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In reply to BarbaraW - first of many I think as a lovely post - further up I suppose I wrote about the rather bleak "cost calculation" to so many careless humans living on this planet but there is so much more to being human than a balance sheet...
Flying from Australia to Europe is always going to be the highest environmental impact through carbon emissions on any Camino and I do struggle at times with the apparent selfish nature of that action. Once in Europe we try to travel by train...
You mention three challenges:
1. Scams. I did my best to address this by relying on the advice of a trusted person. Yes, it is true it would probably best for me to do a forensic audit myself. But I trust this person and their expertise in the...
This is a great topic! I've also sometimes struggled with the environmental impact of travel. I do attempt to live in a way that has a light environmental footprint, but I know air travel, in particular, is a heavy burden on the environment...
What a thoughtful post, something important to consider not just on but more importantly off the Camino as others have mentioned.
As a repeat offender and given my personal situation, this issue has rarely concerned me although there is always...
Like fellow Kiwis this is something that I think about because our air travel impact is the greatest on average.
I have not purchased anything that I don't also use when I am tramping in Aotearoa New Zealand and I try to get out tramping as...
An interesting topic but with a split as wide as the oceans. Those of us from Europe don’t carry that flight related carbon burden. As with @C clearly I don’t buy stuff just for Camino the clothes, boots, backpacks and the rest are stuff I use...
Hola @Rodney Kent,
First thanks for an in-depth analysis of the expanded camino.
Second - we from down under know that anytime we head for Western Europe, Nth America and just about anywhere else it involves 20+ flying hours.
I once tried to...
I think that there are so many different ways to think about our footprints, and it is a very personal decision you make between you and your conscience. What I have settled on is the realization that I want to do my best to offset my plane...
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