I appreciate this reflection so much. I have these same mixed feelings. We took my son to Iceland for 2 weeks last year and it was just magical. But also, like you, I grappled with the trade off of our impact.
It’s tough. I’m nowhere near purely doing local trips. I see the importance and value so much but I also want my kid to see the world (perhaps before we can’t travel anymore 😬). What we’ve been attempting to do is slow travel, longer and less frequent trips and having conversations about why. I also think about Katharine Hayhoe’s message in “Saving Us” that the purity approach can even turn off the people among the most committed and I feel that sometimes which I’m confronting in myself as well.
I appreciate this reflection so much. I have these same mixed feelings. We took my son to Iceland for 2 weeks last year and it was just magical. But also, like you, I grappled with the trade off of our impact.
It’s tough. I’m nowhere near purely doing local trips. I see the importance and value so much but I also want my kid to see the world (perhaps before we can’t travel anymore 😬). What we’ve been attempting to do is slow travel, longer and less frequent trips and having conversations about why. I also think about Katharine Hayhoe’s message in “Saving Us” that the purity approach can even turn off the people among the most committed and I feel that sometimes which I’m confronting in myself as well.