As we return to global travel, what’s the best way to do so? Join nature and travel writer Anthony Ham and writer, literary tour guide leader and avid...

Natural Footsteps: Ethical Travel

Location:

Level 2, 400 George Street
2000 NSW
Australia

Venue:
Vivid Ideas Exchange - Telstra Customer Insight Centre
Price:
From: $31.02
A female with a camera in a natural, green environment
A female with a camera in a natural, green environment

Featuring

Anthony Ham

Anthony Ham

Anthony Ham is one of Australia's most experienced nature and travel writers. For more than two decades, he has been travelling to the earth's wild places in search of stories, to Africa, the Amazon, the Arctic, and Outback Australia. His work has appeared in The New York Times, National Geographic Traveler, BBC Travel, The Age and elsewhere.

Bri Lee

Bri Lee

Bri Lee is an award-winning author, academic, and activist. Her books include Who Gets to be SmartBeauty, and Eggshell Skull. She is the columnist for T Magazine Australia, writes regularly for The Saturday Paper, and runs a weekly Substack called News & Reviews. Bri's advocacy saw consent laws in Queensland referred to the Law Reform Commission, and she founded the 'Freadom Inside' initiative which gets books to women in prisons in New South Wales. She's a PhD candidate and lecturer at the University of Sydney. 

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  • Auslan Interpreted - Auslan interpreted events are for audiences who are Deaf and use Australian Sign Language (Auslan) as their primary means of communication. Experienced Auslan theatre interpreters stand to the side of the stage and translate what the speakers are saying or Auslan signing the text and dialogue live. Audiences requiring this service are seated in the section closest to the interpreter to ensure good sightlines.
  • Companion Card Acceptance - The Companion Card is for people with a significant permanent disability, who always need a companion to provide attendant care type support in order to participate at most available community venues and activities.
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  • Wheelchair Accessible - Access to the venue is suitable for wheelchairs (toilets, ramps/lifts etc.) and designated wheelchair spaces are available.

Event Details

As we return to global travel, what’s the best way to do so? Join nature and travel writer Anthony Ham and writer, literary tour guide leader and avid traveller Bri Lee in conversation about the challenges and opportunities of ethical travel.

Tourism can make or break a community, between out-pricing locals from their homes to immense environmental impacts ruining the very beauty that brings us there. While 'ethical alternatives' like ecotourism and voluntourism – the act of volunteering overseas for a charity-led program – aren’t new, they've risen in popularity in recent years. But how do we know if they aren’t merely creating new problems?

Anthony Ham has spent more than two decades travelling to the Earth’s most untouched corners, considering questions of how to explore the world without harming it. His latest book, The Man Who Loved Pink Dolphins, tells the complex story of Christopher Clark, an environmentalist who worked with the Waimiri-Atoari people of the Amazon to protect their land. He’ll chat to Bri Lee, author, journalist and host of small learning-driven travel tours about how to best approach ethical travel, and what pitfalls to avoid.

This event is part of Vivid Ideas' Human Nature series. Challenge the 'natural' ways of thinking, and explore the emerging new normals across sex, relationships, body politics, travel and more.

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Access and Inclusion

  • Auslan Interpreted - Auslan interpreted events are for audiences who are Deaf and use Australian Sign Language (Auslan) as their primary means of communication. Experienced Auslan theatre interpreters stand to the side of the stage and translate what the speakers are saying or Auslan signing the text and dialogue live. Audiences requiring this service are seated in the section closest to the interpreter to ensure good sightlines.
  • Companion Card Acceptance - The Companion Card is for people with a significant permanent disability, who always need a companion to provide attendant care type support in order to participate at most available community venues and activities.
  • Hearing Loop - A hearing loop (sometimes called an audio induction loop) is a special type of sound system for use by people with hearing aids. The hearing loop provides a magnetic, wireless signal that is picked up by the hearing aid when it is set to 'T' (Telecoil) setting. Many venues have an induction hearing loop system. Check if your venue has this system.
  • Wheelchair Accessible - Access to the venue is suitable for wheelchairs (toilets, ramps/lifts etc.) and designated wheelchair spaces are available.