The Wandering Environmentalist
A deep dive into the environmental impacts of tourism and travel. Exploring what it means to travel in a warming world.
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Climate disaster strikes! Are you still going on vacation? (opens the original)
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This topic lodged in mind a couple days ago as I was committing one of the more depraved actions one can do in this online world: I was scrolling Facebook. This was immediately after a Category 2 hurricane swept through my hometown in Hawai’i, knocking out power for the entire island and destroying many people’s homes. Even though I’m currently on the US continent, I was searching through community Facebook groups looking for updates on when and how my family on island could get drinking water,
The cruise industry is a wreck (opens the original)
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Every time the cruise industry is in the news, it’s seemingly for some terrible reason. Every week it’s another outbreak or contagion spreading across the world. Hantavirus. The ‘poop cruise.’ Patrons quarantined at sea for yet another norovirus outbreak. You get the picture. While once upon a time cruises were a luxury reserved for a select few, now they’ve become a global phenomena reaching every corner of the Seven Seas. As of 2026, leisure cruises are more popular than ever. The global cruis
The moral case for Deep Travel (opens the original)
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Chances are that if you read this newsletter, you probably already know a thing or two about deep travel, even if you haven’t yet heard of the term. Deep travel is a mindset that prioritizes depth, cultural engagement, and meaningful connection with destinations and local communities. It’s an personal approach to travel that focuses on enriching experiences over simply checking off destinations on a list. I sat down with Richard Lindberg of One Planet Journey to talk about his team’s mission of
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