Choose a Sustainable Tourism Language Holiday
Creating sustainable tourism language holidays isn’t a one-time decision: it’s an ongoing journey.
We’re learning, improving, and problem-solving to move towards more responsible travel practices, with both long-term and mid-term goals guiding us.
3 Ways Your Scottish Holiday Just Got Better
In this blog, we’re sharing 3 recent changes we’ve made to improve the sustainability of your English holiday.
In most cases, they will also enhance your overall experience, bringing you great flavours or deepening your connection to your English. In the case of the toilet roll… well. it seems the King uses it!
Practising sustainable tourism creates no fundamental conflict with our holidays, which use immersion in nature and culture to unlock your English and support our community.
The question is how much positive impact we can have.
We’re as ambitious about that as we are about you transforming your English and having a great holiday.
This blog shares the most recent part of this journey.
01 | CrowdFarming | Fresh Fruit
We have great options for market-farmed veggies – as we get a weekly veggie box from Tomnah’a Market Garden. However, Scotland is a bit short of nice fruit in springtime, so I researched options for buying fruit that avoids supermarkets and excessive transportation.
In Southern Europe, the citrus and avocado season is drawing to a close. Many fruits are now ready to harvest—but not all will be picked. The conventional market often switches early to imports, even as high-quality fruit still hangs on European trees.
CrowdFarming farmers aim to prevent waste by relying on direct sales: only what has been ordered is harvested—and only when fully ripe on the tree. This model allows the final harvests of the season to reach consumers—fairly, transparently, and without dependency on wholesalers.
Crowdfarming Newsletter
Delicious & Ethical
We ordered a box of avocados, oranges and lemons – and 3 litres of olive oil!
All supermarket avocados are chilled for transportation, reducing their flavour.
The results?
Spectacular. Super juicy oranges – the only disadvantage is that all the avocados reached peak ripeness at exactly the same time, so we made guacamole rather than having them over the week.
The week the first box arrived we were helping an expert in environmental initiatives for the German Government.
She quizzed me about transportation (shortest route, lorries 90% full), crowd distribution networks and food waste, so we explored the website together and reviewed the statistics CrowdFarming publish with a lot more scrutiny than I. It passed on all all fronts!
Learn More About the Food & Drink on Your Holiday
02 | A Switch to Hybrid
This is a biggie!
We’ve upgraded the Blue Noun car to a hybrid.
We’d love to go full electric one day soon – but as our holidays take us exploring across Scotland and into some quite remote places, it isn’t quite feasible yet. The electric car charging infrastructure in the Scottish Highlands is there for people staying overnight in places – but less for spontaneous day travellers like ourselves.
Supporting Our Local Garage
We bought 2nd hand from Crieff’s local Suzuki car dealership – a family business, and immediately added roof bars to be able to transport bikes (and one day – a canoe!).
Scotland Just Got Possible!
03 | Unbleached Toilet Roll
Having lived in Barrow-in-Furness, and seen first-hand the massive industrial scarring of bleached toilet paper, I wanted an alternative.
Toilet Roll Fit for a King
Since signing up, our suppliers, Naked Paper have just received an Enterprise Award in sustainable development!
‘Do I Have to Try Canoeing?’
Our English holidays are tailored to you — no forced canoeing, food, or experimental music.
We answer our most frequently asked questions on the blog:
The Difficulty in Finding a Sustainable Tourism Language Holiday
If you are reading this with any suspicion, you are right to.
The travel industry is full of greenwashing and misleading claims.
If you would like further information about the impact of our holidays, please read:
A Social Action Policy
Every business should have a Social Action Policy!
A PDF Download about Creating a Sustainable Language holiday
Let’s Talk!
I’d love to answer your questions about our English coaching holidays in Scotland.
You’ll get to see our hub – and tell me (Ruth) 3 things you’d like to see/do in Scotland.
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Friendly community
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What more perfect combination could you need for an English conversation holiday?
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