Sustainable food: Web dust-up over Nestlé and palm oil

If you crossed Willy Wonka, you could end up in a garbage chute or transformed into a giant blueberry. Right now, Nestlé could be wishing it had the same power.
In the Roald Dahl classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the worst Wonka had to deal with was a handful of rude children and their parents. [...]

Dear Airlines: Humans come in all shapes and sizes

Dear Airlines,
You are in the business of transporting humans through the air. Humans come in all shapes and sizes. Deal with it.
There are tall humans and short humans, fat humans and skinny humans, humans in wheelchairs, humans on crutches, humans who max out their carry-on luggage, humans with small children and solo humans with no [...]

Sustainable food: Local versus organic

The latest post in my series on sustainable food in partnership with Chris Perrin of Blog Well Done.
It’s time to buy groceries. You are armed with a shopping list, cloth bags and the best of intentions to buy food that is sustainable in every way. But the organic apples in Whole Foods are from New [...]

New Year Resolutions: A new series on sustainable food

Happy New Year! Have you made any resolutions for 2010?
One of my resolutions is to eat more sustainably and I invite you to join me.
I am excited to announce a new series starting next week. I am teaming up with one of my favourite food bloggers, Chris Perrin of Blog Well Done, and together we [...]

Security theatre and what might actually make air travel safer

My thoughts on the proposed new security measures in the wake of the attempted Christmas Day terror attack.
Christmas Day was peaceful in my home. All I had to worry about was opening presents, taking a walk up to a nearby hill with panoramic views of the city, and cooking and eating a great feast.
Elsewhere things [...]

A personal decision on press trips

Given the turbulent state of the media industry and the rise of blogging, it was probably inevitable that travel bloggers would start getting invited on press trips. For some time now there have been travel bloggers joining the ranks of old-school travel writers on press trips and lately there have been a few press trips [...]

Passports with Purpose: Win a holiday to Tranquility Bay in Belize

Win a holiday to Tranquility Bay to one of Belize’s Caribbean islands and help build a school in Cambodia.

I’m delighted to bring you news of another fantastic raffle prize for the Passports with Purpose fundraiser. This time it’s an accommodation package for beautiful Tranquility Bay in Belize and involves a personal favourite of mine – [...]

Passports with Purpose: Win a Caribbean holiday to Coconut Bay

Enter to win a Caribbean holiday and help build a school in rural Cambodia.

I am thrilled to announce my participation in the travel blogging fundraiser Passports with Purpose.
The lovely folks at Coconut Bay Beach Resort and Spa in Saint Lucia in the Caribbean have agreed to sponsor a prize. And what a fantastic prize!
For a [...]

Photo Friday: The British Museum with children and the Parthenon Marbles debate

London, UK; July 2007

This is my sister Emma riding on my shoulders at the British Museum in summer 2007. She was five at the time and is now a big girl of seven and a half. We are standing in front of the Parthenon Marbles (also known as the Elgin Marbles) and our dad took [...]

Passport to compassion – disaster in Sumatra

The earthquake in Sumatra and how travel makes me a better person.
When I hear about natural disasters or wars in far-away countries, it doesn’t always feel very immediate and real. Sometimes a graphic piece of television footage or a moving first-person account will strike an emotional chord. Other times, I’ll know intellectually that people are [...]

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