THE POWER TO CHANGE THE WORLD. With $7 trillion in revenues expected this year, the travel industry has that kind of muscle—and with it, a responsibility to give back. Just imagine: If every travel company decided to go green, to support local schools, and to invest in clean water, what a difference they could make.

Attention: Enter our Second World Savers Contest and Win!

This year, we have broadened our thirteenth annual ecotourism awards to include international hotel chains and to recognize outstanding initiatives in five areas: education, health, poverty relief, cultural and environmental preservation, and wildlife conservation. The hotels, tour operators, and destinations on these pages are the best of this year's 71 applicants. They have been scrutinized by our editors and judged by a panel of experts, who rated each on its environmental initiatives and community work. The next page reveals our overall winners and their scores, and those that follow highlight commendable programs being carried out by these pioneers. Think about them the next time you book a trip. You too, through your travel decisions, can help change the world.

THE JUDGES
Adam Aron, Chairman and CEO, World Leisure Partners (former chairman and CEO of Vail Resorts)
Ralf Buckley, Professor and Director, International Centre for Ecotourism Research, Griffith University, Australia
Mark Conroy, President, Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Louis D'Amore, Founder and President, International Institute of Peace Through Tourism
Marcia Gay Harden, Environmentalist, Oscar-winning actress
Martha Honey, Executive Director, Center on Ecotourism and Sustainable Development
Sven Lindblad, President and CEO, Lindblad Expeditions
Ron Mader, Director, Planeta.com
Nell Newman, Co-Founder and President, Newman's Own Organics
Shannon Stowell, President, Adventure Travel Trade Association