Selection of tips and ideas to make our society and travel habits more sustainable and environmental friendly.
Sustainability Blog Fly more sustainable How can we start now with making flying more sustainable? Compared to other sectors, aviation is a relatively small contributor to global greenhouse emissions, but it was also one of the fastest growing. Between 2000 and 2019, there was a 5% average rise in flights per year; by 2019, […]
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Sustainability Blog Ancient Water Management Why Peru is reviving a pre-Incan technology for water Why it is important to travel and learn from other cultures. Mankind has been for millennia on this planet and our current climate problems are not the first and will not be the last either. Although we often consider our current
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Sustainability Blog Gazi’s carbon offset success The success of Gazi’s sustainable Blue Carbon Offset program Coastal ecosystems are some of the most productive on Earth. They provide us with essential ecosystem services, such as coastal protection from storms and nursery grounds for fish. They also help sequestering and storing so called “blue carbon” from the
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Sustainability Blog Default Sustainable The Default Sustainability Approach What if we can make our society and tourism more sustainable without having to change much of our human belief structures? This approach is called: “The sustainable environmental friendly default approach”. A study in Nature looked at non-monetary incentives that encourage pro-environmental behavior and can contribute to combating
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Sustainability Blog Teleférico in La Paz Sustainable cable cars above La Paz, Bolivia The city of La Paz in Bolivia provides a good example of how the improvement of public transport can be beneficial for its citizens, the environment and tourism. La Paz has around 800.000 inhabitants and is located in a steep valley. At
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Sustainability Blog Geothermal Power Unlimited clean energy and tourism? Geothermal energy is heat derived within the sub-surface of the earth. Water and/or steam carry the geothermal energy to the Earth’s surface. Depending on its characteristics, geothermal energy can be used for heating purposes or be harnessed to generate clean electricity. Globally, geothermal energy is
Sustainability Blog How whales absorb CO2 How whales absorb CO2 and can slow down climate change Can protecting whales be ‘the next’ carbon offset scheme? The world’s largest animals are unusual good at taking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, and how they do this is likely going to surprise you. Whales, particularly baleen and
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Sustainability Blog Communities in Congo Sustainable rainforest communities in DR Congo The Congo Rainforest Basin is part of some 314 million hectares (1.2 million sq miles) of primary rainforest – the oldest, densest and most ecologically significant kind. This rainforest plays a crucial role in the stability of the world’s climate, and spans across six
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Sustainability Blog The power of movement https://usercontent.one/wp/www.tourismvsclimatechange.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Movement-inspires.mp4 The power of movement inspires The title of this short positive video about the First of January is actually “Movement Inspires”. It’s a great inspiring video about the importance of movement, movement from exercise and traveling, but also movement of the spirit and the soul. Like when
Sustainability Blog Wooden satellites Sustainable wooden satellites Japanese company Sumitomo Forestry and Kyoto University have joined forces to reduce climate change caused by space junk. Satellites are increasingly being used for communication, television, navigation and weather forecasting. There are currently nearly 6,000 satellites circling Earth, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF). Research firm