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A senior copywriter, editor and travel writer specialising in sustainable and eco travel, I worked as a freelancer for national and international publications and websites for ten years. I also spent 4 years as content creator of travel guides at responsibletravel.com. I am currently Content Producer at Voi Technology, a sustainable micromobility startup. Prior to the pandemic I was Editor-in-chief at Rail Europe UK (formerly Loco2.com). I have also just been commissioned to write The Allotmenteers: Portraits of a growing community by Unbound.
Alongside my full-time content producer role, I still write freelance articles. I am open to writing content on any subject, and I have also written media articles on family issues. However, sustainable travel, transport and ethical products are what interest me most. My forte is keeping things light, even when the subject can be a little dark, or adding humanity and humour when things get a little heavy. I am Irish, and currently based in London, UK.
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Catherine Mack | May 13, 2021 'Choose your battles' is always good advice and the war of words that we have seen evolve over the last twenty years around sustainable tourism is definitely one that I like to stay clear of.
All the information you need for accessible rail travel in Germany, the Netherlands and France. We need to break down barriers in train travel and make it accessible for all, so as a team, we've always been about helping people use rail more.
They are called Britain's breathing spaces for good reason. With fifteen national parks in total, we have oxygen oozing from so many corners it's hard to know where to start. Most British people have only visited a handful of UK national parks, southerners vowing to get up to Northumberland one day and northerners keen to suss out the South Downs.
There are two pubs and a couple of shops in Bellaghy, County Derry, a small village in the rural heart of mid-Ulster. To many people, it is an ordinary place, and yet something extraordinary has just happened.
The heart of a walnut is a delicious, nutritious and surprisingly beauteous thing. Such are my musings on a trekking tour of the High Atlas Mountains where, in the midday heat, I value the shade of the walnut trees on the arid red sandstone slopes.
Responsible tourism in Rwanda guide. Honest and easy to read advice to help ensure that your trip benefits the local community, wildlife and environment and make sure that you are sensitive to Rwanda's traumatic recent history. Read more in our responsible tourism in Rwanda travel guide.
Like its Adriatic neighbour Croatia, Montenegro is a rapidly-growing travel destination: in 2016 there were nearly 1.5 million visits from international tourists - up 6.9% on 2015. But although the country is known for eco-tourism and as a "soft adventure" hotspot, tourism development hasn't been without controversy.
The Code is the Code of Practice for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism. Cassandra is in conversation with Catherine Mack.