Selection of tips and ideas to make our society and travel habits more sustainable and environmental friendly.
Sustainability Blog Space Travel 18. Space traveling to explore new areas and development On July 20, 1969, the Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first humans to set feet on the moon. What few people know is that they left a silicon chip with 73 goodwill messages from leaders around […]
Sustainability Blog Doughnut Economy 17.5 The Doughnut Economy A sustainable economy is a win, win for everyone. Therefore since April 2020 the city of Amsterdam is planning to introduce the so-called Economical Doughnut model into the management of its city. This diagram was developed by Oxford economist Kate Raworth and looks like a doughnut. It is
Sustainability Blog Sustainable salaries 17.3 Sustained salaries Some people believe that to fight poverty, everyone should earn the same comfortable salary. Recently this so-called ‘Universal Salary’ came back in the news again, as Spain wants to use it to fight the poverty caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. I disagree with this idea. I strongly believe
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Sustainability Blog Dangerous online platforms 14.6 The danger of bookings websites When bookings websites started in the 90s they provided a great tool for especially the lesser-known, not so well organized, and new businesses. Hotels without a (good) website, with a slow responding rate to reservations, or even not very good hotels took quick
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Sustainability Blog Izhcayluma 14.5 Izhcayluma Eco Lodge Many new (fancy) Eco Lodges aim on high end tourism, which makes them vulnerable to fluctuations and often put them out of price range for national tourism. Instead the rustic Izhcayluma Eco Lodge in Vilcabamba, Ecuador has come close to implementing many of the recommendations about sustainable tourism.
Sustainability Blog Sustainable projects 14.4 Sustainable tourist projects A search online will provide you with hundreds of projects that call themselves sustainable. To know which projects are really sustainable will take proper research and will depend on which conditions you set before calling a project sustainable. Several international sustainability organizations together, including Green Destinations
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Sustainability Blog Benefits from traveling 12.10 People who travel receive many benefits When a busy daily routine at work, or at home starts to control your life, it can become stressful. Stress causes both physical and psychological problems. So to prevent stress and boost your immune system it is important to be able to
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Sustainability Blog CO2 Responsability 7.5 The responsibility for carbon footprints To what extent should Western consumers take responsibility for the things they buy and do? If, say, a UK consumer purchases a TV manufactured in China, which nation should take responsibility for the emissions incurred during its manufacture? This dilemma illustrates two different accounting
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Sustainability Blog Carbon offset 15.2 Natural carbon sequestration and offsets Although it is difficult to calculate exact numbers, several studies prove that earth is still absorbing more CO2 from the air then it produces naturally. This absorbing, also called CO2 sequestration, or carbon offset happens through many natural life systems including: plants, trees, soil,
Sustainability Blog Poverty and environment 9. The relation between poverty and our environment There are interesting relationships between wealth and environmental impact. Wealthy people are generally the biggest consumers and leave the biggest carbon footprint. However the poor are often bigger polluters in terms of dumping rubbish, illegal mining, poaching, and burning forests for
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