Jair Bolsonaro – current president of Brazil – claims that the Amazon rainforest has caused major setbacks in the battle against deforestation, meanwhile the international community can barely intervene. At a time when climate change has become an issue of maximum urgency, we’re all witnesses of “the lungs of the planet” being destroyed irrevocably. The Amazon rainforest made its way to the media’s spotlight during the summer of 2019 due to the raging wildfires that caused extreme damage to the flora and fauna of the area. Societies have seemingly forgotten about it since then, but deforestation is a crucial issue to be discussed now and always. And no, it hasn’t gotten any better.
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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.
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.
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.
A Threat to Our Nation, A Threat to Our Planet
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Meet Shammi– Founder of Travel4Purpose
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Bushfires in Kenya: What’s happening & How to Help
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Why Intersectional Environmentalism is Essential
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