Embark on a Meaningful Experience at the Mongolian Quilting Centre
Spend a rewarding half-day at the Mongolian Quilting Centre—also known as New Way Life NGO. Founded in 2005 by Selenge Tserendash, the organisation empowers disadvantaged and unemployed women by providing training in quilting, textiles, and embroidery. Through their handcrafted work, these women generate income to support their families, creating lasting change within their communities.
During your visit, you’ll gain insight into the daily life of the centre and directly contribute to the ongoing work of this inspiring initiative.
In addition to producing practical items like tote bags and tablecloths, the women also create beautiful fabric artworks—including wall hangings crafted from discarded and recycled materials.
Group Size – Minimum of one and maximum of six. For larger groups please get in touch.
Includes transfers to/from the Mongolian Quilting Centre by taxi. Alternatively, you can pay extra for a private driver.
1 Guest US$ 145 pp
2 Guests US$ 95 pp
3-5 Guests US$ 80 pp
6 Guests US$ 70 pp
We are members of Tourism Declares A Climate Emergency and a signatory of The Glasgow Declaration which requires us to publish an annual Climate Action Plan. It also means we have essentially signed up to work towards halving our emissions by 2030. We must report publicly on an annual basis on progress against our interim and long-term targets, as well as on actions being taken. We do this in our Climate Action Plan linked above.
One of the five pathways defined in the Glasgow Declaration is ‘measure’ and we have started the process of measuring the carbon footprint of our tours.
- We wanted an accurate footprint analysis whilst also keeping the process manageable, achievable, and affordable. Of the limited carbon calculators available to small tourism companies with a restricted budget we have signed up with the carbon calculator tool Carmacal – specifically designed for tour operators and the 2017 winner of the UNWTO Award for Innovation in Research and Technology.
- However, there are limitations with this online tool in the fact that – like most online carbon calculators – you can only measure transport and accommodation and a few very specific activities. But, the main contributors to carbon footprints are food, consumption, transportation, and energy, and all are heavily utilised during a tourism experience.
- As a result, founder Jess has worked with two postgraduate students from the Responsible Tourism Management Postgraduate Course of Leeds Beckett University in the UK – the only responsible tourism management MSc certified by the UNWTO – looking at how we can measure the carbon emissions of meals on tour as well as the carbon footprint of our office as well as certain tour activities.
Balancing Our Carbon Footprint
We are in the process of measuring the carbon footprint of each of our tours. Once this is complete, we will balance those emissions by purchasing Plan Vivo–certified carbon certificates (environmental service certificates that each represent the reduction or avoidance of one metric tonne of CO₂) through C-Level and the Mongolian Nomad Project, delivered in partnership with the Mongolian Society of Range Management. The Plan Vivo Standard is built on ethical principles that deliver long-term climate, livelihood, and biodiversity benefits.
In the meantime, we have partnered with C-Level to fund a secure carbon calculator (linked below) for our guests. Through this, you can:
Balance the footprint of your flights
Offset a chosen amount of CO₂ (including your annual footprint)
Or make a direct donation to support the project’s work
Each contribution is invested in Plan Vivo Certificates that support the Mongolian Nomad Project
We know this isn’t perfect, but it is a start. As the saying goes: “you can’t manage what you don’t measure.” For us — a small business with limited resources — this approach is both realistic and achievable.
‘It was amazing to meet Selenge and all of the women at the quilting centre. It was a really inspiring experience to get to see the wonderful work they are doing there and learn all about the projects they are doing! They were incredibly welcoming and it was really great to spend some time there with them. Having the chance to meet the people who are part of this project was an incredible experience as was having the opportunity to be taught by them. It is an amazing project that is doing so much to support both the local community as well as women in their outreach projects.’
