Photo Recap of speaking tour through 16 countries

Just a little update between tours, to give you a recap of my last one: a 17 day race through 16 countries.

As you can imagine, the journey involved lots of travel but it was well worth the carbon footprint given the size of my events, the attention that they received from national media, and the momentum they created along the way. They will for sure have a significant impact in growing the zero waste lifestyle movement further!

Here is a little scrapbook of some of the people and the things I experienced:

                                 In Dubai, I spoke at the Happy Cities Congress

                                

                       and took a zipline across the city (more fun than visiting malls).

                             

                                In Oman, I gave a talk in the capital, spent the night in the desert,

                          

                         and found a new boyfriend thanks to @Bediyahsafaritours 

                            

                            In Macedonia, I launched the Macedonian version of my book (beautiful cover, no?)

                           

                   and celebrated with Andrijana, my translator!

                         

                        In Budapest, I launched the Hungarian version of the book

                              

                                   and met the woman who was inspired by my work to launch @thesortingbags, a line of reusable bags.

 

                           In Slovakia, I spoke at Slovakia Going Zero Waste         Festival and discovered this worm composter by @wurmkiste.at

                                

                              and this one by @vermigo_com (AMAZING)!

                                 

                                     In Albania, I met the superheroes behind                           @greenlinealb -for the first time my talk was attended by more men                                                             than women!

                               

                              and I was most delighted to see how much bulk was available there!

                              

                           In Romania, I got some exercise visiting the Turda Salt Mine,

                           

                                and had a full house thanks to @samsara.foodhouse. 

                             

                                              In Turkey, super eco restaurant @ekbicyeic                                                gave me a tour of their rooftop garden

                          

                          and the French Institute filled two spaces for my talk.

                           

                                          In Latvia, I launched the Latvian version of the book,

                        

                                                    with a presentation at the university                                                     (Loved the  architecture)

                     

                                                         In Estonia, Let’s Do it World had                                                            organized talk and interviews,

                   

                                             including one on National TV to show how I                                                       grocery shop sans packaging.

                    

                        In Ukraine, I simply got spoiled: With a tour of Kiev’s underground water system,

                    

                                           a private tour to the top of the Motherland Statue,

           

                                  print, radio and TV interviews,

               

                             and an event for the launch of the Ukrainian version of my book!

        

                               In Lithuania, I took national TV to @alpana_unpacked                                         (a store that this blog inspired to transition to bulk!)

           

                                            and had the best dinner of my tour                                        @sweetroot_restaurant!

          

                               In Belarus, the organizing team took me on a visit of                                      Minsk (here at the National Library)

               

                                                  and for a talk before a super enthusiastic                                                     crowd(photo credit @AlexeiBasalai)

              

                                        In Russia, I made stops in St Petersburg (photo                                     credit @igorpodgorny)

           

                                      and Moscow,

          

                                for talks, interviews (photo credit Greenpeace Russia                     Liza Udilova)

             

                                                 and a visit of @zerowasteshop.moscow                                                    that Larissa (the owner) said I inspired!

               

                                           In Bulgaria, I had a wonderful day filled with a                                         rooftop lunch, interviews,

   

                      and a visit of @zoyabg, a store selling cosmetics in bulk -and sponsor of that night’s talk.

            At the end of the week, I will be leaving again for a round-the-     world tour through Namibia, Montenegro, France, India, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia. Stay tuned for the complete itinerary and links to events!