The world leader in outdoor lifestyle company THE NORTH FACE sponsors MKTramping and supplies adventure clothing for its guaids.
The North Face
With 40 years in the outdoor industry, The North Face is the premier supplier of authentic, innovative and technologically advanced exploratory foortware, equipment and accessories. Its products are widely recognised and used by professional explorers, climbers and skiers, as well as, weekend sport lovers around the world.
For MKTramping customers, the North Face company prepared special discounts. Details will be published soon at the MKClub site and in the next newsletter.
Responsible tourism is treating others the way they wish to be treated.
A growing number of travelers want their journeys to be less invasive and more beneficial to the local community. They want to better understand the culture of the people they meet in the places they visit.
During our tours we are trying to show our clients the real world with its beauty and poority, to be close with local people, support ecological solutions in order to improve ourselves and our world. We believe that tourism can help people and environment and we are trying to prove it.
That is why we decided to become a partner of ClimatCare, leader in high quality carbon offset credits.
If you want to help our planet you can use carbon calculator and support ClimatCare in their activities.
Client who will travel with us and support ClimatCare using carbon calculator will receive 50% refund of the contribution.
ClimateCare is a service that reduces greenhouse gases on behalf of individuals and organisations, to compensate for their impact on the climate. It does this by ‘offsetting’ the greenhouse gases – such as CO2 - emitted from your activities by reducing an equivalent amount of CO2 on your behalf. These reductions are made through a range of projects in sustainable energy technologies that not only fight climate change but can bring widespread benefits to communities around the world. You can offset emissions from flying, driving and household energy use.
The Uganda Stoves Project supplies efficient wood burning stoves to institutions such as schools in Uganda. As well as reducing greenhouse gases produced from cooking, the stoves reduce the amount of wood fuel needed, helping to reduce deforestation. Cooks also experience the benefits of reduced indoor pollution since the stoves are less smoky.
Sarah Nakabuyo Naloongo is a cook at Kibuye Primary School in Kampala – where the new improved wood stoves were installed in Autumn 2007. She told us how the new stoves had improved her life because the kitchen is now smoke free and the food is easier to cook.
“Beforehand, we cooked the food on an open fire using stone stands and the room would be black with smoke. The new stoves have improved my life because I no longer have to work in a dirty environment. The new stoves are taller too which means that I don’t have to crouch down and damage my back".
Image credit: Sue O`Connor
Wind Power in China
China is developing rapidly with increasing demand for power, most of which is generated from coal. The Mulan wind project is located in Heilongjiang - the northern-most province of China. The wind farm generates approximately 25 GWh of electricity each year, reducing emissions by reducing the amount of electricity that would have been generated by conventional fossil fuels such as coal or gas. Alongside reducing the need for fossil fuels, the wind farm provides local employment and has contributed to the stimulation of the wind power sector in China.