'Tourists are rethinking their relationship with Earth'
It was while visiting an Italian city for work that Silvia Ombellini and her husband Simone Riccardi dreamt up the idea to set up a website dedicated to sustainable tourism...
To feature on the site, accommodation providers must meet at least five of 10 standards. These are - use 100% renewable energy, serve organic or locally sourced food, collect and reuse rain water, have low consumption lightbulbs, use solar power to heat water, see that more than 80% of waste is recycled, use eco-friendly cleaning products, have water flow reducers fitted, include environmentally-friendly architecture, and be accessible without a car.
The obvious question is how sustainable tourists travel to their destination without inadvertently causing a climate emergency. Presumably they have to live within walking distance of the accommodation which seems to defeat the point of it. Or maybe an African Chukudu would be acceptable to help with the luggage.
I do like the word 'rethinking' in the headline though. This level of box-ticking is surely aimed at people who never rethink anything.
I wonder how many Learjets are being spruced up for COP28?
I wonder how many Learjets are being spruced up for COP28?
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Mrs DJ and I had a holiday in a flat above a garage of a house in the country near Hereford some years ago. The people had a small solar farm and their own sewage treatment works.
Other than being careful of what you put down the toilet or sink (e.g. chemicals that would kill their sewage treatment works) they preached no environmental values, nor made any great show of their own worthiness.
They didn't commercialise their lifestyle, and we didn't find out about these things until we arrived.
This sounds like someone has come up with a way to make running your business a lot more difficult, then charges you for the privilage. Anyone who uses that site, would probably be in my 'one to avoid' category
Far better than the chukudu would be the Chinese "gliding horse" or "wooden ox".
It could even carry the tourists as well.
In the Java countryside I saw little hamlets each with a fish pond. Stretching out over the pond was a narrow pier propped on top of bamboo poles. This was the loo.
The user would walk to the end, turn around and squat. All deposits were gratefully received by the fish.
Very sustainable.
I believe the same arrangement was/is used over pig pens.
DJ - perhaps they thought these things would deter rather than attract people. It would attract me because it's interesting, but having your own sewage treatment works sounds like a headache because of the risk of poisoning it and having to regrow the bacterial films.
Bucko - I'd certainly avoid it, sounds like far too much virtue-signalling for a relaxing holiday.
Doonhamer - I suspect some iron age people may have used the fish pond idea. Cook the fish well and it should work if the pond isn't too small.
Have The Spare and Meagain not started a similar wizard wheeze. Travailyste?
Probably for a richer virtue signaller though.
Doonhamer - something like that as I remember. You are bound to be right - for the richer virtue signaller only. The rest have to watch Netflix.
I have my own sewage treatment works; it's called a septic tank.
djc - I assume you have that emptied with no effluent to dispose of?
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