Crystal Cruises has a new Go Green excursion in Malta for passengers visiting the island on two itineraries on Crystal Serenity next month.
It's not one of the new voluntourism days out it announced it is introducing in 2011 when I was on Crystal Symphony because they will be free and you have to pay for this one, but it's in the same vein.
It costs $95, lasts eight hours and involves planting trees and learning about conservation efforts at the island's Ta' Qali National Park. That's followed by lunch at an organic farm and a visit to an orphanage, where passengers "will donate time and food to the young residents".
I assume the idea is you buy food from the organic farm rather than bring tins of baked beans and packets of pasta from the UK.
However, think how worthy it would be to go without that fourth or fifth pair of shoes and instead bring some toys for the kids instead.
Surely everyone could manage that?
Jane Archer
