Conseils pour un voyage éco-responsable en Grande-Bretagne

Pour faire le plein d'énergie et réduire son impact, il suffit de suivre quelques conseils pour un voyage éco-responsable en Grande-Bretagne ! Echanger l'avion contre le train pour un long voyage à travers le pays, ou remplacer les trajets en bus par des circuits à vélo dans Londres, même le plus petit changement peut faire la plus grande différence. Nos conseils permettent d'optimiser son voyage tout en minimisant son empreinte écologique et faire de ses prochaines vacances au Royaume-Uni des vacances durables. 

Privilégier la marche 

Au lieu de prendre un taxi, utiliser la carte Greenground London publiée en 2021. Ce guide, inspiré du plan de métro de Londres, propose différentes promenades allant de la balade au bord de l'eau aux sentiers littéraires urbains. 

Partir pour une randonnée le long des sentiers les plus spectaculaires du pays, comme l'England Coast Path, un sentier balisé de 4.800 km, le plus long du monde. 

Bien choisir son restaurant...

Eat vegan; dine at a zero waste restaurant or make a conscious decision about what you eat based on the carbon-footprint of your dinner.

Reward yourself with a sustainable fine-dining experience that tastes and feels good, such as Skye Gyngell’s Spring in London’s Somerset House, or Native in Mayfair, washed down with an ethical drink such as an eco-beer from Old Tree Brewery in Brighton or a dram from Nc'Nean in Argyll, Scotland’s first net zero distillery.  

...Et son hôtel ! 

Réserver une chambre dans un hôtel à la démarche environnementale reconnue comme Fforest Farm au Pays de Galles, or green hotels and holiday homes, such as the zero-carbon The Emerald resort in Cornwall and canopy palace, Treetops Treehouse in Devon. 

Get buzzy in the city: Help save the bees and check in to one of London’s many hotels and venues with their own hives, from Ham Yard Hotel, to The Ritz and St Ermin’s Hotel, as well as Fortnum & Mason and the National Theatre.

Faire un don à la nature 

Give back to nature: Help keep Britain beautiful by volunteering with a project like the Marine Conservation Society’s Great British Beach Clean events, or spend a week on a nature reserve volunteering for The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Or how about Canal Camp, a working holiday restoring Britain’s waterways for the Inland Waterways Association.

Essayer la sylvothérapie

Try forest bathing: Spending time in trees is proven to de-stress and boost your health and the good news is you don’t have to be in Japan to perfect the art of shinrin-yoku. Britain is full of forests and woodlands, including its famous ancient sites like the New Forest and Sherwood Forest. Take Forest Bathing tours through Forest Holidays or just walk into the woods and give it a go yourself, in some of Forestry England’s lovely sites around the country, like Alice Holt Forest in Surrey, or Bedgebury National Pinetum in Kent.

Faire une pause bien-être en Ecosse 

Slow down and speed up the relaxation with some water-wellness in or on Scotland’s lochs, like stand-up paddle-boarding and wild-swimming. Whether you are near it, in it, or on it, it’s proven that being around water is good for you. So Scotland, with its recent Year of Coasts & Waters, is calling. From paddle-boarding on a loch and wild swimming in one, to a waterfall walk with a seafood dinner, coast up to Scotland and indulge in some water-wellness. 

Rapporter des souvenirs durables

And finally, what’s a trip to Britain without some serious shopping? Even high-fashion doesn’t have to come at a cost (to the planet, your wallet might still hurt) any longer, with leading brands like Stella McCartney, Mulberry and Burberry at the forefront of sustainable style. Or at the other end of the budget, go vintage, with some of the nation’s famous emporiums like London’s Rokit and W. Armstrong & Son in Edinburgh and now even Selfridges, where you can pick up a second-hand bag to pack it all in. 

Dans l'agenda 

Put a date in your diary for UNBOXED: Creativity in the UK, where 10 outstanding large-scale projects around sustainability, life and the future are revealed around the country from leaders in the fields of science, technology, engineering, arts and maths. 

And don’t miss the Commonwealth Games in July 2022, where Birmingham aims to be the first carbon-neutral Games. They are creating 2,022 acres of Commonwealth Forest and 72 mini-forests in surrounding urban areas – which is ideal for a spot of forest-bathing while you’re there.