Earth Studies

We, the human race, are becoming more sensitized to the needs of the planet and its environs. With this in mind, many places are offering vacations with a difference. A place and time to learn what we can do to lessen the impact we make on the earth itself.

Some places even offer courses up to master’s level for those individuals interested in ecology. Many of these places are running farms capable of sustaining themselves as well as those in the local community.

All fruit and vegetables, for an example, are grown without the use of chemicals and sometimes without the use of machinery! - a very ‘hands-on’ approach not usually seen in this day and age.

One of these ventures in particular is trying to re-introduce the concept of local people connecting to the food supply being grown literally in its own backyard instead of buying everything in plastic bags at the supermarket.

Accommodation is sometimes on the farm itself or in the local community giving the holiday-maker a chance to revisit rural America in a rather unique way. Children are given a small taste of what life was like before computers and designer labels took over.

This may not be everyone’s dream holiday, indeed it may take some kind of persuasion from parent to child, but I can’t help feeling that we should take a chance, perhaps once in a while, to experience something completely different.

This is certainly one for the more adventurous amongst us!