January’s cold days and grey skies will have us all craving an escape—but what if your next getaway could also make a positive impact? More than ever, travellers are seeking experiences that feel like a fantastic holiday first and foremost. Empower yourselves to plan in a way that also supports nature conservation, social initiatives, and rewards you with human connections that renew your sense of purpose.

Join Condé Nast Traveller’s first Sustainability Editor, Juliet Kinsman, in conversation with author of The Case for Nature, Siddarth Shrikanth at The Conduit. This will be an inspiring thought-provoking conversation on the importance of international travel and how we can all make a difference whenever we travel—get practical advice and engage with other travel experts in the audience about where to go when, and why.

Author of The Bucket List: Eco Experiences published by Rizzoli, Juliet has shifted the narrative of boutique travel and sustainable luxury and will share tips on how to plan trips that are environmentally responsible, culturally respectful, and personally rewarding and arm you with the intuition to plan your dream adventures volunteering at wildlife preserves to enjoying zero-waste culinary getaways. 

Whether you’re a seasoned traveller or simply dreaming of warmer destinations, or a member of the Conduit keen to connect with other sustainable travel professionals, join us to discuss how we can wander sustainably and turn every journey into an opportunity for community or conservation uplift. 

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Speakers:

Juliet Kinsman has spent more than two decades celebrating the world’s most special places to stay. Founding editor of Mr & Mrs Smith, meeting philanthropic hoteliers and working with award-winning luxury brands inspired her to create her Bouteco platform specifically to share enlightening stories of sustainability since 2016. Resident travel expert on BBC Radio London since 2014, a contributor to Sky News and a regular guest on podcasts and TV programmes, she’s now a leading world expert on sustainability.

As first-ever sustainability editor of Condé Nast Traveller, her hotel expertise appears in The Telegraph to The Times and her book, The Green Edit: Travel (Easy Tips for the Eco-Traveller) was published by Ebury. As a hotel consultant, she helps brands stand for something, and as a broadcaster, a keynote speaker or panelist at industry and consumer events, she inspires listeners to take a new perspective on positive impact.

Siddarth Shrikanth is an Investment Director with Just Climate’s Natural Climate Solutions strategy. Siddarth studied Biological Sciences at Oxford and worked in corporate sustainability for McKinsey in London and Indonesia before moving to Hong Kong to be a foreign correspondent for the Financial Times. He gained a joint MPA/MBA from the Harvard Kennedy School and Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, during which he co-founded a natural carbon removal start-up and consulted for the World Bank and the Singapore government on environmental policy. In 2023 he published his book The Case for Nature: Pioneering Solutions for the Other Planetary Crisis.