Hi, this is Vanessa, your ENLIGHTENMENT salon host.

Traveling the world is my passion, but these days it feels more like a guilty pleasure. With air travel emitting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, popular cities like Amsterdam and Barcelona stating they’re fed up with tourists, and Airbnb cited as a big reason why affordable housing is scarce, maybe it’s best just to stay home?

However, travel offers so many benefits: personal growth, less stress, improved mental health and expanded cultural understanding. And for so many places around the world, it’s an economic driver that creates well-paying jobs and crucial tax revenue.

So how can we enjoy travel while leaving a small footprint in the places we visit?

That is what May’s Philosophy Café is about: Discussing the value, the ethics and the sustainable of modern travel. And make the most from trips that enrich our minds and souls, while ensuring they’re low impact and eco-friendly.

Join me for a discussion with philosophic-minded travelers about how to view travel from different perspectives, and find new ways to travel that still have a great impact on you and less of a bad impact on the planet.

OUR GUESTS
* Chong Un Choe-Smith, professor of philosophy at CSU Sacramento
* Bryan Harroun, owner of Terrapin Travel

Sign up to attend by registering at our Eventbrite link here.

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Ruhstaller’s BSMT has a variety of beers on tap, as well as wine, kombucha and sparkling water. Please feel free to BYO food and nonalcoholic beverages.

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Photo : Venice, Italy, 1955 by Inge Morath /Magnum Photos