SUSPIRO 

Sustainable Surf Tourism Solutions

SUSPIRO

Sustainable surf Tourism Solutions for Coastal Communities

SUSPIRO's sustainable surf tourism model offers an innovative approach to community-led alternatives to development and coastal management in surf tourism destinations.

Employing an inclusive, community-driven and assets-based methodology, SUSPIRO works with local people to strengthen social and ecological wellbeing, fortify local economies, prevent overdevelopment, subvert neocolonial power dynamics, co-create sustainable community projects
and develop locally self-determined management frameworks by facilitating dialogue and action across social sectors.

In affiliation with the Community Economies Research Network, SUSPIRO offers the first comprehensive process for implementing locally determined sustainability practices, strengthening alternatives to development in surfing destinations, and centering local community members' perspectives and objectives on conservation and sustainability in the places they call home.

You can read more about the process, analysis and results of this work here.

To learn more or contribute to SUSPIRO's work, contact Tara today.