Cultural Geography, Exploration, and Sustainable Travel with James Fountain
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Scott Brady interviews cultural geographer James Fountain about the intersection of exploration, community support, and sustainable travel practices.
On this episode of the Overland Journal Podcast , host Scott Brady welcomes James Fountain , a cultural geographer and fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the Explorers Club, to discuss how exploration can support communities and science. Fountain shares how Overland Journal first inspired him, formative work in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with the United Nations remapping roads, and how cultural geography examines how landscapes shape cultures. They compare happiness and development through examples like Malawi and Bhutan, including Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness and conservation policies, and discuss reducing travel gear and impact. Fountain recounts an ambitious Wakhan Corridor motorcycle journey relying on local generosity, then offers practical guidance on respectful, sustainable travel and citizen science.
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