Author Archives: ecomadic

Heritage Education Network: Archaeologists Supporting Sustainable Development through Cultural & Natural Heritage

How heritage tourism is becoming a tool for researchers to safeguard culture and nature sustainably? Heritage Education Network Belize visit archaeological sites and go on cultural tours to see new countries. Still, the positive relationship between sustainability, tourism, Archaeology and Heritage Management is not one that visitors are often aware of.

10 Local Experiences in Belize You Won’t Find in the Guidebooks

With many wonderful outdoor activities, archeological sites, and the second largest barrier reef in the world, tourism has become a major industry in Belize. Find 10 local experiences to support when traveling in the country that aren’t mentioned in the guidebooks here.

The Benefits of Supporting Local Business

When planning a trip and during our travels we’re presented with various choices: taking a flight or going on a road trip? Booking a hotel or staying at an Airbnb? Finding an organized tour or exploring on our own? Packing light or bringing our whole closet? All these kinds of choices will make a huge difference on the nature of our trip, they will define which kind of tourist we’re going to be. But one specific choice we should always make without question is supporting local businesses for various reasons.

Opinion: The Need for Sustainable Travel

With all that 2020 gave us, it can be hard to see the light at the end of the dark tunnel. But we as a society should take this time to find new and innovative ways of fulfilling a sustainable lifestyle. Sustainable lifestyles can start with travel. We can all agree that traveling will look a bit different for the next foreseeable years, but that doesn’t mean we can’t make change now.

Farmers & Foragers: A Food Truck Celebrating the Local Community

Located in beautiful Burlington, Vermont, food truck company Farmers & Foragers utilize locally-sourced and sustainable ingredients to provide amazing food and service. Founders Lauren and Sol were both working in the restaurant industry when they decided to start up the food truck company in 2015. As advocates of a community-sourced society, Lauren and Sol work closely with local providers to source the highest quality and freshest ingredients for their incredible menu.

Opinion: How Heightened Climate Awareness Allows Us to Protect the Earth

The movement for climate action has become a bit angry – and rightly so. However, it is important that we don’t get so caught up in the fight that we forget what we are fighting for – the everlasting beauty and calm wisdom of the Earth that is always around us.

Opinion: Eco-Tourism or Ego-Tourism?

Documenting our travels on social media has become an integral part of the experience itself, and sometimes taking the perfect picture of a beautiful landscape is more important than seeing it in person. But do our tags on Instagram benefit the wonderful destinations we brag about in our posts? Or are we simply feeding our narcissistic desire of showing the world how cool we are? This eagerness of taking pictures and selfies in the locations we visit developed into a phenomenon labeled as “ego-tourism”.

One example of this can be seen on the west coast of Sicily, Italy. San Vito Lo Capo, one of the most popular beaches in the area, attracts a large number of tourists every year due to the “instagram-able” white sands and blue waters. During the peak season in the summer, thousands of umbrellas and chairs cover those white sands entirely, and the water near the shore turns into a greenish turbid color. This drastic mutation of the landscape is due to the enormous increase of human presence all in the same period of time.

Behind the posts on Instagram where these people brag about being in this beautiful place, lays the complete disrespect for their surroundings and the locals who welcomed them in their home.

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