Sustainability ?

 
 

Why sustainability? Why wild yonder?

With a degree in Environmental policy and a love of travel, I have a unique insight into the changes which we as people have brought over a short period. Some good and some not so.

Travel broadens everything though. Hope included.

But if we get on a plane we emit CO2 - a lot of CO2. If we travel overland we emit less CO2.

If we travel in old vehicles they have no rare earth minerals in them. They burn fuel - yes. But they don’t encourage you to go as far. Sometimes they need fixing. There are interactions with locals. You stop more. See more. Appreciate more. Buy local produce. They are an experience. Not a rush. There is poetry in their quirks.

But they are not truly sustainable.

So perhaps we should stay at home ? Drive an electric car ? How was that electricity generated ? Rare earth minerals used ? Sweat shops used for components ?

We should like to be part of the future of travel. Making travel a responsibility as well as a joy. Increase our positive impact. But we will emit pollution. I am now. Merely by typing this.

The real price of travel. Give back. Not a passive experience. A mutually beneficial one. For all.

  1. We’ll start with plastic. NO SINGLE USE PLASTIC ON OUR EXPERIENCES. Kenya has banned plastic bags. We can follow their example.

  2. We will work on projects which have a positive impact on sustainability in all our host countries.

  3. Your experience will be offset through the World Land Trust’s programmes.

We are just trying to enjoy travel in what we consider the right and responsible way. We can never guarantee to be 100% sustainable. To live is one thing. To feel alive is completely an other.

Travel. We will then want to preserve it for the future.