by Kathryn Burrington | Feb 27, 2017 | Europe, Southern Europe, Spain, Sustainable Tourism
When I was invited by Toyota to take part in their #50kmRoadTrip in Girona, northern Spain, I was initially surprised. I don’t write about cars! But I do write about sustainability, in particular, sustainable travel and tourism, and when I found out more about...
by Kathryn Burrington | Nov 27, 2016 | Christmas, Fairtrade, Soap Box, Sustainable Tourism
With Christmas fast approaching, we are constantly bombarded with festive songs, adverts, cheerful Santas and a bewildering range of gift ideas. Every other travel blog I read at the moment seems to be sharing a gift list for travel addicts. However, at the risk...
by Kathryn Burrington | Nov 8, 2016 | British Columbia, Canada, Kat's Top 10, North America, Sustainable Tourism, Wildlife
The Wildlife of Clayoquot Sound Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada 7 As the ebbing tide withdraws, a rich mosaic of life is revealed, clinging resolutely to the rocks and one another – barnacles attached to limpets attached to mussels attached to seaweed...
by Kathryn Burrington | May 23, 2016 | Human Rights, Soap Box, Sustainable Tourism
The first time I visited Africa, many years ago, I remember waltzing into both a school and then an orphanage, amongst a stream of fellow tourists, on an organised excursion. We all took out our cameras and started clicking away while the children looked back at us....
by Kathryn Burrington | Mar 18, 2016 | Africa, Soap Box, Sustainable Tourism, The Gambia, Wildlife
For thousands of years turtles have been visiting the beaches of West Africa to lay their eggs. The few female hatchlings that battle the odds and survive into adulthood return to the very same beach of their birth, some 25 years later, to lay their own eggs. Yet last...
by Kathryn Burrington | Mar 10, 2016 | Africa, Cameroon/Congo, Cornwall, England, Human Rights, Sustainable Tourism
As I made my way through the lush greenery of giant ferns and towering palm trees I could hear the sweet sound of Baka songs floating through the air. Interlocking, polyphonic rhythms and melodies woven together. Songs that prepared the tribe and the animals of the...
by Kathryn Burrington | Mar 3, 2016 | Sustainable Tourism
Today is World Wildlife Day and this year’s theme is “The future of wildlife is in our hands”. It’s horrific to think about how many of the fabulous species of animals that roam the world today will have disappeared by the time your children or...
by Kathryn Burrington | Feb 22, 2016 | England, Europe, Review, Sustainable Tourism
Sheets of rain pour down as I walk up to a row of shipping containers. In the dim light I search for the number 108. It’s not long before I find it and as I peep inside I think yes, this will suit me just fine for the next couple of nights. My private room had...
by Kathryn Burrington | Dec 1, 2015 | Africa, Review, Soap Box, South Africa, Sustainable Tourism, Wildlife
As the audience rose to give a standing ovation at the UK premiere of Blood Lions at the Royal Geographical Society on Friday, sobbing could be heard around the theatre. My feelings were a mixture of anger, sadness and hope. Anger at the people breeding lions so that...
by Kathryn Burrington | Sep 7, 2015 | British Columbia, Canada, North America, Sustainable Tourism, Wildlife
In Search of Grizzly Bears in the Great Bear Rainforest We’ve be looking for hours, or so it seems, staring intently at the grass-like sedge that grows along the banks. Drifting along on the water with just the occasional sloosh from the oars, we pass trees clad...
