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In the aftermath of COP26, eco-friendly inspiration for conscious exploration of our planet is key. From sustainable stays to reconnecting with the natural environment, Isère encourages mountain enthusiasts to explore…
Climate-Friendly Travel Writer, Mark Bibby Jackson chats with Ivaylo Lefterov, Development Director of Svart Norway, a hotel concept that is set to revolutionise the global sustainable hotel industry. Quite simply…
Travel Begins at 40 has entered into a partnership with Water-to-Go to further reduce its carbon footprint. The announcement is the latest in a series of initiatives designed at making the website more climate-friendly…
Discover the World has launched a new collection of rail journeys across Europe enabling travellers to enjoy car free adventures across the Mediterranean, Scandinavia, the Alps, and even the Arctic…
As the world’s media focuses on Scotland amid the historic climate policies being discussed at Glasgow’s COP26 summit, one of the country’s leading tourism businesses, adventure specialists Wilderness Scotland…
Travel Begins at 40 has become a signatory of the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism, today, 4 November. The Glasgow Declaration encourages the acceleration of climate action in…
TravelBeginsAt40.com, founded by climate friendly travel writer, Mark Bibby Jackson, has become climate neutral after signing up to be a Climeworks pioneer. Climeworks captures CO2…
Australia’s award-winning travel adventure company Aurora Expeditions is calling for applications to join the world-first Antarctic Climate Expedition in 2023…
British band Coldplay has announced their next Music of the Spheres World Tour will have at minimum a net-zero carbon footprint. While Coldplay aims at reducing their tour-related…
007 fans can indulge in their wonder of the world’s most famous British Secret Service agent on a three-day London mission, The Ultimate James Bond London Experience!…
Sani Resort Greece is recognised for its green credentials winning the World’s Leading Luxury Green Resort at the World Travel Awards 2020, Eleni Andreadis, Group Director of Sustainability and CSR…
A keen collaborator with trailblazing brands in the sustainability space, The Alpina Gstaad has partnered with newly launched ID Genève. This disruptive, Swiss watch brand…
València reaches a new milestone in its commitment to the development of sustainable tourism by becoming the first city in the world to measure the water footprint of tourist activity…
Veranda Leisure and Hospitality (VLH), operators of Heritage Resorts and Veranda Resorts, are offering the first carbon neutral hotel stays in Mauritius from October 2021…
With a clear target to reduce by 55% its carbon footprint by 2030 and become carbon-neutral by 2050, Monaco is focusing on the Energy Transition Programme to enhance…
Radisson, one of the world’s largest hotel groups , and Allego, the leading pan-European provider of electric vehicle charging solutions, have announced a strategic partnership…
Luxtripper, the luxury travel specialist, has just announced a partnership with Trees4Travel to allow its customers to offset the CO2 emissions created by their holidays…
Mark Bibby Jackson talks with Willem Niemeijer founder of Khiri Travel, and CEO of YAANA Ventures about Slow Travel. The past few years have seen many people, companies and organisations…
Pura Aventura, the specialist in sustainable holidays to Latin America, Spain and Portugal, has become the first tour operator in the UK to carbon label all of its trips including…
Declaring a Climate Emergency, The Mountain Company has announced a Nepal tree planting partnership with Eden Reforestation Projects. The project replant trees…
Ground-breaking new train ticketing service Trainhugger is enabling people to explore Britain by rail, see friends and family again and care for the planet – all at the touch of…
2021 is the start of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, which, officially launching this June, aims to prevent, halt and reverse the degradation of ecosystems on every continent and…
Climeworks, one of the leading direct air capture companies in the world, is developing a technology that can tackle climate change head on writes Chantal Cooke. Direct air capture pioneers…
A new report, entitled ‘Top Countries for Sustainable Tourism’, states that just over two thirds of global consumers want to have a positive impact on the environment…
Whether its the rising global temperatures, the escalation of natural phenomenum, such as the wildcat fires in Australia and Greece, storms in the Caribean or Spain or Philippino volcano eruptions, climate change is destined to be an issue that will be front page news for the forthcoming decades.
Perhaps you don’t agree with climate strikes or, like a certain president, deny that there is a climate emergency, but there is a strong and growing body of scientific evidence out there that would suggest theat climate change is real. At Travel Begins at 40 we bring you news and opinion on the climate debate, and its impact on the future of our planet.
One of the major drives – certainly in the travel sector – is the movement towards a No-Fly policy or Flight Shaming or Flygskram depending on where you come from. We even have our own guide to carbon offsetting. Should we take a train or a plane on our next holidays?
However, grave the situation on land, arguably it is even more perilous at sea. The vast quantity of single-use plastic that finds its way into the rivers and ultimately oceans of the world is having a lasting and damaging effect upon our planet. Many countries and islands, such as Aruba, are taking a positive action to reverse this trend by banning the use of single-use plastics upon their shores.
The answer, we feel, is yes. What is most important is that we act now to rectify the errors of the past – and present – to secure the future for our forthcoming generations. Let’s just hope it is not already too late.
