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Green On The Go

A sustainable travel podcast from Holiday Extras.

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Tips for sustainable travel

Welcome to Green On The Go - the sustainable travel podcast brought to you by Holiday Extras.

The Green On The Go Podcast is all about sustainable travel.

Join us as we talk to industry-leading professionals about what's happening within the sustainable travel sector and share tips on how you can make your trips 'greener'.

You'll also find out what Holiday Extras is doing to develop the way we operate as a company, and how we're supporting the 'build back better' travel movement.

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Christopher Willan, Travel Photographer

Chris has 20 years of experience from across the broadcasting spectrum, both alone and as part of creative teams in over 90 countries. His camerawork tells the stories of people and places through crisp and authentic images that hum with warmth, humanity and humour.

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Karen Simmonds

Karen Simmonds is founder of the Travel Matters and the Make Travel Matter campaign, and has been in travel for over 20 years. Passionate about building awareness and engagement about how we can travel responsibly and in a sustainable way, Karen tells us how travel choices and decisions can have a positive impact on the communities we visit.

Find out more about the Make Travel Matter campaign.

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Vicky Smith from Earth Changers

Vicky Smith has worked thoughout the travel sector, and is a published academic in responsible tourism, qualified safari guide, charity challenge leader and charity trustee for sustainable development in Madagascar.

Vicky's startup Earth Changers is a curated collection of the best sustainable tourism options that truly change the world. They were awarded Travelmole's UK Best Responsible Travel & Tourism Website for 2019.

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Catherine Capon

Catherine Capon is a naturalist, adventurer and ecotourism advocate.

Prompted by her childhood fascination with all things wild, Catherine went on to study Zoology at Imperial College London before producing wildlife television with the likes of the BBC. Since then Catherine has continued promoting ecotourism.

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Ben Lynam from The Travel Foundation

Ben Lynam is Head of Strategic Communications at the Travel Foundation, a sustainable tourism charity based in the UK, which Holiday Extras has been supporting over the past decade. Ben has been at the Travel Foundation for 9 years and has been involved in a wide range of projects, including setting up the Future of Tourism Coalition in 2020.

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Miche Clarke Cowell from Holiday Extras

Miche Clarke Cowell is the Associate Director of Strategic Development & CSR. Miche started working at Holiday Extras as a team leader in the Call Centre 20 years ago and has progressed her career with in the company moving into the Commercial team then into Contract Management and now heading up CSR.

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Elton Caushi from Albanian Trip

Elton Caushi is the co-founder of Albanian Trip, a boutique tour operator based in Tirana, designing travel experiences and tours around Albania, the Balkans and the Mediterranean. His focus has been to provide travel services while preserving local habitats and culture. Responsible and sustainable tourism (for both the people and the environment) is a philosophy inherent to Albanian Trip!

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Jeremy Smith from tourismdeclares.com

Jeremy Smith is co-founder of Tourism Declares a Climate Emergency, a global tourism initiative of over 300 tourism destinations, businesses and organisations committed to science-based climate action. He is the author of Transforming Travel - realising the potential of sustainable tourism (2018) and co-founder of Travindy.com, the travel industry sustainable tourism website news site.

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Where possible we want to help you make the most sustainable choices for your holiday - whether this be destinations, products or other ways you can be more green, on the go!

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