Puerto Rican Food: Sustainable Revolution on a Plate
Neil Hennessy-Vass discovers an intoxicating mix of sustainable Puerto Rican food and drink, washed down with a pina colada. If the perfect azure blue ocean, wispy with nebulous clouds scudding…
Puerto Rico’s Sustainable Tourism Path
Puerto Rico has placed itself at the vanguard of the sustainable tourism movement since becoming the first Caribbean destination to institute a green certification programme, covering sustainable urban design; responsible…
Bibby Jackson Elected to Destination Mekong Board
Mark Bibby Jackson, founder of Travel Begins at 40, was elected to the Destination Mekong Board on 3 June, as an Executive Board Member. Bibby Jackson has been working closely…
Variety Cruises: Creating a Better World at Sea
Mark Bibby Jackson talks with Filippos Venetopoulos, CEO of Climate Friendly Travel Registry member, Variety Cruises, which aims to set the standard for sustainable small cruises. When Filippos Venetopoulos took over the family business…
Lower Keys Underwater Music Festival 2024
Divers and snorkellers can promote reef protection and explore the continental United States’ only living coral barrier reef during a one-of-a-kind underwater concert scheduled for Saturday, 13 July. The annual…
Putting Monmouthshire on the Gastronomic Map
Mal Tattersall visits Monmouthshire to discover the wonderful food, wine and mead on offer in this county sandwiched between Wales and England, as well as go on a forage. It’s…
A Seafood Symphony at Lympstone Manor Devon
James Clark visits Lympstone Manor Hotel to discover a veritable Babette’s feast in Devon courtesy of Michael Caines and a posse of international chefs. There has been a lot of…
15 Ways to Help Rewild England
Each June, the Wildlife Trust encourages the nation to reconnect with nature every day as part of its 30 Days Wild campaign. Rewilding is the practice of restoring landscapes and…
Gastronomic Delight on Menorca Holidays
Mark Bibby Jackson visits the Balearic island to savour the culinary side of the European Region of Gastronomy you can discover on your Menorca holidays. The road from Mahon Menorca…
All for Conservation: Borana Lodge, Kenya
Mark Bibby Jackson talks with Michael Dyer, Managing Director of Borana Conservancy, member of the Climate Friendly Travel Registry, about its conservation work in Kenya, and plans for a sustainable…
Natural Renewal in Inverness Scotland
After completing his UK road trip from Oxford to Edinburgh, Mark Bibby Jackson continues north to Inverness Scotland in search not of a mythical monster but a very real approach…
Sustainable Mountain Tourism for All Seasons
Mark Bibby Jackson talks with Al Judge, co-founder of AliKats Mountain Holidays Morzine, in the French Alps about how mountain tourism can be more sustainable. 1) How do you believe…
Byway: The Slow Travel Future is Now
To mark Earth Day, Mark Bibby Jackson chats with Cat Jones, the Founder of Byway, the travel company that is firmly putting slow travel on the map. You opened Byway…
Befriending Proud Margaret in Leuven Belgium
Mark Bibby Jackson goes on a tour of Leuven Belgium, a town with the oldest university in Belgium and the home of Stella, where he gets a glimpse of the…
Local Tourism in Cartagena Colombia
After visiting the country’s capital Bogota and the coffee region, Mark Bibby Jackson travels to the coast to dip his toes like a local in Cartagena Colombia. It is a…
Tasting the Colombia Coffee Region
After visiting Bogota graffiti art and beautiful Villa de Leyva, Mark Bibby Jackson continues his South American travels to the Colombia coffee region and Valle del Cocora, the land of…
Sustainable Cruises: Rainforest Cruises
At Travel Begins at 40, we beleive it is important to highlight organisations that have sustainable tourism at their heart. Today we highlight Rainforest Cruises which provides bespoke responsible and…
Bogota Graffiti Art & Villa de Leyva Colombia
Mark Bibby Jackson returns to Colombia, to discover a passion for the wonderful Bogota graffiti art catch a glimpse of a hope for a sustainable tourism future in beautiful Villa…
Hotel Resilient – Future Proofing Travel
Mark Bibby Jackson talks with Dr Bijan Khazai CEO of Hotel Resilient, and Risklayer, one of the many SUNx Malta SDG17 Partners providing Climate Friendly Travel support in areas such…
Going Wild in the Cardamoms, Cambodia
Mark Bibby Jackson gets in tune with his inner self as he goes on an eco-tour in the Cardamom Mountains spending three nights under canvas in Wild Cambodia. It was…
Senderos: Getting the Right Message Across
Mark Bibby Jackson talks with Simon Heyes, the founding director of Climate Friendly Travel Registry member Senderos, a marketing company that represents a portfolio of nature-based, sustainable travel experiences across Latin America. Often in…
Have a Sustainable Stay in Barbados
Destinations around the world are boosting efforts to encourage sustainable tourism, and Barbados is at the forefront of this movement. Barbados strives to lead by example from the frontline of…
RHS Malvern Spring Festival 2025
The RHS Malvern Spring Festival (or Malvern county show) will once more be held at Worcestershire’s Three Counties Showground in May. The four-day celebration of everything horticultural is a highlight…
MonteRosola: Sustainable Wine Growing in the Volterra
James Clark discovers that MonteRosola Tuscany winery is making a name for itself in one of Italy’s top wine regions, with sustainability at its heart. Volterra is the oldest town…
