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Support local communities by;
- Employing in-country agents, trek guides and crews, as well as local people to support our project team.
- Put money into the local economy through buying food, equipment, and using local accommodation and transport.
Community lead projects;
- What the community needs or benefits the environment.
- Sustainable community projects that stands the test of time, and are ongoing and ethical
- We have created a tree plantation project in Tanzania called “Rundugai Regrowth”
Reduce plastic in county
- Affiliated partners with Travelers Against Plastic (TAP) and promote their work and pledge to schools, travellers and the wider travel industry.
- Encourage schools and students not to use single-use plastic when they travel. A water purification system and their own reusable bottle ensures that their water is always safe to drink AND protects the environment.
Sustainable travel
- Where possible we use public transport, or transport appropriate for the number of people travelling.
- All our expeditions are carbon offset
- All our flights are 100% carbon offset with 20% being offset by Climate impact and 80% being offset on Global Footprints Worldwide projects
- We calculate carbon offsetting at £12.50 per tCO2e
Positive Impacts of Carbon Offsetting
- We have partnered with Climate Impact to offset 20% of all our flights to support their sustainable projects and support millions of lives around the world
- We have also partnered up with TAP (Travellers against plastic) to donate money on every expedition we deliver to help the work with TAP and SEE Turtles.
- Create awareness and education with all our in country agents and partners
Positive impacts in country
- School classrooms, accommodation, offices and water pumps built in Tanzania and Bolivia.
- Church built in Bolivia
- Volunteers house built in Borneo
- Beach clean-ups in Borneo, Thailand and Tanzania
- Mangroves cleared in Borneo
- Tree plantation project started in Tanzania
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