Travel with Conscience

Changing the way we treat the world...

The more fortunate people of the world have the resources to go virtually anywhere. We are also responsible for the majority of the pollution, natural resources consumption and landfill waste in the world. With our fortunate position comes an individual responsibility to minimize the negative effects of our travel and to support hotels and other travel suppliers who are committed to sustainable tourism practices. Let us direct you to them.

So what is Sustainable Tourism? It involves how we as travelers ought to behave when we visit travel destinations around the world. Like a doctor's code of ethics, means "First, do no harm." It is basic to good destination stewardship.

• We practice what we preach...
• Travel with Conscience is a Zero Carbon company.
• Your trip will be Carbon Neutral. We purchase carbon credits to cover your entire trip, from your front door to our exotic destinations and back home again - because it’s the right thing to do.
• Working with Good People. TWC has partnered with accommodation providers that adhere to sound sustainable tourism practices including fair employment of a local workforce, and energy and environmental conservation best practices. Many of our partners have assumed a leadership role in community development efforts in their respective countries.
• We Give too. TWC donates 10% of its profit to efficiently run projects making a difference in the areas of Environmental Protection, Health, Education, Employment, and Empowerment of disadvantaged people with goals of self-sustainability.

While you’re on the road:

Native Energy

You...

• About sustainable tourism (UNEP)
• Environmental impacts of tourism (UNEP)
• Tourism’s 3 main impacts (UNEP)
• UNEP global impact (UNEP)
• How Tourism Can Contribute To Environmental Conservation (UNEP)
• Ecotourism: Traveling the World to Help Save It
• What you can do to be aware of and prevent waste while traveling.
• Carbon offsetting in Travel

• Carbon Offset

Offset is defined as a counterbalance; a compensating equivalent. Carbon offset is therefore an effort to negate or compensate for carbon emissions--usually through investment in renewable energy projects.
• Geotourism
  Geotourism is defined as tourism that sustains or enhances the geographical character of a place—its environment, culture, aesthetics, heritage, and the well-being of its residents.
• Renewable Energy Credits