2020 has got us wondering what the future of travel might look like in the years to come. There’s no doubt that we have seen a pause and reset which could — with conscious effort — be the catalyst that the world needs to transform itself towards a more sustainable model. The potential for eco-friendly travel is huge, and at least awareness is growing. Bouteco founder Juliet Kinsman spent lockdown in London, pondering where we go from here and in our latest newsletter, we shared a couple of her recent projects: READ NEWSLETTER.
READ The Green Edit: Travel (Easy Tips for the Eco-Friendly Traveller) published by Ebury Press | £9.99 Hardback — out now. We would always encourage folks to order copies from their nearest independent bookshop — but if you are a slave to Amazon (as many are) may we suggest you find it in your heart to consider signing up to AmazonSmile where you elect to donate a (near-neglible) donation to a charity for every purchase at least.
LISTEN The Travel Diaries’s Holly Rubenstein talked travel with Juliet for series three of Apple's #1 ranked travel podcast. It's a positive and wide-ranging discussion around the transformative potential of conscious travel, looking forward to ways travellers can have a beneficial impact on communities and ecosystems when borders reopen. Juliet also shares her own very personal travel stories and memories, with an array of unusual destinations taking in childhood memories of the tastes of North Africa, her experience of growing up in New York and some unusual holiday choices including Transylvania and Newfoundland.