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eco tourism

Village Ways – 10 years on

07/05/2016 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  Leave a Comment

Way back in 2007 I went on an amazing walking holiday in the foothills of the Himalayas with what was then a very new eco-tourist group called Village Ways. The project had been started to provide work for the the people of the Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary: they  built guest houses …

Category: Environmental Issues, TravelTag: Binsar wildlife sanctuary, eco tourism, Village Ways, Village ways in Ethiopia, Village ways in Kerala, Village ways in Rajasathan, walking holidays in the foothills of the Himalayas

‘FreeFrom’ in the Himalayas wins ‘Best for the local award economies’

17/11/2013 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  1 Comment

Way back in 2007 I spent a wonderful two weeks walking in the foothills of the Himalayas courtesy of the then quite new Village Ways eco-holiday group - an initiative which enables remote villages to become self-sustaining by entertaining visitors who want to walk in their hills. …

Category: Dairy-free, Food, FreeFrom Food, Gluten-free, TravelTag: Binsar wildlife sanctuary, eco tourism, Village Ways, Village ways in Ehtiopia, Village ways in Kerala, Village ways in Nepal, Village ways in Rajasathan, Walking in the Himalayas, World Responsible Tourism Awards

Social innovation – the Cypriot way

11/05/2013 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  1 Comment

Hill villages the world over are under threat. Subsistence farming is hard, other work non -existent and the temptation to move to the cities in search of an easier way of life almost irresistible. Be it in on the Scottish fells, in the foothills of the Himalyas or on the slopes …

Category: Environmental Issues, TravelTag: agro-tourism, Ayios Ioannis Lambadistis, building boom in Dubai, Byzantine monasteries in Troodos mountains, Casale Panayiotis, Cyprus climate ideal for wine growing, dying hill villages, eco tourism, hill villages, John Papadouris, Kalopanayiotis, lack of work in hill villages, self sustaining regeneration, social enterprise, social innovation, subsistence farming in hill villages, Troodos mountains, UNESCO World Heritage sites, viticulture in Cyprus

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