A celebration of sustainable motorhome living

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Guest writer: Linda Vismer

We live in a time where we focus more on changing what is bad than strengthening what is good. It's not particularly strange, and it's not necessarily wrong in itself, but I think it's good to switch focus sometimes. So I thought I'd dedicate this post to celebrating the motorhome as a form of travel.

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But since I still believe in development and being constantly challenged, I will end this post with some questions to ponder that can be left in the back of your mind and reflected upon. They should not be a bitter aftertaste but rather a tickling sprinkle for those who still want to ponder a little there in the awning.

Celebrating the motorhome as a sustainable form of travel doesn't mean that motorhome people need to beat their chests, patronise those who make different choices or think that they don't have things to develop. We can keep two thoughts in our heads at the same time, right?

means of transport

The motorhome is fossil-fuelled, there's no getting away from that, but it doesn't have the same level of emissions as cruises and flights. Some people also travel to one place and stay there for a long time. In this way, the emissions/travelling day are lower. Cycling must be one of the few short-distance modes of transport that is sustainable through and through. Lasts a long time, provides exercise. No emissions and a slow way to get to a place.

Strengthen local and urban areas

Motorhome life is not primarily spent in big cities, neither in Sweden nor in other countries, but mainly in glass houses, rural areas and urban centres. Staying on campsites, experiencing the local area, going on excursions and spending your holiday money on coffee, crafts and activities in these places is a way of spreading out resources (compared to a European weekend, for example). This helps the whole of Sweden to live to a greater extent, and the same applies of course to other countries if we travel and consume outside the big cities.

Saving resources

I'm not an inveterate camper, but I think part of the appeal is the minimalism, the fact that resources are not infinite. This applies to water, gas and electricity. But also the amount of clothes and gadgets used.

These were some aspects of how motorhome life can be seen as a sustainable way of travelling. Now for some reflection questions on the same theme, but with the risk of becoming unsustainable and thus benefiting from a little tinkering.

1. Motorhomes are heavy and use a lot of fuel - there's no getting around that - how can you travel in a way that uses as little fuel as possible?
2. Drinking alcohol has no positive effects on the second and third person from a sustainable perspective - how do you make the question of what to drink an active decision and not something that is casually tacked on?
3. The division of labour in your travel company - what is it like, is it very gender stereotypical or is there room to challenge the classic and habitual?

In what other ways do you see motorhome living/travelling as positive for tourism? Do you see sustainability aspects that I missed?

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Linda Vismer

Linda is a writer and opinion leader. She runs the blog resamedvetet.se and has published the book Resenärens makt - turism som när och tär. Linda highlights different perspectives on tourism, encourages reflection and wants to contribute to more people travelling in a way that makes a greater impression and better impact.

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