‘Sweet’ Lesbian cruise goes carbon-neutral and guilt-free

By Kristen Geis

August 14th, 2009 View Comments

• Share
• 
• Share this

By Kristen Geis

August 14th, 2009

Eco-friendly lesbian travel company, Sweet, is offering eight community service activities for guests on board its upcoming carbon-neutral Western Caribbean cruise on Norwegian Spirit – nicknamed the Sweet Caribbean Cruise – from November 8 through the 15. The voyage will mark the largest -ever carbon-neutral cruise in history.

Share

Two-thousand lesbians will be riding the waves on the high seas while saving the world. Sure, at first glance it does tend to sound a bit like a late-night Cinemax flick. But hey, whatever works, right?

Here is the true skinny: eco-friendly lesbian travel company, Sweet, is offering eight community service activities for guests on board its upcoming carbon-neutral Western Caribbean cruise on Norwegian Spirit – nicknamed the Sweet Caribbean Cruise – from November 8 through the 15.

The cruise departs out of New Orleans and will feature top lesbian comedians, singer-songwriters, lesbian DJs and celebrities. Even better: the cruise will mark the largest -ever carbon-neutral cruise in history – lesbian or straight.

“By offsetting a cruise ship this large, Sweet is taking a huge step towards sustainability that few other cruise lines have before,” says Jason Fitzgerald Carbonfund.org’s Partnership Manager.

“Carbonfund.org is so pleased to partner with Sweet, and we hope other travel companies follow their lead as we all pursue a clean energy future.”

Something for everyone

“When a consumer thinks about giant problems like global warming, poverty and illiteracy, it’s overwhelming. Where do you start?” asks Shannon Wentworth, CEO and co-founder of Sweet. “Sweet aims to break these overwhelming issues into fun, bite-sized chunks. Each of our projects is 3 to 5 hours long, but creates a measurable difference in the community. Incredibly fun, profoundly meaningful. That’s Sweet.”

Guest activities aboard the Sweet Caribbean Cruise include a beach cleanup, a deep-sea reef restoration, a children’s library project, set up of a school’s computer lab, a pediatric ward cheer-up, dune restoration, wetlands restoration and park re-beautification.

“The idea is simple,” says Wentworth, “Solve the world’s problems and have fun while you’re doing it.”

Reaching beyond the lesbian community

Since its inception in January 2008, lesbian travel company Sweet merges the best of lesbian entertainment with social consciousness and environmental awareness. The company has big ambitions to extend go beyond the lesbian community.

“It’s my dream to demonstrate to the rest of the business world that you can do good and create a profitable business,” says Wentworth. “Sweet’s impact is profound, but what if everyone spent 3 to 5 hours of their vacations working on a volunteer project? That’s world changing.”

For more information, visit http://discoversweet.com.

• Share
• 
• Share this

By Kristen Geis

August 14th, 2009

Tagged as:

About the Author

Kristen is a student and freelance writer as well as an active member of Greenpeace. She has most notably published journals documenting environmental tourism studies in Fiji, The Galapagos and Costa Rica.

See more contributions (40 so far) from Kristen Geis.

Next steps:

• Share this
• View Comments
• Subscribe to TerraCurve via RSS
• Follow on Twitter
• Become a Facebook Fan

Now trending:

• Expedia to include green stats in hotel details
• Forget cars: Google Maps give urban cyclists and pedestrians a leg up

You can also connect with other eco-minded travelers, businesses and events by joining the Responsible Travel LinkedIn and Facebook groups.