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Boeing helps Haiti rebuild, schools are top priority

A Boeing contribution of $900,000 will help support the reconstruction of Haiti’s public education system – bringing the company’s financial dedication to recovery efforts for the small nation effected by January’s earthquake to a whopping $2.3 million.

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It’s for the kids: Relief Riders bring humanitarian relief to 10,000 children

Award winning humanitarian adventures travel company, Relief Riders International, is bringing tangible relief to children across the globe.

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iPhone app teaches kids about the green, great outdoors

An award-winning eco-educational series has officially launched a new iPhone application to connect children with nature and the environment – letting parents prepare their children for camping, hiking, and adventures in the great outdoors.

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Protecting children in Cape Town through tourism

Cape Town Tourism is spearheading the Tourism Child Protection Code of Conduct in Cape Town – site of the upcoming 2010 World Cup – in an effort to drum up support from tourism businesses to join the cause and fight against the exploitation of minors in South Africa and Cape Town.

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Vehicle for good: Responsible tourism takes a clear stance against human trafficking

With the World Cup’s “global spotlight” shining on Cape Town this June, Cape Town Tourism is taking a bold stance against human traffickers in an effort to protect women and children.

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Wyndham goes green for all ages

The new WyndhamGreen Kids Program teaches kids how to care for their environment, their communities, and the world – an initiative based on the company’s worldwide sustainability efforts.

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Child sex tourism trade gains a new enemy

The Quebec tourism and travel industry has the Child Sex Tourism trade in its crosshairs, planning a campaign to educate and inform travelers while actively pursuing potential abusers.

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Carlson Hotels promotes responsible business one hotel at a time

Unveiled at its recent Global Business Conference earlier this month, Carlson Hotels has established a strong commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility in line with the United Nations Global Compact initiative.

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How can New Yorkers experience the local great outdoors?

PlanetExplore.com has just launched in New York to give residents a comprehensive online resource for local outdoor activities.

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Doubletree helps Feed the World this holiday season

Doubletree has partnered up with the UN to combat worldwide hunger with its new “Community Drive to Fight World Hunger” campaign.

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Help Congress protect our kids from toxic chemicals

Scientific studies are emerging on an almost daily basis that continually link toxic chemical exposure to serious health problems, especially in young ones.

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Jeep adventure tours help humanity in India

Participants explore remote desert villages in the stunning, geographically-unique region known as the Little Rann of The Kutch – traveling each day to different villages to distribute school supplies and provide medicine and critical health care for needy villagers.

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From Relief to Self-Reliance: Grassroots tourism project recognized by BBC World Challenge

Andaman Discoveries has been nominated as a finalist in the BBC World Challenge 2009, in recognition of its contribution to community development in Southern Thailand – supporting eight villages to achieve sustainable development on their own terms.

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Top 15 posts on how youth of the world can make a difference

Today’s youth have been born into a world where there is no room for compromise; where much-needed action is crucial in the face of the harsh environmental, political and social changes we have looming over our planet in the decades to come.

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‘Make-A-Wish’ with AAA and the Carolina Panthers

A new partner program between the Make-A-Wish foundation, the Carolina Panthers and AAA allows Carolinian motorists and travelers to benefit a good cause with the purchase of a new Carolina Panthers AAA Card to their wallets.

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Tunza youth call for governments to ‘Seal the Deal!’ action against climate change

Young people from around the world have challenged world leaders to take radical, positive measures to combat the problem of climate change in preparation for the U.N. summit in Copenhagen this winter. Approximately 700 young people – ranging from 10 to 24 years old – created the largest global youth gathering on climate change in history.

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Humanitarian village in Rwanda part of Protravel’s commitment to social responsibility

Thanks to a fundraising partnership between Protravel International’s and FXB USA, an international humanitarian organization, the new Protravel-FXB Village in Cyeza, Rwanda has finally launched – offering a comprehensive package of healthcare, education and economic opportunities to 500 impoverished children and adults.

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Tourists can help stop child sex tourism in Peru

Young women and girls, as well as boys, are being exploited by a commercial sex industry fueled by increasing numbers of tourists who visit Peru to engage in sex with children. Travelers are banning together to help put an end to child sex tourism, or trafficking, out of Peru with a new campaign that aims to put pressure on the Peruvian government to pass sterner laws regarding the commercialization of children.

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Green economy of tomorrow: Youth of the world take on Climate Change

The biggest-ever youth gathering on climate change is calling for real action in time for this December’s UN climate conference in Copenhagen. The Tunza International Children and Youth Conference, representing three billion people – the children and youth of the planet – are planning to converge on the Republic of Korea on August 17-23 to voice their demands for action on climate change and rally support for the December conference.

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Ontario resort builds a wetlands eco-boardwalk to heighten public support for conservation

The four-season Pine Vista Resort on Stoney Lake, Ontario, has unveiled a new, natural boardwalk through the property’s extensive wetlands to let guests safely experience the natural wonders of the many resident creatures and plant life that make the wetland ecosystem their home without damaging the land’s fragile ecosystem.

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