Last year, I spent three months living a completely different lifestyle. From staying in a rural village for nine days to trekking at 15,000ft for weeks, what immersing myself in these customs and practices made me realize is that culture and climate change are far more interconnected than I’d ever considered. In this article, I explore 10 things I learnt from living out of my backpack in Nepal for 85 days.

The act of hopping on a plane and going across countries is largely detrimental towards the environment. I fail to see an immediate way to cut out high-carbon travelling right now, but what I believe we can do in the meantime, is make lifestyle changes to reduce this colossal impact. Over the months, I have acquired some tokens of advice on how we may lower our impact while travelling, which I’ve listed out in this post.

After spending three months living in various regions, I couldn’t help but observe the different ways in which environmental matters manifest themselves in Nepal. In this post, I discuss my reflections on the differences between Nepal and Hong Kong and how this has reshaped my perception of the term sustainability.