of our total economy (2021 Economic Development Report). Opinion: The Press Democrat recently reported that more people are leaving Sonoma County than moving in. We have …
We Are Paying the Price: 5 Stages: “Tourism’s Faustian Deal” Read More »
WWW published this in 2015, still just as relevant if you add cannabis and that industry’s rush to have events county wide. Note the Economic Development Board facts: Tourism is 6.5% of Sonoma County’s GDP so why all the preference? Big Wine & Binge Tourism Cost You: Groundwater depletion Drinking water quality polluted with chemical …
Post from the past. Will we take this opportunity to develop an economic system that benefits all and not just the wealthy investors? Tourism based economies, first to go in downturn, last to recover. Opinion: The Press Democrat recently reported that more people are leaving Sonoma County than moving in. Crumbling roads, traffic congestion, unaffordable …
5 Stages: “Tourism’s Faustian Deal” – George Caloyannidis: NAPA Vision 2050 Read More »
Opinion: The Press Democrat recently reported that more people are leaving Sonoma County than moving in. Crumbling roads, traffic congestion, unaffordable housing, homelessness, firestorms. Our quality of life is disappearing to accommodate the wine/tourism industry and the investor class. The Supervisors want to expand the airport to allow private jets and more tourism. The …
5 Stages: “Tourism’s Faustian Deal” – George Caloyannidis: NAPA Vision 2050 Read More »
Big Wine & Binge Tourism Cost You: Groundwater depletion Drinking water quality polluted with chemical runoff Lack of diversity & monoculture-ask the Irish Deforestation for the land rush-say NO to coastal pinot Wildlife corridors fenced off, habitat diminished for animals. Wineries have more rights than we do-look at Supervisor approvals Millions of pounds of …
Fred Allebach 4/15/16 “Tourism can only be sustainable if it is carefully managed so that potential negative effects on the host community and the environment are not permitted to outweigh the financial benefits.” http://traveltips.usatoday.com/positive-negative-effects-tourism-63336.html Pretty much in Sonoma all we have heard about are tourism’s benefits. Boosters and government like the wine-tourism-hospitality combine …
Fred Allebach on the wine-tourism-hospitality costs Read More »