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  • South & Central America

    El Camino de Costa Rica: A Journey Through Forests and Ancestral Heritage

    by Guest Submission November 23, 2025November 23, 2025
    November 23, 2025November 23, 2025

    Stretching from the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean, El Camino de Costa Rica, in Central America, is more than a hiking route. It is a journey that connects people, ecosystems, and cultures across one of the world’s most biodiverse countries.

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  • EuropeSustainable Travel

    How to Make Your Oktoberfest Experience More Eco-Friendly in 2025? 

    by Guest Submission March 13, 2025March 13, 2025
    March 13, 2025March 13, 2025

    Oktoberfest is the world’s renowned Bavarian festival. In 2024, 6.7 million attendees visited the festival ground. You can imagine the environmental impact they of such a crowd; 6.7 million people consuming water, using…

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  • Travel Inspiration

    How Virtual Experiences Can Both Preserve Local Cultures & Make Them Accessible

    by Guest Submission August 14, 2023September 14, 2023
    August 14, 2023September 14, 2023

    Virtual experiences are not only a sustainable way to travel, but they also help us to get a closer look to how people live on the other side of the world.

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  • EnglandEnvironmental Awareness

    The best places to go forest hiking in the UK

    by Guest Submission March 14, 2023March 14, 2023
    March 14, 2023March 14, 2023

    Spending time in nature is incredibly important for our physical and mental health. It helps us to reconnect with the world, relieve stress and exercise our bodies. The benefits of nature and…

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    Sustainable Travel In Paris, France | All You Need To Know

    by Guest Submission June 10, 2022June 27, 2022
    June 10, 2022June 27, 2022

    Delicious cuisine, remarkable history, and sustainable tourism? Yes, Paris has progressed in leaps and bounds.

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  • Sustainable Travel

    6 Unique Places to Have a Sustainable Wedding

    by Guest Submission January 28, 2022March 20, 2022
    January 28, 2022March 20, 2022

    Here are ideas for 6 unique places to have a sustainable wedding for you and your eco-conscious spouse-to-be.

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  • EuropeSustainable Travel

    A Brief Sustainable Travel Guide For Switzerland

    by Guest Submission December 29, 2021December 29, 2021
    December 29, 2021December 29, 2021

    Switzerland cares about sustainability and has been ranked third on the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) in 2020. Nature preservation is such an important topic there, the country now positions itself as a…

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  • Sustainable Travel

    How to travel with contact lenses while practising sustainable tourism

    by Guest Submission April 19, 2021April 25, 2021
    April 19, 2021April 25, 2021

    Photo by Nataliya Vaitkevich from Pexels Travelling with contact lenses is challenging enough as it is, but travelling with contact lenses while doing your best to follow sustainable tourism practices? For many people, that seems…

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  • AfricaEnvironmental AwarenessPodcast Interviews

    Why Do We Need to Plant More Trees, Starting Today?

    by Guest Submission August 27, 2020August 27, 2020
    August 27, 2020August 27, 2020

    Of all the things on your to-do list, is planting more trees one of them? No? Not a problem – that’s something that might change very soon. In this post, Chris Kaiser…

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  • Volunteering

    When Exchange Edges Out Appropriation: One NGO’s Perspective

    by Guest Submission March 24, 2020March 24, 2020
    March 24, 2020March 24, 2020

    Immersion is quite the tightrope. As volunteers abroad (sometimes literally) drape themselves in new cultures, they may not grasp the implications of their choices. Cultural appropriation, broadly defined as the adoption of…

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