Earth Changers
Earth Changers connects you to Life-Changing Places with World-Changing People for Extraordinary Experiences with Purpose.
We want to change the world through tourism.
Do you?
If you’re looking for tourism which truly has a positive impact, unsure where to go, Earth Changers highlights the most sustainable tourism around the world, engages with the people behind places to reveal their true passions and purpose, and educate on the issues.
Earth Changers offers the where, who and why to engage, educate and enable the booking of real sustainable tourism to create positive impacts.
Why book through Earth Changers?
Make a positive impact with your next trip:
1. 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
2. Convenience & Value
You don’t pay 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
3. 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 can all be Earth Changers
We are Earth Changers, our partners are Earth Changers and you can be Earth Changers too!
Earth Changers value quality over quantity in tourism for purpose before profit, value over volume, and put Earth First.
Agree with the Earth Changers’ Manifesto and values? Join us.
Merely by taking one of our trips and visiting our Places you will be contributing to the extraordinary community and conservation initiatives and positive impacts they create.
Our unique pioneering tourism partners often help finance foundations’ charitable objectives; their stories from Places and People demonstrate true commitment to sustainable development through tourism.
Inclusion of people and places is by merit of being Earth Changers
We don’t just look for amazing trips, but demonstrable results from true commitment to sustainable development through tourism, which we explain.
Inclusion on Earth Changers site is not determined by awards or certifications – too many have questionable credibility, and often truly sustainable organisations do not have resources to pursue accreditations, but prioritise resources into their purpose and making an impact. Plus, only a minority of tourism organisations are certified.
That said, Earth Changers is a Travelife Partner in recognition of long-term efforts regarding sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility.
The site is not paid advertising nor subscription for inclusions. We do earn a referral commission paid by our partners: you pay a direct booking price and not more.
Earth Changers helps you find and book trips that change the world
We curate this unique collection of outstanding positive impact tourism to help guide you.
Most people want to book more sustainable tourism but don’t know where to find it. Often the most sustainable tourism organisations don’t want to appear on the big Online Travel Agents, whose models monopolise.
The big online agents aren’t specialists, don’t have details of much sustainability information which sits behind the scenes, and belong to global systems in which economic leakage may be as much as 95% of your money doesn’t stay in the destination.
We flip it round and facilitate your booking for your convenience so not only is the trip curated for positive impacts of operations, but your payment goes 100% to empower destination organisations to maximise benefits for the local places, people and purpose.
Guide of outstanding positive impact tourism
Earth Changers is created by people with extensive years, experience and knowledge in the global travel industry, specialist tour operations, ecotourism and sustainable tourism.
Having witnessed first-hand many of the issues and impacts for local people and places, they understand the purpose potential of tourism for sustainable development and supporting those who are truly committed to delivering sustainable development through tourism.
Founder Victoria Smith has worked in worked in tourism since the mid 90s, and sustainable tourism since the mid 00s, in destinations, marketing and e-commerce, heading up operations abroad and online for major tour operators, online travel agents and media, in mass market tourism, ski, safari, charity challenges and volunteer tourism, NGOs and sustainable tourism accreditation organizations. She’s been a ski guide and resort manager, is a qualified game ranger in Africa and voluntarily tour led charity groups annually.
Vicky also has an MSc in Responsible Tourism Management, gaining a distinction for her thesis, later published and a top 10 download on the Journal of Sustainable Tourism, “Volunteer tourism, greenwashing and understanding responsible marketing using market signaling theory”. Read Vicky’s story.
Earth Changers Registration
Earth Changers is a limited company registered in England and Wales with the company number 11504887 at Registered office address: c/o Neat, 79/80t River View Business Innovation Centre, Sunderland, England, SR5 2TH.