Internship Opportunity at Yanapana Peru

Are you interested in spending time in Peru working with a local community to develop sustainable tourism? Mountain Lodges of Peru is looking for an intern to work with the NGO Yanapana Peru.  Created in 2006 (sponsored by MLP),  Yanapana Peru has set two important goals for its first stage of development: 1) to elevate the level of education for more than 150 families in the area; 2) to give an incentive to the local population to take an active role in the development of tourism in ...

Job Alert: Volunteer as Manager for Feynan Ecolodge, Learn about conservation

You will literally have the chance to kick up some dust as a Volunteer Ecolodge Manager in Wadi Araba, Jordan. Located in the Dana Biosphere Reserve, the Feynan Ecolodge generates all of its electricity from solar/photovoltaic (PV) panels, invests in pivotal conservation and preservation projects, provides socio-economic benefits to local Bedouin communities, recycles, and has an entirely local staff working on site. As a Volunteer Manager, you would provide expertise in several areas of hotel operation and management to the Feynan’s Bedouin Manager and staff. In addition, the Volunteer Manager would aid in increasing the capacity of staff ...

Voluntourism Set to Grow as Planeterra Partners with STA Travel

On October 14th STA Travel announced its commitment of $1m over the next five years to a responsible tourism program to be developed by NGO, Planeterra. STA Travel coordinates trips for over 6 million travelers every year - mainly students, teachers, and young professionals, and operate in 90 countries. Planeterra has been addressing issues of development in small communities around the world since 2003. Planeterra itself offers Voluntours (Voluntourism is defined as the following on Voluntourism.org, "The conscious, seamlessly integrated combination of voluntary service to a destination and the best, traditional elements of travel — arts, culture, geography, history and recreation — ...

Reaching 350

You might have seen a few unusual sightings about a week ago. Small groups of people gathered, in some areas, hoards. All of them apart of an international campaign by350.org, for the purpose of sending a message to leaders - if normal, everyday people are able to make a difference and work on solutions then so can they. So in the spirit of spurring change in the political arena, Global Work Parties were held (some of the most significant can be read ...

Exploring Egypt and the Holy Land

Phyllis recently asked us for advice on travel to Egypt and the Holy Land: We've been dreaming about a trip to Egypt and the Holy Land and we are confused about the best way to see it where we would avoid huge crowds and be able to understand the tour guide and yet have it affordable and especially safe. We attended your workshop at AARP Orlando and thought you might have some suggestions. Phyllis H. Hi Phyllis, Thanks for your question! A great ecotourism company in Egypt is Gateway to Egypt (gatewaytoegypt.com)  - our friend Manal Kelig is a partner in ...