Activity in Australia in particular has expanded since the mid-1990s and today there are over 16,000 new annual memberships, purchased largely by international travellers to Australia. Yet involving little ideas and critical analysis has been undertaken on WWOOFing by scholars in relation to tourism.
WWOOF offers individuals the opportunity to exchange half a day of their labour on an organically oriented farm, for food and accommodation which is provided by a registered WWOOF host. Host properties conform to varying degrees with criteria established by a national (or regional) WWOOF organisation, generally by being involved in organics in some way, such as by “growing or producing organic products”. The term ‘organics’ indicates chemical-free or ‘natural’ forms of agriculture and WWOOF's core aims and values since its inception is derived from involvement in and support of the broader and now fast growing movement concerned with organic food and fibre production. Strength that aims is the movement's original premise that organic techniques are more sustainable for people and nature than those centered around or reliant upon synthetic chemicals for fertilizing and pest control, given their well understood ecosystem impacts. In addition, WWOOF hosts are frequently involved in local ‘earth repair’ or ‘landcare’ projects that seek to repair damaged natural landscapes for the benefit of local biodiversity, again with the aim of improving the sustainability of people on the planet.
WWOOF a related accepts and promotes the view that it is, and it increasingly will be through the significant inputs of human labour, good design and the application of sound practical knowledge, that sustainable agricultural production and consumption are to be achieved. This is because a triple-bottom-line understanding is required in evaluating any consideration of sustainability, while conventional, reductionist single bottom line approaches to food production involving the application of synthetic chemicals (and increasingly genetically engineered crops) by definition, receive from a example that is promoted for and maintained by economic self-interest and capital accumulation, rather than a holistic evaluation of sustainability focused upon human and non-human well-being.
Whether or not the WWOOF is accepted or embraced, the increasingly significant numbers of tourists that WWOOF encounters are sometimes personally transformed by the aims and practices of hosts. As such this should make a close focus upon WWOOFing an area ripe for research in the beginning field of sustainable tourism. Indeed, given its educative orientation, its role in assisting people and its frugality in terms of tourism infrastructure, WWOOFing has been described as the perfect form of low impact, ethical/ altruistic, sustainable and/or responsible tourism by some observers. Significantly, it has also been described in the Scientific American (Earth) Magazine as an exemplary success in fostering practical sustainability.
Activity in Australia in particular has expanded since the mid-1990s and today there are over 16,000 new annual memberships, purchased largely by international travellers to Australia. Yet involving little ideas and critical analysis has been undertaken on WWOOFing by scholars in relation to tourism.WWOOF offers individuals the opportunity to exchange half a day of their labour on an organically oriented farm, for food and accommodation which is provided by a registered WWOOF host. Host properties conform to varying degrees with criteria established by a national (or regional) WWOOF organisation, generally by being involved in organics in some way, such as by “growing or producing organic products”. The term ‘organics’ indicates chemical-free or ‘natural’ forms of agriculture and WWOOF's core aims and values since its inception is derived from involvement in and support of the broader and now fast growing movement concerned with organic food and fibre production. Strength that aims is the movement's original premise that organic techniques are more sustainable for people and nature than those centered around or reliant upon synthetic chemicals for fertilizing and pest control, given their well understood ecosystem impacts. In addition, WWOOF hosts are frequently involved in local ‘earth repair’ or ‘landcare’ projects that seek to repair damaged natural landscapes for the benefit of local biodiversity, again with the aim of improving the sustainability of people on the planet.WWOOF a related accepts and promotes the view that it is, and it increasingly will be through the significant inputs of human labour, good design and the application of sound practical knowledge, that sustainable agricultural production and consumption are to be achieved. This is because a triple-bottom-line understanding is required in evaluating any consideration of sustainability, while conventional, reductionist single bottom line approaches to food production involving the application of synthetic chemicals (and increasingly genetically engineered crops) by definition, receive from a example that is promoted for and maintained by economic self-interest and capital accumulation, rather than a holistic evaluation of sustainability focused upon human and non-human well-being.Whether or not the WWOOF is accepted or embraced, the increasingly significant numbers of tourists that WWOOF encounters are sometimes personally transformed by the aims and practices of hosts. As such this should make a close focus upon WWOOFing an area ripe for research in the beginning field of sustainable tourism. Indeed, given its educative orientation, its role in assisting people and its frugality in terms of tourism infrastructure, WWOOFing has been described as the perfect form of low impact, ethical/ altruistic, sustainable and/or responsible tourism by some observers. Significantly, it has also been described in the Scientific American (Earth) Magazine as an exemplary success in fostering practical sustainability.
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