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My Top Tips to Conscious Travel

  • Ensure electricity such as air conditioning and lights are turned off when you are not in your room.
  • Do not accept plastic bottles or straws, but choose places that use alternatives like glass and paper.
  • Ask to see how the resort handles solid waste. Soneva Fushi happily takes guests on a Eco Centro tour to show our waste-to-wealth practices.
  • Choose food that has a low environmental cost. Ideally avoid meat and choose plant-based options. Shades of Green at Soneva Fushi offers fantastic plant-based dining experience.
  • Choose resorts that offset your carbon emissions including air travel. Alternatively offset your own emissions.
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Local Experiences in Koh Kood Island, Thailand

  • ART: Join in the DIY workshop to learn tie-dye or make kites from local materials.
  • ARTISINAL SHOPS: Soneva gallery celebrate local artists through the selection of local handicrafts - bags, baskets, Thai silk, home-decors, etc.
  • DRINK & EAT: Dine on seven plant-based dishes that use traditional Thai ingredients and Nordic cooking techniques and cooking methods. Each dish pays celebrates local organic vegetables, fruits and herbs grown at Soneva Kiri.
  • CONNECT WITH NATURE: Mangrove Paddle-Boarding invites you to explore Koh Kood’s mangrove forests. Paddle the shoreline for a chance to see turtles, fish and nesting birds.
  • ENTERTAINMENT: Cinemaparadiso is a classic film screening in an open-air on-the-sand theatre experience with complimentary munchies served - popcorn and over 60 flavours of ice cream, a cocktail or something more substantial.
  • WATCH THE SUNSET/BE KISSED: The View delight guests with its spectacular natural vistas and unparalleled outlook.

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It must be NOW that aviation becomes carbon positive – nobody should fly without planting trees or investing in other projects that have a positive impact on earth and help repair some of the damage we have done.

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At a time when we have enormous pressures on planetary boundaries and where too many people are left behind, there is huge opportunity for business leaders to step up and address some of the most urgent challenges we face. It must be NOW that business adopt a model not just based on CSR and being “less bad”, but one that truly puts itself to the service of society and takes responsibility for its value chain.

Paul Polman, Founder of Imagine View

It must be NOW that the hotel industry must stop talking about growth and seeking more profit. They need to commit to investing in energy efficiencies, reduce emissions and give back to the community.

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It must be NOW that consumers must drive the narrative. Everyday people like us can change the world by refusing to do business with or buy products from anyone who’s values aren’t aligned with our own.

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It must be NOW that we all take the time to witness firsthand the devastation that has already and is currently taking place in destinations and communities that don’t affect us personally. While that is often a difficult, sad experience, we learn the most from personal interactions and need to be storytellers on these communities’ behalf to ensure they cannot be ignored or forgotten.

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It must be NOW that we vote. The solutions are ultimately political. Tell elected officials that your vote will be based on their climate record. We have to turn public will into political will and turn political will into policies and actions.

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