Make a positive impact with your next trip
Positive Impact Experts
You love travel, but care about its impact. You want new places to go, away from the ‘usual tourist thing’. We’re specialists in the best sustainability to help you do just that. more
Convenience & Value
You won’t pay any more. Plus, we do the hard work and research the best options, so you don’t have to. And, you’ll get an Earth Changers Plus reward for booking through us. more
Transparency
We research and explain how your sustainable trip has a positive impact. We help you book so your money goes directly to the heart of places so local people and places benefit most. more
“We are people who have deliberately avoided long haul travel for environmental reasons and were determined not to just do the standard ‘tourist’ thing. We wanted to ‘encounter’ Malawi not just see it ... The tour was a phenomenal experience and fulfilled our hopes in every way…” Chris, Bristol
Places
Be an Earth Changer too just by having an extraordinary experience: every trip booked creates unique proven positive impacts on purpose to help change the world!
On top of the Places section listed, we’ve got hundreds more in our little black book behind the scenes - where would you like to go?
As seen in Conde Nast Traveller: Get hands-on with award-winning conservation in Madagascar >>
Disconnect from grind, get your thrills in the outdoors & care for it too: share raw beauty of wild Wales >>
Connect with nature on this real cowboy retreat and ranch in Croatia mountains & UNESCO Biosphere >>
People
Who's behind amazing places? How did they come to do what they do, why, and what impact does it have on lives? Be inspired by stories of unsung heroes.
Mark Jacobs: How ecology, poverty, evolution & ethics meet in Madagascar’s sustainable development >>
It takes more than the Village Ways Six to sustain remote India communities from the Grass Routes >>
Bruce Yerkovich: Croatian quantum biophysicist turned working ranch conservationist cowboy >>
Purpose
Tourism is ~10% global GDP and jobs, and reaches most corners of most countries. Learn about the impacts on communities, conservation & big world issues, and how your travels can actually be a force for good to protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all.
Tourism is a global meeting point in a divided world, building bridges of understanding, tolerance & love >>
Education: One of the most powerful proven means for sustainable development. How can tourism help? >>
Jobs mean income and a standard of living. By 2019, >212 million will be unemployed. Tourism helps jobs >>
Lapa Rios is truly out of this world! Top notch service and attention to detail, amazing meals with great staff, fantastic walks with educated guides, super private bungalows with breath taking-views and wildlife right outside your room. And the best part, they are a true eco-lodge, green from bottom to top!
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About Earth Changers
If you’re looking for tourism which truly has a positive impact, unsure where to go, Earth Changers connects you to the most sustainable tourism around the world, engaging with the people behind places to reveal their true passions and purpose to address big issues. more
Responsible tourism is growing. Large international organisations like the UN have declared 2017 the Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development (#IY2017), so if you’re looking to take a life changing trip somewhere and want to have a positive social and environmental impact, now is the time to leap into action. But how? With so many tourism operators out there, doing your research is key to ensuring that you work with a responsible operator, AND you’ve got to decide where to go! This can often be a stressful process and takes time. Fortunately, Earth Changers have done the hard work for us
From the blog
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January 2024
- Jan 7, 2024 Sustainable Travel Trends for 2024...and Beyond!
- November 2023
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September 2023
- Sep 22, 2023 The State of the Rhino: World Rhino Day
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August 2023
- Aug 12, 2023 Let's Talk About The Elephants in the Room
- Aug 9, 2023 The Lion: King of the Jungle?
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July 2023
- Jul 13, 2023 Travelife Partner Level Achieved by Earth Changers
- June 2023
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February 2023
- Feb 20, 2023 Travel in the Era of Nature and Climate Breakdown
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January 2023
- Jan 12, 2023 Sustainable Travel Trends for 2023
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December 2022
- Dec 20, 2022 COP15: A Global Commitment to Protect Nature
- Dec 20, 2022 Florilegium - Celebrating Heritage & Beauty of Botanicals
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November 2022
- Nov 7, 2022 The 2022 Responsible Tourism Charter
- September 2022
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July 2022
- Jul 25, 2022 Wetlands & Sustainable Tourism
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June 2022
- Jun 22, 2022 Forests, Deforestion, Reforestion & Afforestation
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January 2022
- Jan 12, 2022 Sustainable Travel Trends for 2022
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October 2021
- Oct 28, 2021 The Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism
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September 2021
- Sep 10, 2021 Madagascar: Climate-Induced Famine
- July 2021
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June 2021
- Jun 2, 2021 We Can't Just Go Back To “Tourism As Usual”
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May 2021
- May 19, 2021 Can we put a Price on Nature? A Natural Paradox
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February 2021
- Feb 25, 2021 Sustainable Travel: 5 Top Tips
- Feb 22, 2021 Notes on a trip to Explore Malawi: Tourism Review
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January 2021
- Jan 14, 2021 Sustainable Travel Trends for 2021
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December 2019
- Dec 20, 2019 The Future of...Plastic Pollution Free: Garbology in the Galapagos
- Dec 13, 2019 The Future Of... Youth Inspiration
- Dec 10, 2019 The Future of…Community Tourism: Top 10 Tips for Ethical Volunteering & Community-Based Travel
- Dec 5, 2019 Volunteering: 7 Tips on How to Choose Ethical & Responsible Volunteer Tourism
- November 2019
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August 2019
- Aug 8, 2019 At Home on the Ranch
- July 2019
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May 2019
- May 27, 2019 Food: Waste Not, Want Not
- May 19, 2019 The Importance of Bee-ing in Travel & Tourism
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March 2019
- Mar 28, 2019 Earth Changers a Finalist in the NatWest SE100 Awards!
- Mar 26, 2019 Responsible Whale and Dolphin Watching
- Mar 17, 2019 Earth Changers a Finalist in the Be The Change Awards
- February 2019
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October 2018
- Oct 18, 2018 Earth Changers Values
- September 2018
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February 2018
- Feb 12, 2018 Love Nature? 5 of the Best Wildlife Trips in the World
- Feb 6, 2018 Where to Love our Blue Planet Too
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January 2018
- Jan 30, 2018 Romantic Holidays, Eco-Friendly Honeymoon & Green Weddings
- Jan 20, 2018 Earth Changers Founder Vicky invited to Climate council
- Jan 17, 2018 De-plastic Fantastic
- Jan 11, 2018 An Interview with Victoria Smith, Founder of Earth Changers
- Jan 4, 2018 #IY2017 - The Year that Sustainable Tourism Went Mainstream?
- Jan 3, 2018 5 Steps to Reboot for the New Year
- Jan 3, 2018 5 Steps to Rejuvenation
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December 2017
- Dec 31, 2017 5 Resolutions to Transform through Travel
- Dec 29, 2017 5 to... Revive
- Dec 28, 2017 5 Places to Recharge your Personal Batteries, Naturally
- Dec 26, 2017 5 Super Green Retreats to Help Beat January Blues
- Dec 4, 2017 UK Blog Awards 2018 - Vote for us!
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March 2017
- Mar 1, 2017 Positive impact travel on the rise
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October 2016
- Oct 29, 2016 The Earth Changers logo
About our founder Vicky: ski resort manager, game ranger, charity challenge guide, sustainable tourism academic & online travel aficionado >>
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Earth Changers Travel for Sustainable Development
Travel for SDGs 1 No Poverty
Travel for SDG 2 Zero Hunger
Travel for SDG 3 Health & Wellbeing
Travel for SDG 4 Quality Education
Travel for SDG 5 Gender Equality
Travel for SDG 6 Water & Sanitation
Travel for SDG 7 Clean Energy
Travel for SDG 6 Employment & Livelihoods
Travel for SDG 9 Infrastructure & Industry
Travel for SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
Travel for SDG 11 Sustainable Cities & Communities
Travel for SDG 12 Responsible Consumption
Travel for SDG 13 Climate-Friendly Travel
Travel for SDG 14 Marine Conservation
Travel for SDG 15 Conservation Travel
Travel for SDG 16 Peace & Justice
Travel for SDG 17 Partnerships