MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT FOR THE PLANET & FOR PEOPLE
Taking care of our world and giving back to the environment and communities we visit are of the utmost importance to us. When you travel with Pathways, you’re gaining a life-changing experience and you’re also giving back to the world. Your impact makes a difference. Here are a few ways in which we’re trying to help:
we give back
After every trip, we donate a portion of the profits to local conservation efforts and communities we visit.
we go local
We work directly with small, local businesses and we hire local guides. This helps make our experiences more authentic and it keeps the support within the communities we explore.
we walk lightly
Whenever we hike and wherever we explore, we do our best to leave these places better than we found them, minimizing our footprint as much as possible.
OUR PARTNERS
One Tree Planted: We partner with One Tree Planted so that every Pathways traveler - past, present and future - has a tree planted in their name.
Leave No Trace: We are a community member of Leave No Trace and we donate each year to help protect our favorite natural places.
Parco Naturale Adamello Brenta: After each trip in the Dolomites, we donate a portion of the profits to preserve the lakes, forests, glaciers and wildlife of this mountain nature reserve.
San Miguel Conservation Foundation: After each trip in Telluride, we donate a portion of the profits to help preserve the fragile environment and spectacular beauty of this open space.
Los Glaciares National Park: After each trip in Patagonia, we donate a portion of the profits to support the preservation and protection of this special place that we’re so fortunate to explore.
Norway Trekking Association (DNT): After each trip in Norway, we donate a portion of the profits to the DNT, Norway’s biggest outdoor activities organization that promotes trekking and improving conditions for all who enjoy the country’s outdoor activities.
El Chaltén Hospital: Instead of donating money, our groups bring with them much needed medical supplies to help the local hospital.
Shake Hands with the World (SHWTW): An organization that makes beautiful sail bags (founded by the parents of Sarah Marston, the owner of Pathways). The bags are manufactured by Vietnamese people needing work and SHWTW sells the bags in the USA, then donates the full proceeds to local orphanages in Vietnam. We donate a portion of our profits from Pathways travels in Southeast Asia to SHWTW.
NAACP: The vision of the NAACP is to ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights without discrimination based on race.
Black Lives Matter: An international human rights movement, originating from within the African-American community, which campaigns against violence and systemic racism towards black people.
Soul Trak Outdoors: A nonprofit organization that connects communities of color to outdoor spaces while also building a coalition of diverse outdoor leaders.
WeGotNext Organization: An organization that amplifies individual stories of adventure and activism from communities that have been underrepresented in outdoor and environmental spaces.
