Slow travel means learning to listen and to hear yourself; to muster the courage to recover values such as freedom, simplicity, essentiality; to be part of a change that desires a future that is more humanly and ecologically sustainable.
It means understanding the journey can be both virtuous and tiring.
Through sacrifice lies the sacredness of life which allows us to experience it more intensely and deeply. In the collective imagination, indulging in the luxury of slowness is reserved for those who are used to travelling by bicycle, or those who can afford the time to travel on foot. But it is so much more.
Travelling slowly is knowing how to breathe and inspire; to feel the life in places; to live each experience with a fresh perspective; to see beauty all around even where there is obvious decay.
It is being able to broaden one’s views of the world and seek out new possible alternatives to current models and lifestyles. It is a journey to empower all of us to slow down and promote a happy degrowth.
