Welcome to this special What the…? LIVE episode of the climate-solutions podcast with stories from sustainable travel recorded in Marrakech at PURE 2024 with Juliet Kinsman, journalist and founder of Bouteco, who returns with broadcaster Simon London who plays quizmaster in this entertaining interactive 40-minute session from Open House at the trade show in Morocco, September 2024. 

Key climate topics are tackled: the importance of biodiversity, water solutions, and gender equality in the context of the power of sustainable travel to do more good, and how to harness the power of comedy and storytelling for impact — with lots of stats, science and heart-tugging stories and a little much-needed laughter along the way.

Experts include Portia Hart, founder of Blue Apple in Colombia and Intrepid’s Zina Bencheikh, a big supporter of the charity Education for All which is what Bouteco’s 2019 documentary Changing Worlds in the Atlas Mountains is all about. Intriguing and inspiring sustainability studies from hospitality in relation to The Datai Langkawi in Malaysia, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance, Rio Perdido in Costa Rica which features in Small Luxury Hotels’ Considerate Collection,

For more episodes and full information, go to http://bouteco.co/podcasts

What To Do And How To Think in a Crisis https://www.bouteco.co/sustainable-luxury-travel/2023/11/17/guidelines-for-action-after-a-disaster

Make My Money Matter https://makemymoneymatter.co.uk/

Comedy clip from Mark Maron https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ug6py7PoHR8

Cartoon by Tom Toro from The New Yorker https://www.insidehook.com/culture/story-tom-toro-new-yorker-climate-cartoon

Please listen, subscribe, review — and catch up with our first series of Funny Old World — spread the word to help us up climate awareness in a way that we hope also inspires a few smiles.

Edited by Jon Weeks. Sound Engineer Andy Hughes. Published by Mark Machado of 11-29 Media.

Thank you to http://purelifeexperiences.com — Serge Dive, Eve Browning, Isabella Carington, Ariella Durban, Sarah Nevard and all the passionate hoteliers and travel professionals that make PURE such a special place to spark more two-way conversations.