January 12, 2021
About Us
We are the world’s first travel company to be a member of the World Fairtrade Organisation. Offering authentic island based trip to Fiji, Sri Lanka, UK, Barbados and Vanuatu.
We are a British registered Community Interest Company.
From volunteering on coral reefs to remote, island camping and yoga,…
March 12, 2018
Coconut Wireless – Newsletter – February 2017 to 2018
Written by Laura Griffith and Kirsty Barnby
We hosted our first ever Fairtrade, Wildcrafted Volunteer Coral Gardening trips for four different UK and US Universities. It’s been an incredibly rewarding year so we’d love to share our best bits with you…
2017 ACHIEVEMENTS ON OUR VOLUNTEERING TRIPS
We had an eye-opening,…
March 20, 2017
Continuing the Legacy of Sharkwater
Written By Kylie Barton
Sharkwater is an important documentary created by Rob Stewart, which aims to dismantle the harmful stereotype of the shark which is ultimately leading to its demise. It is with great sadness that the world learned at the beginning of February, the man who devoted his…
September 28, 2016
Coral Gardening to Combat Bleaching
Written By Kylie Barton
The South Pacific region is famed for its glorious corals, but as we can see from the decline of the Great Barrier Reef which has depleted by fifty per cent, these structures need our protection.
Coral bleaching is something which occurs when corals experience severe changes…
February 9, 2015
Island Spirit in a Coconut Shell
Written by Kirsty Barnby
Here is a short video summarising Island Spirit in a coconut shell! For a more detailed description, we covered some of our key principles and information on who we work with in a previous blog here.
To view more content from Island Spirit, please check out our…
October 29, 2013
‘A Future dependent on Responsible Tourism’ – Let’s all play a part
Written by Kylie Barton
As organisations across the sector prepare to gather for World Responsible Tourism Day this week in association with the United Nations World Tourist Organisation (UNWTO), we here at Island Spirit thought we would take a little look at what is on the agenda this year.
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