The Eco Backpacker

03/08/2015

Take the path less traveled

30/07/2015

Green travel burnout can lead to you wishing you didn't care so much about the environment. Check out my piece for Wanderful here about how you too can avoid feeling run down by being sustainable during your travels:

If you're someone who lives and travels green, doing so consistently can lead to burn out. Here's how to avoid feeling stressed about eco travel on the road.

28/07/2015

As a young creative you will often get asked to 'write for free/work for free/ it will give you good exposure/ perform for free' basically create for free. Unfortunately we all need to eat, so support a young writer and creative and check out my book online for only a few dollars. Read it and get inspired and take the first steps towards protecting the environment, and learn about Antarctica too along the way.

Antarctic Youth Ambassador: Protecting the last great wilderness on earth - Kindle edition by Morgan Hannah Pettersson. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features...

04/07/2015

WWOOF is a great way to travel and get free room and board whilst learning about organic farming and experiencing a new culture! Find out why I loved my WWOOF experience in Finland

WWOOF is an opportunity for room and board while contributing to the economy and getting an opportunity to learn as well! How? Find out!

03/07/2015

Want a story about youth, conservation, Antarctica and inspiration? Check out how you too can run your own campaign to protect the environment and live your dreams like I did by going to Antarctica:

Antarctic Youth Ambassador: protecting the last great wilderness on earth [Morgan Hannah Pettersson] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. One young woman is chosen for the adventure of...

02/07/2015

Travelling alone can be one of the most freeing things you will ever do. You are 100% in charge of you and your destiny. You become self sufficient, able to make decisions and organise, able to make a plan and change it on a whim because you don’t need to consult anyone else. The possibilities become endless when there is no one else to rely on. Friends are made, new travel partners found and lost and changed. As a solo female traveller I have had some of the best times travelling alone amongst times when I have met other travellers and gone along with them. Sometimes it has lead to solid friendships that carry on to this day. Other times it has been a little bit disastrous. One thing that I think many solo travellers struggle with at one time or another on the road is how to tell if you are feeling lonely or alone?

Travelling alone can be one of the most freeing things you will ever do. You are 100% in charge of you and your destiny. You become self sufficient, able to make decisions and organise, able to mak...

01/07/2015

Make new friends when you travel: like my friend Casper the donkey during my WWOOF experience in Finland.

30/06/2015

In my monthly column for Wanderful travel magazine I discuss how to choose an eco travel company to ensure ethical consumerism. After all sometimes you need to take a tour and you want to make sure that the company you choose is not polluting the place you are paying to travel to.

Ecotourism is gaining popularity, which means there are lots of tour groups to choose from. Follow these tips to ensure you spend your money on a group doing good.

29/06/2015

Take the path less traveled. Explore outside of your comfort zone and have adventures.

28/06/2015

We live in a world of consumerism.Everyone always wants the latest and greatest everything. And once it is not longer the latest and greatest thing we simply dispose of it. Well not really. It ends up in landfill, clogging up our water ways and damaging our earth. Years ago I was a consumer. I purchased things all the time. Loved passing the time by going shopping. For things that I didn’t really need. Because it was what you did.

Find out how I stopped being such a consumer and learnt to embrace living minimally:

We live in a world of consumerism. Everyone always wants the latest and greatest everything. And once it is not longer the latest and greatest thing we simply dispose of it. Well not really. It end...

27/06/2015

Sometimes you need to embrace the tourist activities and make them your own. There is nothing like singing to old men on bridges that you pass under in Venice, Italy!

26/06/2015

was one of the most beautiful countries I have ever been in the world. Full of snow, birch trees and old wooden houses there was such a magic to the place that you can see why myths and faeries have come from this country. See why I loved Finland so much on the blog:

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22/06/2015

People tell me all the time that they wish they had my life or that they are jealous of what I do. My answer is always simple: you can do this too and choose to live the life you want to live. Although just know that it is not a glamorous life being a nomad.
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People tell me all the time that they wish they had my life or that they are jealous of what I do. My answer is always simple: you can do this too and choose to live the life you want to live...

21/06/2015

Travel often means taking the path less traveled through the trees.

12/06/2015

I have been suffering writers block for the last few months but thank fully thanks to this view my inspiration is back!

22/05/2015

As a traveling gal, I am not ashamed to admit that I have found Tinder to be a handy tool both abroad and when I come home. Discussing my experiences and why I use the app for Wanderful this month:

Tinder is all the rage right now. Whether it's being used to meet new people or for a little more, could it be the traveling girl's new best friend?

06/03/2015

For the month of March The Eco Backpacker will be an artist in residence at the Arteles Residency in

For the month of March I will be situated amongst the snow and cold in rural Finland. Joined by 8 other artists from around the world I will be part of the Arteles Creative Centre 'Artist in Reside...

22/01/2015

I love spending moments reflecting when traveling. With Stevie the cat

06/01/2015

06/01/2015

Picking up some fresh fruits and vegetables from the markets in Honiara, Solomon Islands.

05/12/2014

This is awesome! Let's make it every house that uses solar energy.

News just in from the Australian Bureau of Statistics - 1 in 5 households are powered by the sun!

Way to go Australia, you just brightened our day!

http://www.businessspectator.com.au/news/2014/12/4/solar-energy/one-five-households-now-use-solar-abs

20/11/2014

Want to ensure that the souvenir you purchase on your travels is not harming the environment? Check out this piece that I wrote for Go Girl Travel Network all about buying keepsakes:

Souvenirs are the perfect way to remember fun travels, but be sure that they are also environmentally friendly by following this guide.

01/10/2014

Check out these haunting photos from fellow eco warrior Alison's Adventures time in the . Rubbish pollution is such a big issue and the travel industry and tourists generate a lot and cause harm some of the most beautiful places in the world. A stark reminder to take nothing but pictures and leave nothing but footprints.

Award-winning filmmaker Alison Teal, 27, from Hawaii, visited Thilafushi – or Trash Island - an artificial island created as a municipal landfill situated to the west of Malé.

29/09/2014

The EcoBackpacker was featured on The Professional Hobo 'Week in a Life' series about my time living and working on South East Sulawesi, Indonesia! Read the piece below:

Here's a week-in-the-life of Morgan Pettersson, living and working as an Australian Youth Ambassador for Development in Sulawesi, Indonesia.

11/09/2014

Beautiful pikinini from Malaita province!

09/09/2014

Being in a beautiful place can be really hard, especially when you are faced with mountains of rubbish. Read these tips for Go Girl Travel Network to help overcome pollution culture shock on your travels featuring the inspiring Take 3 initiative:

The pollution you encounter overseas can be shocking and feel overwhelming. What to do? Here are five suggestions to help you deal with it the right way.

03/09/2014

'Solomons Time' or island time can be a tricky thing to get used to here. It rules your life, your work and how things work. Read about why I have embraced Island Time for my latest piece for Pink Pangea

Island Time on the Solomon Islands means that set plans never happen on time--if at all. But there are perks to this mentality.

31/08/2014

Want to know more about the Solomon Islands? About Melanesian Culture? Or about the hairstyles of the local people? Then read my latest piece for Pink Pangea here:

I'm getting used to the culture in the Solomon Islands, which is more traditional than the one I come from.

28/08/2014

Island Days: Solomon Islands.