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Disney inspires 1 million volunteers

Disney Parks’ “Give a Day, Get a Disney Day” campaign has officially reached the ambitious goal of 1 Million People Inspired to Volunteer in 2010.

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How can voluntourism boost Jordan’s travel industry?

The up-and-coming niche of volunteer travel may very well be the lift needed to boost Jordanian tourism, as its wealth of cultural assets provide a myriad of experiential opportunities for travelers.

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How to avoid travel scams while making a world of difference

The travel safety gurus at WorldNomads.com lend some advice on how to participate in charitable giving and volunteer tourism while avoiding travel scams.

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How to find your next volunteer travel trip

Planeterra’s volunteer travel programs (voluntourism) are expanded across the globe, giving new travel opportunities to socially-minded globe trotters.

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International relief workers threatened by violence

A sharp increase in violence against international aid workers has caused many would-be “voluntourists” to weigh the risks versus rewards of volunteer travel to the countries posing the greatest threat.

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Looming climate change adds even more stress to humanitarian aid

With climate change-related disasters frequently occurring throughout the world, humanitarian aid organizations are struggling to keep pace with the increasing demands of affected communities.

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Volunteer travel organization in Africa gains new accolades in Responsible Tourism

African Impact, a family-run African voluntourism organization, has been nominated for the prestigious Imvelo Responsible Tourism Award; the Imvelo Awards have had a huge impact on tourism in South Africa, creating significant awareness of environmental management issues.

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Sustainable and responsible travel by any other name: Vail Resorts hears an ‘ECHO’

Previously known as “Vail Resorts 360,” ECHO encompasses the company’s long-standing efforts in volunteerism, environmental stewardship and charitable contributions.

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How one resort company is working to restore forests and water sources in Colorado

Popular hotel and resort chain, Vail Resorts, has entered into a new partnership to help restore forest lands and improve water quality in one of the most comprehensive forest conservation projects in the country – a project “catalyzed” seven years ago during Colorado’s largest and most devastating wildfire.

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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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Planeterra voluntourism in Peru promotes smoke-free living

Volunteer travelers to Peru’s Sacred Valley are helping members of the Ccaccaccollo community learn how to construct clean-air adobe stoves to replace the traditional yet innefficient, unvented stoves that spew smoke into the home and create upper respiratory health problems and eye infections.

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Humanitarian travel adventures through the Thar Desert of India

The award-winning, humanitarian-based adventure travel company Relief Riders International (RRI) has developed an all-new humanitarian program for 2010 that leads humanitarian expeditions on horseback through The Thar Desert of India and into the mystical Southern Rajasthan.

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Thailand’s Buffalo Tours raises the bar for adventure travel and geotourism in the Far East

Asian tour provider Buffalo Tours has officially launched a Buffalo Tours Thailand office in Bangkok to offer inspirational, unique, affordable and responsible travel experiences to Thailand visitors.

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‘Sweet’ Lesbian cruise goes carbon-neutral and guilt-free

Eco-friendly lesbian travel company, Sweet, is offering eight community service activities for guests on board its upcoming carbon-neutral Western Caribbean cruise on Norwegian Spirit – nicknamed the Sweet Caribbean Cruise – from November 8 through the 15. The voyage will mark the largest -ever carbon-neutral cruise in history.

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Two eco-minded students win Ocean Journey Scholarships to explore the Galápagos

Blue Ocean Institute & Lindblad Expeditions have awarded their 2nd annual Kalpana Chawla Ocean Journey Scholarship to a 17-year-old student who emigrated from Vietnam to California, and a 16 year-old from New Jersey for selflessly supporting their communities’ environmental programs.

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Yupukari Wildlife Club Project Wins ECOCLUB.com 2009 Ecotourism Award

From Wild to Web, an ecotourism-based wildlife monitoring project in Guyana’s Yupukari village was announced as a winner of the ECOCLUB.com 2009 Ecotourism Awards. The sixth annual eco-project competition, with a theme of “Their Crisis, Our Communities – Progressive Change through Social Ecotourism,” asked for “innovative projects that meet urgent needs, help create ‘another world’ at the grass roots level and improve life for all in their communities.”

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Building on a message of ‘Hope’ against climate change

The United Nations is launching a new global campaign – ‘Hopenhagen’ – to harness action prior to this December’s U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. Joined by the International Advertising Association (IAA) and other media agencies, the U.N aims to empower people and generate mass activation around the world in order to adjust the fate of the planet.

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Volunteer eco-travel meets Italian cuisine

An 8-day Italian Riviera tour sponsored by sustainable travel group Peace Through Travel mixes volunteer travel and ecotourism; combining wine, language and regional cuisine with nature paths, volunteer excursions and inter-cultural social events.

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LIVEH20: Water Woodstock for Peace, Health & Sustainability

LIVE H2O, Concert for the Living Water, will stream live across the internet in HD video on June 19-21, 2009. The event’s purpose is to advance activism by inspiring scientists, recording artists, religious leaders, spiritualists, and audiences worldwide to environmental activism honoring water to promote peace, health, and plenty of clean water for everyone.

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New travel documentary scholarship to Vietnam from WorldNomads.com

The chance to have a documentary broadcast on the National Geographic Adventure Channel is a dream for most budding travel-filmmakers. Now, WorldNomads.com is looking to give someone that chance with a new travel documentary scholarship in Southeast Asia.

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