Easter Island’s famous statues not only attract tourists, but also symbolize ancestral values and even drive many sustainable initiatives.

The Chilean farm Alihuen combines organic farming and tourist education to restore local flora and fauna on former grasslands.

Chilean company Algramo uses clever, reusable packaging to reduce plastic waste and save customers money.

High in the Peruvian Andes, poor school children learn how to grow and cook healthy, organic veggies. An example for the world?

Community-based tourism, with slow travel and homestays at its core, make for an authentic and more sustainable travel experience.

Chilean Patagonia thanks its pristine wilderness to successful conservation efforts. Among them Tompkins Conservation, a remarkable, private initiative.

In Ushuaia we visit a self-sustaining Earthship built with recycled and natural materials. A truly sustainable building example from the end of the world.

In the beef capital of the world, the tide is turning in favor of plant-based diets. Good news for human health, animals, nature and the climate.

In Uruguay and Argentina, we visit two sustainable schools. The buildings and teachings are textbook examples of sustainability.

Casa Tambor - Where the Beerens and Molenaar families are demonstrating how to use local and recycled building materials on Cape Verde.

We travel to Santiago de Compostela, the end point of the St. James Way. And learn how hiking can be both a spiritual and a physical sustainable solution.

At Mondragon, employees are owners, salaries and profits are fairly distributed, there is solidarity among cooperatives, and education is held in high esteem.

Polly Higgins is on a mission to make mass destruction of the earth an international crime.

In Totnes, home of the Transition Town movement, we learn how a focus on local food, renewable energy, energy neutral living, and the local economy makes a town more resilient and sustainable.

Spirituality plays a big part at Findhorn Ecovillage, which is based on love for nature and each other.

Public-private partnerships pioneer a new form of renewable energy: energy from the sea (tides and waves).

How hydropower generates electricity for electric driving and the world’s first fully electric car ferry.

How a family on a Swedish island applies permaculture principles on their organic farm.

How Sweden’s right to roam (allemansrätten) and scientific legacy led to its pioneering role in nature conservation.

What makes insulation a sustainable solution and how have government policies in Denmark contributed to more energy efficiency.

What the Danish capital is doing to adapt to climate change and become carbon neutral by 2025.

Through engagement of the community and local ownership, the islanders managed to become energy independent with renewable energy.

The Kattendorfer Hof produces organic food and works on the basis of Community Supported Agriculture.

Germany’s first packaging-free grocery store, Unverpackt Kiel, helps consumers reduce plastic and food waste, and stimulates buying local.

What the Netherlands is doing and what you can do to reduce plastic waste.

How Amsterdammers are sharing tools, bikes, games to save money and natural resources

Cycling benefits your health, finances, air quality, and the climate!