Ethical Travel Organisations
Tourism Concern is an Organisation dedicated to the promotion of Ethical Travel, who develop projects to demonstrate that there is another way to organise travel for the benefit of local communities. We recommend a visit to this website which contains a wonderful and humbling photographic record and comments from people within the travel industry. It also contains useful information on workers rights, water and development issues. Their travel code is simple; Learn about the Country you are visiting, Think about the cost of your holiday, Open your mind to new cultures and traditions, minimise your environmental impact, Use guidebooks to broaden you knowledge, use photography with respect. Visit the Read more on other ethical groups.
Amnesty International is a global organisation which highlights the threats to human rights, through examples of torture, ill treatment, false arrest, false imprisonment; often leading to long prison sentences for offences, which would be classed as normal every day activity in the UK. The visitor to the UK website may be surprised to see that many popular destinations are subject to the scrutiny of Amnesty International. Visit the Amnesty International website.
Redress is a UK based Organisation that campaigns against the use of torture and abuse of human rights. Full details of their findings and campaigns can be found on their website. The organisation provides a list of countries breaching human rights law, many of which are popular destinations for UK holidaymakers. Visit the Redress website.
ClimateCare is an organisation that helps you to calculate your carbon footprint, through the use of their CO2 calculator. You can then offset the damage your travel causes, by paying a premium which is then used in climate development projects. Visit the ClimateCare website.
The Carbon Neutral Company invite you to calculate your flight emissions and then ‘neutralise’ them through international projects which save exactly the same amount of carbon dioxide. Visit the Carbon Neutral website.
The Earthwatch Institute is “an international environmental charity which is committed to conserving the diversity and integrity of life on earth to meet the needs of current and future generations”. Its mission is to promote scientific and educational research through various projects, thus promoting a sustainable environment. Visit the Earthwatch Institute website.
HTW has noted that amongst the submissions to the Committee on Toxicity (COT) it has been suggested that the symptoms highlighted by crew and passengers were akin to the condition of hyperventilation.
HTW has for many years received reports from concerned holiday makers or independent travellers as to the safety of their aircraft, ship or boat, train or road transport.
