149 - Class and Privilege When We Travel

We who get to travel the world are a very privileged lot - right? If we're going to be good, thoughtful travellers, I think that considering issues of class and privilege when we travel is an important part of it. In Episode 149 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast, I talk with three guests who articulate some really interesting thoughts on this topic and I'm so pleased to bring them to you, and hope they give everyone some food for thought.

First up, I speak with Ella Loeffler, a recently graduated ecologist who has been spending time volunteering on a sea turtle project in Malaysia. She might be young, but she has given this topic a lot of thought already and it was great to hear how she has handled it so far.

I then chat to Nate Hake, a former lawyer who now travels the world as a digital nomad and has written about issues like passport privilege in the past.

Finally, I talk to Chris Haag who actually proposed this whole topic in the first place. Chris is cycling the Americas from north to south and when we spoke, he was in Mexico, a destination which had given him cause to think a lot about class and privilege issues.

Links:

Adopt a sea turtle nest program where Ella’s volunteering - Lang Tengah - http://www.langtengahturtlewatch.org/adoptions/

Nate at Travel Lemming - https://travellemming.com/ 

Nate's post about linguistic privilege - https://travellemming.com/travel-privilege-english/

Chris's site The Places I Pee - https://www.theplacesipee.com

Join our Facebook group for Thoughtful Travellers -  https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtfultravellers

Show notes: https://notaballerina.com/149

 

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