2024 Judging Board
We recruited six expert judges – including university professors, entrepreneurs, and award-winning journalists and authors – to help review and investigate entries to the Green List. Find out more about them below…
Lebawit Lily-Girma
Award-winning travel journalist
Andy Dosmann
Associate Professir at Minerva University, San Francisco
Ketti Wilhelm
Wanderlust Sustainability Editor at Large
George Kipouros
Wanderlust Editor in Chief
John Telfer
Consultant and chair of Explore Foundation
Jeremy Smith
Co-founder, Toursim Declares a Climate Emergency
Lyn Hughes
Wanderlust Founding Editor
Christina Beckmann
Head of Tomorrow's Air at Adventure Travel Trade Association
Lee Mylne
Author of Sustainable Travel for Dummies
2024 Judge
Ketti Wilhelm
Wanderlust Sustainability Editor at Large
Ketti is Wanderlust’s Sustainability Editor at Large
2024 Judge
Andy Dosmann
Associate Professir at Minerva University, San Francisco
Andy Dosmann is an Associate Professor and leads Sustainability Programming at Minerva University, where students from 100+ nations travel to seven global cities during their undergraduate education. He also founded StayVerde, a sustainable travel software company that uses AI to automate measurement and reduction of CO2 emissions from travel.
2024 Judge
Lebawit Lily-Girma
Award-winning travel journalist
Lebawit Lily Girma is an award-winning Ethiopian American travel journalist and author with more than 15 years covering sustainable tourism. She currently reports full-time on travel for Bloomberg News. Her work has also appeared in Bloomberg Businessweek, BBC Travel, Skift, Condé Nast Traveler, CNN, Travel + Leisure, and Sierra.
2024 Judge
George Kiporous
Wanderlust Editor in Chief
George is Wanderlust’s Editor-in-Chief.
2024 Judge
John Telfer
Consultant and chair of Explore Foundation
With four decades of tour operating knowledge and having travelled to 110 countries, John now advises on risk and crisis management for Tranquilico and Sanderson Phillips. He is the Chair of the Explore Foundation travel charity, shares his experiences at Surrey University and is happiest on foot in the hills.
2024 Judge
Christina Beckmann
Head of Tomorrow's Air at Adventure Travel Trade Association
Christina Beckmann, Head of Tomorrow's Air at Adventure Travel Trade Association Christina Beckmann created and leads Tomorrow's Air, the flagship climate initiative of the Adventure Travel Trade Association. With twenty years’ experience in sustainable tourism, Christina has worked in more than 30 countries on projects for clients including national governments, philanthropic foundations and local entrepreneurs with environmental sustainability at their core. Learn more at tomorrowsair.com
2024 Judge
Lyn Hughes
Wanderlust Founding Editor
Lyn is Founding Editor of Wanderlust
2024 Judge
Lee Mylne
Author of Sustainable Travel for Dummies
Dr Lee Mylne is an award-winning travel journalist based in Brisbane, Australia. She is a Life Member and past president of the Australian Society of Travel Writers, has travelled to more than 60 countries and is the author of many travel books, including the newly-released Sustainable Travel for Dummies (Wiley, 2024)
2024 Judge
Jeremy Smith
Co-founder, Toursim Declares a Climate Emergency
Jeremy Smith is a writer and strategist focussing on climate action in tourism. He is co-founder of Tourism Declares a Climate Emergency, co-author of the UN Tourism-led Glasgow Declaration for Climate Action in Tourism, and sits on the advisory boards of Travalyst and the Future of Tourism.
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2024 Judging Board
We recruited six expert judges – including university professors, entrepreneurs, and award-winning journalists and authors – to help review and investigate entries to the Green List. Find out more about them below…
Lebawit Lily-Girma
Award-winning travel journalist
Andy Dosmann
Associate Professir at Minerva University, San Francisco
Ketti Wilhelm
Wanderlust Sustainability Editor at Large
George Kipouros
Wanderlust Editor in Chief
John Telfer
Consultant and chair of Explore Foundation
Jeremy Smith
Co-founder, Toursim Declares a Climate Emergency
Lyn Hughes
Wanderlust Founding Editor
Christina Beckmann
Head of Tomorrow's Air at Adventure Travel Trade Association
Lee Mylne
Author of Sustainable Travel for Dummies
2024 Judge
Ketti Wilhelm
Wanderlust Sustainability Editor at Large
Ketti is Wanderlust’s Sustainability Editor at Large
2024 Judge
Andy Dosmann
Associate Professir at Minerva University, San Francisco
Andy Dosmann is an Associate Professor and leads Sustainability Programming at Minerva University, where students from 100+ nations travel to seven global cities during their undergraduate education. He also founded StayVerde, a sustainable travel software company that uses AI to automate measurement and reduction of CO2 emissions from travel.
2024 Judge
Lebawit Lily-Girma
Award-winning travel journalist
Lebawit Lily Girma is an award-winning Ethiopian American travel journalist and author with more than 15 years covering sustainable tourism. She currently reports full-time on travel for Bloomberg News. Her work has also appeared in Bloomberg Businessweek, BBC Travel, Skift, Condé Nast Traveler, CNN, Travel + Leisure, and Sierra.
2024 Judge
George Kiporous
Wanderlust Editor in Chief
George is Wanderlust’s Editor-in-Chief.
2024 Judge
John Telfer
Consultant and chair of Explore Foundation
With four decades of tour operating knowledge and having travelled to 110 countries, John now advises on risk and crisis management for Tranquilico and Sanderson Phillips. He is the Chair of the Explore Foundation travel charity, shares his experiences at Surrey University and is happiest on foot in the hills.
2024 Judge
Christina Beckmann
Head of Tomorrow's Air at Adventure Travel Trade Association
Christina Beckmann, Head of Tomorrow's Air at Adventure Travel Trade Association Christina Beckmann created and leads Tomorrow's Air, the flagship climate initiative of the Adventure Travel Trade Association. With twenty years’ experience in sustainable tourism, Christina has worked in more than 30 countries on projects for clients including national governments, philanthropic foundations and local entrepreneurs with environmental sustainability at their core. Learn more at tomorrowsair.com
2024 Judge
Lyn Hughes
Wanderlust Founding Editor
Lyn is Founding Editor of Wanderlust
2024 Judge
Lee Mylne
Author of Sustainable Travel for Dummies
Dr Lee Mylne is an award-winning travel journalist based in Brisbane, Australia. She is a Life Member and past president of the Australian Society of Travel Writers, has travelled to more than 60 countries and is the author of many travel books, including the newly-released Sustainable Travel for Dummies (Wiley, 2024)
2024 Judge
Jeremy Smith
Co-founder, Toursim Declares a Climate Emergency
Jeremy Smith is a writer and strategist focussing on climate action in tourism. He is co-founder of Tourism Declares a Climate Emergency, co-author of the UN Tourism-led Glasgow Declaration for Climate Action in Tourism, and sits on the advisory boards of Travalyst and the Future of Tourism.