Croatia vacation, activity week

Carbon reduction

Your vacation will help support local people and conservation. We must also reduce CO₂. Learn about the CO₂ emissions of this vacation and how to reduce them.

We are passionate about sustainability therefore we have taken the following actions to reduce our carbon emissions:

- We source locally grown or produced food (with lower food miles) We pick and dry all the variety herbs that the Island of Vis provides us. The local baker and fruit and veg provider visit our village every morning and we are able to walk to them to pick up provisions for our guests. We only recommend restaurants that have similar philosophies.

- We cook only plant based food which is healthy for the mind, body and planet. We look at as many ways as possible to reduce food waste.

- We aim to reduce the transport emissions of our guests: encouraging the guests to visit as much of the island by foot, bike or kayak as possible.

- Using renewable energy - we have a bank of solar panels which provide us with hot water and we have a wood burner for heating. We also have a rainwater well which provides with water when the island has limited resources.

- Reducing energy use we use only low energy bulbs, we reject single us plastic, use low energy appliances have a water capture system. We also chat to our guests about efficient ways to use the AC unit and encourage everyone to think about energy consumption whenever possible.

- We live on site therefore reducing transport emissions and international travel.

Environment

Private transport for guests on the Island is not recommended. We will provide pick up and drop off to and from the ferry along with transport to and from local restaurants. Daily transport will involve a combination of kayak, bicycle and foot – far more suited to our goal of enjoying and preserving the beauty of Vis island.

Certain days may include a picnic in an isolated bay – guests will be actively involved in the process of carrying out waste.There as been resurgence in agro-tourism on the island. A number of small, private lots, growing grapes, olives, and lavender are beginning to appear. A tour of one of these initiatives to revive the ‘old’ trades will be highly recommended. Another important area of economic growth on the island is the restaurants – guests will eat out and sample their delights on 4 evenings out of 7. We always encourage out guests to visit restaurants that are locally run and use Island produce.

We have installed a new drainage system to collect rainwater from all the roof area of the property. This can be then used to water the lemon tree, herb garden, vines, and be used at times should the water supply to temporarily suspended.

Community

There are a number of small, private olive and wine producing enterprises that are once again beginning to spring up on the island. We hope to develop links with such projects and provide access for guests to observe traditional methods of agriculture that are being revived. We are actively involved in Beach clean initiatives and we have a policy of no single use plastic and we recycle where possible. We purchase as much local produce as possible from our direct neighbours for our plant based meals. We donate and support a local stray cat and dog charity on the island due the lack of Vis Island Vet facilities.