Get to know the changemakers of tourism's sustainable future! Our our first stop was in Brazil. We visited Juliana Mauthe de Cerqueira Lima, owner of the Fazenda Almada in the Brazilian state of Bahia, and her husband, photographer, author, and environmentalist Markus Mauthe. They gave us an insight into how they bring together tourism, cocoa cultivation, agroforestry, and the protection of the Atlantic rainforest.

The environment and sustainability are important to you: you separate waste, buy local and plastic-free whenever possible, cycle and wear second-hand clothes? But you are not quite sure how sustainability can also be lived on holiday and while travelling without sacrificing fun and experience? Sustainable travel is not rocket science! We have simple tips for you!

Get to know the changemakers of tourism's sustainable future! On June 12, 2023, we will stop in Brazil to visit Markus and Juliana Mauthe de Cerqueira Lima at their Facienda Almada.

In search of more sustainability in tourism, we are going on a virtual journey around the world this year. We will stop on five continents and present a local project.

Getting to know other countries and cultures and sharing experiences, making friends, forgetting one's everyday life for a few days and being open to new ideas. This is the focus of the international Naturefriends trips, which have been organised for many years in cooperation with Naturefriends in Senegal, the Gambia and Togo, and which set impulses for sustainable tourism development in the travel countries.