If you are fortunate to embark on vacation with your family this summer, your children will undoubtedly benefit from the experience. There's the need for them to practice flexibility and problem-solving in real-time; there's also the fact that seeing more of the planet will encourage your children to care for its future.
Yet there's an elephant in the room, and it's this: vacations often come with a hefty carbon cost.
On today's show - and just in time for summer! - we discuss tangible ways to make your summer holiday more sustainable. Today I speak with travel blogger Samantha Runkel. Samantha has been to a whopping 80 countries and counting and so she's on the show to offer the knowledge she's gained from boots-on-the-ground experience as to how we can be responsible travelers this vacation season and beyond (while also infusing a heavy dose of memory-making!).
Here's a preview:
[4:00] Put your money where your (suitcase) is: Reframing the assumption that long-distance is always eco-unfriendly
[8:00] Carbon offsets: Yay or nay?
[10:15] Where to find green booking options for your next getaway
[11:45] What participating in active regeneration looks like for families with children
[14:30] How and why you should intentionally spread your dollars around on your next holiday
[17:45] Family road trips that aren't completely wasteful
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