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What's so sustainable about an 8 seater VW Caravelle?

The VW Caravelle is one of the best

vehicles to convert from diesel to biodiesel.

We're supported and advised by Matt

Trevaskis at EcoDrive. Check his site.

Within a year it will be fuelled by

biodiesel sourced from the hotels and

restaurants we are in partnership with.

"From chip pan to van" is our rallying cry.
We will purchase a conversion kit from

your fees and tips (if we merit any:-).

A role of honour will be put here and in our

van of all who contributed to the conversion kit.

When we drive around the Lizard peninsula and the

Helford River we are taking up to 7 vehicles off the road.

We run a very low impact business - walking. How low can you get?

Our aims

We are looking at a people carrier

that is not fossil fuel dependent

ü DONE!

Talking to hotels and restaurants

to supply oil for conversion to

biodiesel

ü DOING RIGHT NOW

Talking to local transportation

providers to improve coastal access

on the Lizard.

ü We've got 2 MP's on board

and a petition to First Devon and

Cornwall bus service providers

It is imperative to be carbon neutral

û We're working on it

Leave only footprints, take only photographs

What else can we do?

Reduce, reuse, recycle

Try local transport

Walk

Buy local

Eat local produce

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What we are doing

We are a low impact business

We encourage walking as much as possible

Our walks are mainly circular

cutting down on moving around

We have joined like minded businesses

through CoaST

We plant trees for our walkers

We use vegetable dyes for printing

You can opt in to do the same

It's no gimmick, it's a lifestyle

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We keep meeting people who are concentrating on all areas of providing a holistic approach

to tourism especially in the vital area, to us, of transportation. We are looking for people who

are putting into practice solutions that reach far beyond a small walking business let alone the

tourism industry that we are part of.

The philosophy and central strategy of walkitcornwall is to be sustainable on all levels of our

working policy.

What we are doing:-

1. We have joined CoaST, the sustainable tourism network of Cornwall linking up with many

like minded companies and individuals.

2. We are planting trees on your behalf for travelling to and from and within Cornwall.

3. We are trying to integrate our walks with the public transport system and are in conversation

with public and private companies about how we work in partnership on this important subject.

4. Walking is low impact and encourages well being...."solvitur ambulado"

- solve it through walking.

5. Our day walks will be circular so that two walks will involve only one venue if car travel is

neccessary.

6. Our printing for the day walks will be on recycled paper using vegetable dye inks.

7. All the companies we deal with will be practicing if not aware of best environmental practice.

When we discussed starting up as a tourist venture the desire to be sustainable

was not an add on to the business but the core around which all activities were based.

Realistically this will take time and we will heartily admit that we are not there ...yet.

We realised the environmental consequences of human activity twenty years ago

and the subsequent dilemmas that we are now facing.

Personal politics aside, it is the desire to implement best environmental working practice

on day to day living that will determine whether we as a company succeed.

But globally, will it be by personal choice or through drastic statutory leverage?

Now there's a debate.