Three puppies at the Three Camel Lodge Bankhar
Booking a vacation with a platform like Beyond Green is a way to support the overall sustainability and collectively against the impact of tourism on local communities, restoring ecosystems , saving endangered species and protecting cultural heritage for new generations. A new way of approaching the trip and enjoying it.
“For example, Beyond Green members are currently protecting and regenerating more than 30,000 square kilometers of damaged marine and terrestrial ecosystems that provide homes for rare and endangered animals and help sequester carbon. that contributes to global warming Costas Christ , co-founder and executive director of the Beyond Green project of Preferred Hotel Group . “Not only this, but our members are also celebrating the cultural heritage, promoting contemporary art, music, dance and theater, as well as protecting important archaeological sites, including more than 100 cave paintings in Africa over 10,000 years old, as well as Tahitian heritage sites in French Polynesia."
Three Camel Lodge
At Beyond Green, the empowerment of local communities is the premise, which is based on employing its members and supporting the development of micro-enterprises, especially women's, financed with the income obtained through the trips of its members.
After the pandemic, there are more companies, hotels and people who have fully committed themselves to the world of travel relying on sustainability to move forward in a sustainable way. honest . Without it, there is no planet or well-being, there are no future generations or families. “Travel is a very important way of learning about the cultural diversity and natural to this very fragile place we call Earth, our collective home, that makes our lives so rewarding. And fascinating”, adds Costas. “Most people in the world, given the choice, want do good in the world . We want Beyond Green to make that option easy for them."
The Brando Lagoon School
They achieve it with accommodations like Three Camel Lodge , in Mongolia, located in the depths of the Gobicuyo desert and whose entire team is local. "For example, Undraa Buyannemekh grew up in Mongolia, in a family of nomadic herders. She started out with an entry-level job and was the first woman in her family to go to college. She is now the president of the hotel and her sister property." There, in addition to accommodating guests in a 5-star eco-lodge, they collaborate with the non-profit Mongolian Bankhar Dog Project, which help to preserve the shepherd of Bankhar , unique and indigenous breed that protects livestock and at the same time helps in the conservation of the snow leopard.
Ashford Castle , a 13th-century castle in Ireland, by contrast, is one of Beyond Green's earliest properties and had fallen into obscurity until it was restored by the Tollman family, owners of the Red Carnation Hotels group. “The castle is very closely linked to the rural village of Congo and when I met them, their members cried with happiness and told me: 'Our castle is back!'" shares Costas.
TheBrando, located in the impressive private atoll of Tetiaroa, in the french polynesia , for its part, has been a pioneer in having the first air conditioning system powered by renewable energy, without any type of chemicals, including hydrofluorocarbons. It also offers boys and girls between the ages of 6 and 12 the opportunity to learn alongside a naturalist guide from the Tetiaroa Society about biodiversity through the exploration of corals and direct contact with fish, sea turtles, dolphins and whales.
Ted Turner Reserves, in Vermejo
In Rwanda, it is Wilderness Safaris Bisate Lodge the one who is helping to regenerate the mountain gorilla habitat with a program that has already planted more than 40,000 native trees, coordinated by the hotel's agronomist.
Ted Turner Reserves in Vermejo, United States, it has 22 hectares on the border between New Mexico and Colorado, it is protecting and rewilding more than half a million acres that provide shelter to the most endangered species in North America. Families can also participate in riverside waste collection projects and take guided ecological tours to learn more about Vermejo's extensive conservation programs, including the successful reintroduction into the reserve of the American bison and of the cutthroat trout of the Rio Grande.