Media & Awards
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Other awards & accolades
2024 – Sustainability Leaders United: Sustainable Tourism Impact Champions Top 40 global Hall of Fame (peer-voted)
2020 – Pioneers Post / Nat West WISE 100: Women of Inspiration – 100 social enterprise leaders
2020 – PEA Awards Shortlist Finalist: Green Pioneer
2020 – Fairforce Tech’s Top Female Entrepreneurs in the UK
2019 – Founder Vicky named Ambassador for the #YearOfGreenAction by Defra,
the UK’s Government Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
2019 – Winner Travelmole UK Web Awards – Best Responsible Travel & Tourism website
2019 – Founder Vicky selected for the Nat West / Pioneers Post WISE100 Women of Social Enterprise and Mission-Driven Business
2019 – NatWest SE100 Index + Finalist NatWest SE100 Awards
2019 – Finalist – Be The Change Awards
2018 – Finalist – UK Blog Awards
2018 – Founder Vicky invited to the SUNx Impact Travel Climate Resilience Council.
2017 – UN World Tourism Organisation authorised Partner Solution to Sustainable Tourism for development, for the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development (#IY2017).
Other podcasts & interviews
2024 – Innovation Zero – An Interview with Vicky Smith, Founder of Earth Changers
2022 – Sustainability Leaders – Sustainable Travel Interviews Redefined / Leaders Characteristics / Success Factors / Key Challenges / Destination Identity / Destination Branding / Awards Impact / Recommended Groups / Courses / Career
2022 – Mind of Success podcast with Monica Millares: You can make a difference, think sustainable tourism – Spotify, Apple Podcasts
2022 – EcoClub.com – Eco Luminaries™: Vicky Smith, Founder & Director, Earth Changers
2022 – Battleface Insurance – Interview
2021 – Wanderlust with a Purpose – Interview
2021 – Kind Community – Instagram Live
2021 – The Green on the Go Podcast by Holiday Extras – How to quit your job and save the planet | Vicky Smith of Earth Changers talks sustainable tourism
2020 – Podcast: Social Impact Founder Talks with Henk Schepens – #3 With Vicky Smith, Founder Earth-Changers.com
2020 – Podcast: Green Elements – Tourism for Sustainable Development & Covid – Vicky, Founder, Earth Changers
2020 – Podcast: Euromonitor Travel Leaders – Interview with Vicky Smith, Founder, Earth-changers.com
2020 – Podcast: Creating Social Impact Podcast with Kat Luckock – Understanding the impact of tourism with Vicky Smith
2020 – Podcast: Make an Impact with Heidi Fisher MBE – Sustainable tourism and responsible travel – with Vicky Smith
2019 – Interview: Curiously Conscious – Inspiration: Vicky Smith, Founder of Earth Changers
2019 – Interview: Sustainability Leaders – Vicky Smith on Responsible Tourism, Entrepreneurship & How (Not) to Communicate Sustainability
2019 – Videocast: Interview with Claire Lyons of The Frugal Family: Goals for Change & How The SDGs Interconnect in Tourism
2018 – Podcast: Adventure Options with Shayna Brazier: Life-Changing Sustainable Tourism with Vicky Smith
Podcast: Sustainable(ish) with Jen Gale: Sustainable(ish) Travel with Vicky Smith of Earth Changers
2018 – Podcast: #EthicalHour with Earth Changers: Sustainable Tourism, the SDGs and How Storytelling can Change the World
2018 – WTM Women: The rise of social businesses in travel – Vicky Smith‘s Earth Changers
2018 – Reform Travel: Interview with Vicky Smith of Earth Changers (scroll down for English)
2018 – Northflash Consultancy – Interview with Victoria Smith, Founder of Earth Changers
A selection other press
Mar 2023 – Successful symposium on Future-proofing the Forest of Bowland
Feb 2023 – One Day in 2050 – November 24th, 2050 (find ‘Vicky’)
Dec 2022 – The Ethicalist: 5 Easy Ways To Make 2024 the Year to be Sustainable
Sep 2022 – Allen York: Has the Pandemic Changed Travel?
Sep 2022 – BBC Radio 4: Future Tourists
Jun 2022 – Canvas8 Consumer Insight: How are Americans Traveling with Impact? (login)
Apr 2022 – Dalmatia TV News
Apr 2021 – BBC The Travel Show, Ep 5: Travelling Sustainably with Ade Adepitan (Mins 1-10)
Jan 2021 – BBC The Travel Show, Ep.3: Everest & The Pandemic, What’s in Store for Travel in 2021? (@5’30”)
Jan 2020 – ‘The Sustainable(ish) Living Guide’ by Jen Gale: included in the travel section.
Jan 2019 – Jetsetter Magazine January 2019 – Leave No Footprints p.88
Jul 2018 – Huffington Post: How to Throw an Eco-Friendly Wedding [honeymoon section]
Other speaking engagements
Vicky’s addressed audiences on: Travel, the SDGs, Rethinking tourism & the Visitor Economy, Transformative Travel, Entrepreneurship, Sustainable Tourism StartUp, Marketing, Sustainability, Social Enterprise in Tourism and Regenerative Travel.
For organisations including:
Catalyst 2030 – Destination Management Organisations – European Ecotourism Network – Experience Africa – Experience Latin America – ITB Berlin + Asia – LATA Expo – Pebble Magazine Community – SDG + Zero Waste Networks London – SunX Summits Sustainable(ish) – Universities – Various Tourism Associations – World Travel Market.