We are pleased to announce that the Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology have won a Green Island Tourism Award for our work at the Underwater Archaeology Centre in 2007.
The Underwater Archaeology Centre has achieved a Silver Green Island Tourism Award for the last two years in 2005 and 2006.
What are the Green Island Awards?
The Green Island Awards are organised by Green Island Tourism. The Awards are based on an accumulative points system that is translated into a percentage score and finally an award standard. There are over 100 prescribed measures that carry a points allocation dependant on their respective ecological value, only measures that are applicable to the specific site are included in the scoring.
What does our Silver Award mean?
Silver is the intermediate sustainable tourism certificate and indicates good levels of environmental management across all aspects of their business with a sound commitment to continual improvement. A typical Silver Award winner will have implemented a range of environmental management measures although is yet to achieve a fully integrated programme that addresses almost all of the environmental impacts of their business. For example a range of energy reduction measures are in place although they do not cover all aspects or there is a certain level of local products sourced but not a full range. Each business' full Green Island performance is outlined in detail within their respective pages on this site. Silver standard businesses must score 70-84% in their Green Island grading.
Find out more:
Visit the Green Island Tourism Website www.greenislandtourism.org