Steppes Travel is made by the people who work here. Incredible holidays are made possible because of their vast travel experience and the great enthusiasm they bring to their work.
We carefully select our experts based on their knowledge, companionship and influence, ensuring that you can travel with the most knowledgeable leaders in the field.
The people who lead the way when it comes to those things which matter to us: exploration, the environment, women’s empowerment and education.
The UN Sustainable Development Goals that we champion alongside our partners in the fight against climate change.
We have chosen to align our vision of Positive Impact Travel with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, with our efforts focussed on the goals we feel best placed to create the biggest impact: biodiversity, female education and green energy.
Our collective impact on the planet is straining the world’s natural spaces and we are in a race against time to reverse much of the damage our species has created. Scientists estimate we will lose 18% of the world’s plant species and 22% of mammals by 2100 if the average global temperature continues to increase.
Travel has the ability to enrich the world, not just through the redistribution of wealth but also by sharing knowledge and creating awareness. In an attempt to promote biodiversity in our backyard, in 2019, we began to create a reforestation project in Brigg that is home to 40 acres of new saplings with the purpose of raising awareness. The location was pertinent – the surrounding area is home to some of the worst levels of air pollution in the UK.
From September 2021 we will be supporting Room to Read as one of our positive impact travel charities. Their innovative model focuses on deep, systemic transformation within schools in low-income countries during the two most critical time periods in a child’s schooling: early primary school for literacy acquisition and secondary school for girls’ education.
With aviation accounting for 2.5% of the world’s annual CO2 emissions and 3.5% of the planet’s increase in temperature, the travel industry will continuously owe a debt to the planet unless something changes. We’re taking extensive steps to measure and reduce the impact of every flight we book. Where flights are booked, we will measure the carbon and balance the emissions through an offset donation to World Land Trust.
In 2019, we supported the work of Nicolas Cristen, a doctorate student working on nuclear fusion energy at Oxford University Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE). Nuclear fusion energy represents one of the most promising sources of sustainable energy, with the potential to create sufficient energy for the planet with minimal impact on it. From September 2021 we have committed to supporting Practical Action, an international charity that works with communities to develop ingenious, lasting and locally owned solutions for agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean energy.
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