Members Practising Sustainable Tourism
You can view each members' sustainable tourism projects under their own company listing. Here is an overview of some of the fantastic work going on in the UK and abroad by our members.
This sounds completely logical - and it is - but we take the responsibility to equip our mountain staff in Kenya, Nepal, Tanzania and Russia with good quality mountaineering clothing and equipment.
We invest in our staff and Lopsang Sherpa is a good example of someone wanting to become a guide but needing the backing of a sponsor
We pay for his professional development during the off season
Every year we donate ~ 300 mattresses to the six porters lodges in the Khumbu Valley near Everest. Some come from our big expeditions, some are bought.
A mattress is about £18.00.
Great way of doing the right thing in a simple way!
A great rural hotel run by the effervescent Mama Nyokabi. We use it for all our treks and safaris on Mt Kenya. Fifteen years ago we brought her business and invested, and now she is a well known entrepreneur and the hotel is sustainable.
In partnership with our Moving Mountains NGO, we invest in facilities in the mountain villages where our guides and porters live.
Working together and harnessing tourism money, there is now long term improved quality of life.
We have close ties with the mountain communities where our staff live, and with our Moving Mountains NGO we build schools and employ teachers in the villages where they live.
The ethos is to share your business success with the community.
We combine investment from our Moving Mountains NGO with sustainable financial support from AA.
For schools we use tourism to provide long term funding and also logistical support and advice.
In 20 years we've seen amazing turnarounds.
Realising the remote village of Baleygon in northern Pakistan had no suitable school facilities, but over 100 children needing an education, we set about our most ambitious project so far. The project started in 2010.
Initiated by Mountain Kingdoms MD, Steve Berry, this unique project is building a rare Zanskari bridge of interwoven twigs, helping to keep ancient Zanskari traditions and culture alive. Email steve@mountainkingdoms.com for further info.
In 2009 we started a programme of regular donations to Conservation Lower Zambezi – an NGO which aims to reduce poaching and misuse of resources in Zambia's Lower Zambezi. These are ongoing, and to date have included: