Galapagos: Paradise on the Brink
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- Written by: Jessica Lockhart
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
Tourist visits to this fragile ecosystem could soon reach more than a quarter of a million per year. Is it possible for your trip-of-a-lifetime to do more good than harm?
Volunteer at an Animal Rescue Center in Costa Rica with Greenheart Travel
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- Written by: Verge Magazine
- Category: Latest program news & sponsored content
Support wildlife conservation efforts in Costa Rica as a Greenheart Travel volunteer and help to give endangered, injured and abandoned animals a safe home for rehabilitation.
Butterfly Farming: Giving them Wings
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- Written by: Rachel MacNeill
- Category: Work Abroad
How the Zanzibar Butterfly Centre is empowering rural farmers to build their own businesses.
The Business of Butterflies
The Zanzibar Butterfly Centre empowers rural farmers to build their own businesses.
Passion for Plastic
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- Written by: Kat Thomas
- Category: Why we travel
An organization founded in love, the 5 Gyres is researching the world's plastic problem.
Goat Lending NGO Empowers Ugandan Women
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- Written by: Rocky Lis
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
An innovative livestock lending brings farming into the 21st century.
International Volunteering: State of the Nation
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- Written by: Jessica Lockhart
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
As volunteering overseas takes off, growing pains lead to new challenges for the field and for volunteers.
Halve Your Footprint; Double Your Adventure
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- Written by: Eric Lewis
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
A pain-free guide for travel martyrs.
Tread Lightly: Eco-friendly & Community-Focused Travel
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- Written by: Jessica Lockhart, Jemma Young, Arden Jobling-Hey, Jeff Minthorn
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
10 mindful trips that will change the way you travel.
Volunteering in National Parks Worldwide
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- Written by: Susan Griffith
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
Travel to some of the world's most pristine landscapes—and help keep them that way.
A Second Chance for Honduras’ Mangroves
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- Written by: Andrea Gourgy, Photos Jenny DeMarco
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
A Honduran fishing village plants a future for mangroves with the help of Canadian non-profit.
Building Trails around Lake Baikal, Siberia
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- Written by: Joshua Hartshorne
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
I have to admit I was skeptical about the Great Baikal Trail Association at first.
Will Work For Scenery - Conservation Volunteers in New Zealand
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- Written by: Megan Tady
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
When Joseph Otari declared the forest he owned just outside of Wellington protected land, he was defying the times.
Slippery Business: Canada's Role in the Ecuador Pipeline
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- Written by: Tom Peacock
- Category: Why we travel
An award-winning documentary draws attention to a Canadian company's role in Ecuador's oil mess.
The Spoils of Peace: Restoring Cambodia
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- Written by: Ethan Ribalkin
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
At last count, Aki Ra has defused over 20,000 landmines—the same number he estimates he laid as a child.
Bringing the Message Home: Conservation in Belize
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- Written by: Kyle Dickman
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
In a developing country, conservation can be a tough sell.
Treading Lightly in Laos
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- Written by: Julia Steinecke and Troy Nahumko
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
Here's how your visit to Laos can have a positive impact.
Our Generation: Homegrown Electricity in Kenya
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- Written by: Andrea Gourgy
- Category: Why we travel
Local ingenuity brings homegrown electricity to Kenyan communities.
Rock, Water, Fire: Quenching Guatemala's Thirst
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- Written by: Larry Frolick
- Category: Why we travel
A team from Niagara tackles water scarcity in rural Guatemala.
Surfers Turning The Tide on Climate Change
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- Written by: Steven Johnson
- Category: Why we travel
Activist Bill McKibben says climate change is the most important issue of our time. And he's leading a tech-savvy movement to demand serious change from our governments.
New Life for the Dead Sea?
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- Written by: Andrea Gourgy
- Category: Why we travel
A pipeline to bring water to Israelis, Jordanians, and Palestinians might encourage more than just a scientific partnership.
