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Conscious and Transformative Travellers for and of the Future

To speak today about travellers for and of the future the most immediate point of departure is the current alarming state of the world system affairs and its unsustainable practices. When one looks at the facts and scientific warnings the most natural question needs to be imposed: where are we going and what are we doing as a collective human species? Let the facts speak for themselves. The structure of the world’s ecosystems has changed more rapidly in the second half of the 20th century than at any time in recorded human history (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005). The world population is growing rapidly, putting more pressure on the earth’s recourses, devastating oil spills are rampant, we produce huge amounts of waste and plastic causing a ‘plasticsoup’ in the oceans, there is huge loss of habitat, CO2 levels are increasing causing global warming, and the list goes on (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005). When all other life-threatening practices are added in terms of pesticides, pops, and other poisons in our waters and food chains, acidification, etc., it is not surprising that some prestigious scientists are warning us that the fate of humanity and Gaia (Greek name for the Earth) is leading to dire consequences (Lovelock, 2010).

conscious travellers; transformative tourism; transmodernity; cultural creatives

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