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Vasily Grogol & Kristina Skripka

Ever humble, Vasily Grogol and Kristina Skripka consider themselves underdogs. We would call them wunderkinds.

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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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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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Sunny Patel & Vishal Patel

After years of traveling with a friend, a collective memory takes shape—one made of stories and experiences that are only meaningful to those who were there, like a secret language. 

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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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Mary Moses, Michael Moldauer, and Michel Seiner

It’d be hard to find three people who like to blaze their own path more than Mary Moses, Michael Moldauer, and Michel Seiner.

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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.