As travelers, we're constantly interacting with different people. It can be easy to not recognize how we might be taking away from local communities or perpetuating harmful stereotypes.Being a more socially aware traveler is important because understanding and respecting other humans is ... Read More
Sustainable Travel
The Stories Of 14 Countries Most Vulnerable To Climate Change
The US is one of the countries that will be least vulnerable to climate change, even though in 2015 we were the country with the second highest carbon emissions. I mean, it will still be terrible here, but relative to how other countries will do.Around the world, our actions are having drastic ... Read More
Why you shouldn’t just be an “eco-friendly traveler”
Traveling is not eco-friendly.Looking at the data, flying one less trans-Atlantic flight a year is the third most powerful thing you can do to reduce your individual level of carbon emissions.Or second, depending on how you look at the study, since the "having less kids" in number one only ... Read More
How to save $12,000 in SIX MONTHS to travel: A lowkey rant on travel privilege
Hi lovelies ❤️Today, I'm going to talk to you about travel and money!Some people think they can't travel because they don't have money. Well you can, you just have to save! So this is how you can save $2,000 each month for six months to travel. What, that's more than some people make ... Read More
Traveling to Seattle’s Biggest Homeless Encampment: Tent City
Slum tourism.Is it ethical? Is it right?Many articles exist from actual experts go into this better than I can.But my questions today are:Why do people focus on poverty in some places but not in others? Why do people ignore prosperity in places that are stereotyped into poverty? ... Read More