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Conscious Future

Where to Go to Feel Good

As we strive to become more conscious travelers, we have many choices to make. One of the most essential being which destination to visit in the first place? Thankfully, help is at hand.

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Design

The Design Diaries — Anne T. Rogers

How do people want to engage with art? For the founder of art consultancy Culture A, Anne T. Rogers, it’s about installing artwork that goes beyond the decorative and sparks deeper engagement for whoever experiences it.

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Conscious Future

The Best Ways to Approach Voluntourism

“Voluntourism” is considered the fastest growing trend in travel, but only 55% of nonprofits measure their overall impact. So, how can we be sure we’re enacting positive change?

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Conscious Future

Our Conscious Eye On — Twelve Senses Retreat

This intimate Californian hideaway is a living testament to natural, sustainable, and recycled materials.

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Destinations

Pachamama’s Land ─ Part 3

Meanwhile in Huatata, beneath the shadows of the looming Andes and the apu guardians, Manuel Choqque wants us to continue rethinking the potato.

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Destinations

Pachamama’s Land ─ Part 2

The journey continues from the cave to the mountaintop, where they meet the sky-grazing Andes, their mountain deities, and nature’s own pharmacy.

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Originals

Akinori Kanao & Seiichiro Takeuchi

Seiichiro Takeuchi and Akinori Kanao—the architect and director behind Node Kyoto, respectively—have drawn upon diversity to build something greater than a hotel. They’ve founded a cultural clubhouse where disparate ideas interact.

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Destinations

Pachamama’s Land ─ Part 1

An extraordinary local journey guided by shamans, farmers, chefs, and healers through vertical archipelagos of high-altitude ecosystems to discover ancient learning in Peru’s Sacred Valley.

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Destinations

Six Gorgeous Garden Getaways

These six hotels from around the world are an arborist’s dream and a joy to behold.

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Conscious Future

My Odyssey — Octavio Barrera

We asked designer Octavio Barrera to create a work inspired by walking near his home base—the Canary Islands—in whatever medium he chose. Here’s what he designed.

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Conscious Future

Slow Travel: How to Make Your Journey Matter

Writer Sophia Macpherson gives her take on what “slow travel” really means and how you can incorporate it into your travel behavior.

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Conscious Future

Our Conscious Eye On — Cervo Mountain Resort

Cervo Mountain Resort encourages guests to forge a connection with nature that lasts long after the train ride home.

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Conscious Future

Our Conscious Eye On — Ion Adventure Hotel

With its remote location on the slopes of an active volcano, Ion Adventure Hotel has respect for nature and the community at the core of its ethos.

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Architecture

The Design Diaries — Max von Werz

Born in Montreal, raised in New York and Munich, trained in London, and based in Mexico City, Max von Werz—the architect behind Mexico’s Baja Club—is a student of the world.