Sustainable Travel

More and more people are now recognizing and arguing that tourism needs to be sustainable, yet travelling sustainably has proven a difficult ideal to achieve at the macro level. At the heart of…

This post is an informative and well-researched guest post by Natalie Blake. Natalie is an environmentalist and a follower of the zero-waste lifestyle. She is a contributor at The Altruistic Traveller and talks…

One the 1-year anniversary of becoming a digital nomad it only seems fitting to announce I’ll be joining the Nomads Giving Back! team, as an ambassador! Nomads Giving Back! (NGB!) is a…

Let’s talk periods. How many of you women can relate when I say that having your moon cycle while travelling can be bloody annoying, pardon the pun! I remember the days of…

During my trip to Turkey this year it became apparent to me that the concept of refilling a water bottle is foreign in some nations. Staff at cafes and restaurants would look…

Choose a Challenge is a travel platform that facilitates meaningful travel challenges for college students while fundraising for charity. The company has taken over 12,000 students abroad on life-changing challenges, raising over…

A few years ago, a hotel in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was audited to see how much food waste it produced. Eighty percent of the hotel’s trash could have been diverted away from…

Updated May 2021 Climate change is a hot topic as of late (pardon the pun). It seems the more aware we are of our carbon footprints, the more dreadful it feels. While…

As we learn more about the effects of climate change and our impact on the environment, it’s important that we take little steps in our travels to reduce our waste and walk…

Unfortunately, our environment is changing — and not for the better. Heat waves, melting ice, and CO2 levels are increasing all over the world. It’s now imperative that every inhabitant of this planet…