Category Archives: Mapping Sustainable Holidays in Bulgaria

This book is a collaborative guide to conservation holidays in Bulgaria focused on volunteering, bird watching and protection of birds habitats. Over 10 conservation projects in different Bulgarian regions, in which I participated personally! part of my ethnographic project, my book was among the 11 best Bulgarian ecological initiatives supported by the Open Society Institute – Sofia and the Open Society Foundations through the Bulgarian Fund for Women. Based on 30 interviews: Birding & Conservation The word ‘collaborative’ implies that the book is based on 30 interviews with participants of […]

For 32 years, the Conservation Camp Atanasovsko Lake (Burgas) by the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) has become the traditional summer volunteer vacation for nature lovers. By mixing learning, work and birding, they create a world where’s everyone is equal; people take care of the volunteer community and the birds’ habitats. For me, it’s was the most utopian eco holidays I’d ever had. Yet it was very inspirational to be part of a great tradition. Enjoying a sustainable lifestyle ‘What is the camp about? It’s a place […]

The Pomorie Lake Volunteer Brigade has been the landmark fall activity in the region for over 25 years. Every first week of September dozens volunteers gather in Pomorie to work for improving birds habitats. This time, we learned and shared a lot by activating the power of informal volunteering. With my interactive game through Facebook and Instagram, we informed over 500 people in 5 countries about our activities. Mapping sustainable holidays in Bulgaria I was lucky enough to twice participate in the Pomorie Lake Volunteer Brigade, in 2020 and 2021. […]