If you've ever looked into the idea of volunteering while you travel - or indeed have already been part of the growing "voluntourism" sector - you may well have noticed that it's fraught with trickiness. When are you really helping? - when are you hindering? And when are you actually doing more harm …
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Grief, Travel and Change – Episode 144 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast
I’m so fortunate with this podcast in that I sometimes get to talk to people about really intimate, emotional parts of their lives - I’m so grateful when they share them and I know we can all learn a lot from them. In this episode I’m bringing together three stories which could all be sad - they’re …
Helpful or harmful travel with Jan Fran – Episode 143 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast
It's special episode time! I team up with Jan Fran (from SBS and sometimes Channel 10 and basically saying clever stuff everywhere) to talk about a series of videos she made with Kathmandu figuring out what's harmful and what's helpful about the way we travel. I had so much fun talking to her so …