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Ecotravel

Ecotravel is about travelling solo thoughtfully, with care for the places and people that welcome us. It embraces sustainability in action – supporting conservation, nurturing local communities, and choosing experiences designed to endure rather than extract. 

Single fresh baked croissant sitting in a hotel buffet. Photographer_ Picture Partners _ i

How much of the waste we create while travelling has already been decided before we arrive? Perhaps the more useful question is not what happens at the bin, but what could have been avoided in the first place.

By Emily Clarke | 18 September 2026

Andvord Bay, Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula Photographer Jo Crebbin _ iStock

As travel reaches further into some of the world’s most vulnerable environments, the value of access is becoming harder to separate from its cost. In Antarctica, travellers, researchers, guides and operators are confronting a difficult question: how much pressure can an extraordinary place absorb before our desire to experience it becomes part of the problem?

By Geoffrey Williams, Josh Chandler and Emily Clarke | Pictorial Editor Tiffany West | 25 August 2026

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