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The Vision & Mission To foster the global movement towards a just society that embraces nonviolence, free media, multiculturalism, biodiversity, sustainable development, ecological restoration, appropriate technology, and human rights by providing an educational travel service dedicated to helping people find opportunities to undertake socially conscious travel.

The Vision & Mission

To foster the global movement towards a just society that embraces nonviolence, free media, multiculturalism, biodiversity, sustainable development, ecological restoration, appropriate technology, and human rights by providing an educational travel service dedicated to helping people find opportunities to undertake socially conscious travel.

Considerations Language learning Volunteer placement Eco-impact reduction Travel insurance Transportation Informative resources Weather worldwide Housing options Travelers’ health Fundraising Documents Community involvement

Considerations

Language learning

Volunteer placement

Eco-impact reduction

Travel insurance

Transportation

Informative resources

Weather worldwide

Housing options

Travelers’ health

Fundraising

Documents

Community involvement

Development Then Traditionally, development was equated with economic production and the optimization of profits for the corporate sector.

Traditionally, development was equated

with economic production and the optimization of profits for the

corporate sector.

Development Now Development has now come to represent a process of “ world-building.”

Development has now come

to represent a process of

“ world-building.”

World-Building "the process of integrating and transforming the aspirations of collectivities at all levels of social organization toward those that advance the development of people everywhere.“ (Estes: 1992: 33)

"the process of integrating and transforming the aspirations of collectivities at all levels of social organization toward those that advance the development of people everywhere.“

(Estes: 1992: 33)

Key Concepts Conscientization “ Profound insight into the source(s) of their oppression combined with a willingness to act collectively in bringing about solutions to those oppressions” (Estes: 1992: 28). Institution-building “ The process of establishing new, or extending existing, resources to larger numbers of persons in need of such services” (Estes: 1992: 33). Globalization “ The intensification of a worldwide social relations which link distant localities in such a way that local happenings are shaped by events occurring many mile away and vice versa” (Morrow & Carlos Torres: 2000: 27-28). Counterglobalization “ The influence exerted by ‘the rise of some new social movements and the role of local and international nongovernmental organizations’” (Burbules & Torres: 2000: 18).

Conscientization

“ Profound insight into the source(s) of their oppression combined with a willingness to act collectively in bringing about solutions to those oppressions” (Estes: 1992: 28).

Institution-building

“ The process of establishing new, or extending existing, resources to larger numbers of persons in need of such services” (Estes: 1992: 33).

Globalization

“ The intensification of a worldwide social relations which link distant localities in such a way that local happenings are shaped by events occurring many mile away and vice versa” (Morrow & Carlos Torres: 2000: 27-28).

Counterglobalization

“ The influence exerted by ‘the rise of some new social movements and the role of local and international nongovernmental organizations’” (Burbules & Torres: 2000: 18).

Alan Fowler (2002) “ Diaspora channels can be more reliable because responsibility and accountability ‘back home’ increase vulnerability to the consequences of globalization.” (18) “ people’s individual and collective capacity to cope with exploit opportunities created by change becomes the core feature of anti-poverty interventions.” (6)

“ Diaspora channels can be more reliable because responsibility and accountability ‘back home’ increase vulnerability to the consequences of globalization.” (18)

“ people’s individual and collective capacity to cope with exploit opportunities created by change becomes the core feature of anti-poverty interventions.” (6)

Service Learning Links to academic content and standards. Involves people in helping to determine & meet real, defined community needs. Is reciprocal in nature, benefiting both the community & the service providers. Can relate to any subject area so long as it is appropriate for assessed needs. -- National Commission on Service Learning

Links to academic content and standards.

Involves people in helping to determine & meet real, defined community needs.

Is reciprocal in nature, benefiting both the community & the service providers.

Can relate to any subject area so long as it is appropriate for assessed needs.

-- National Commission on Service Learning

Service Learning “ Service-learning combines service objectives with learning objectives with the intent that the activity change both the recipient and the provider of the service. This is accomplished by combining service tasks with structured opportunities that link the task to self-reflection, self-discovery, and the acquisition and comprehension of values, skills, and knowledge content.” -- www.servicelearning.org “ Service-learning is a form of experiential education where learning occurs through a cycle of action and reflection as students work with others through a process of applying what they are learning to community problems and, at the same time, reflecting upon their experience as they seek to achieve real objectives for the community and deeper understanding and skills for themselves.” --Eyler & Giles, 1999 “ A primary goal of service learning is to get students to place their volunteer work in a larger social context and to give them an opportunity to explore that connection through reflection activities.” -- www.idealist.org

“ Service-learning combines service objectives with learning objectives with the intent that the activity change both the recipient and the provider of the service. This is accomplished by combining service tasks with structured opportunities that link the task to self-reflection, self-discovery, and the acquisition and comprehension of values, skills, and knowledge content.”

-- www.servicelearning.org

“ Service-learning is a form of experiential education where learning occurs through a cycle of action and reflection as students work with others through a process of applying what they are learning to community problems and, at the same time, reflecting upon their experience as they seek to achieve real objectives for the community and deeper understanding and skills for themselves.”

--Eyler & Giles, 1999

“ A primary goal of service learning is to get students to place their volunteer work in a larger social context and to give them an opportunity to explore that connection through reflection activities.”

-- www.idealist.org

Transnational Advocacy As global civil society tries to compensate for the failures of the market and state under current forms of globalization, NGOs have been restructuring their own work in the context created by globalization by forming transnational networks. (Thompson, 2001) Examples of a well-known transnational advocacy campaign include: the campaign to stop the promotion of Nestle’s infant formula to women in the South, and the 1997 treaty to ban land mines, which 122 countries signed, largely due to the support of 300 NGOs worldwide. (Keck & Sikkink, 1998)

As global civil society tries to compensate for the failures of the market and state under current forms of globalization, NGOs have been restructuring their own work in the context created by globalization by forming transnational networks.

(Thompson, 2001)

Examples of a well-known transnational advocacy campaign include: the campaign to stop the promotion of Nestle’s infant formula to women in the South, and the 1997 treaty to ban land mines, which 122 countries signed, largely due to the support of 300 NGOs worldwide.

(Keck & Sikkink, 1998)

Boomerang Pattern Strategy This strategy bypasses the weakened or corrupt state when civil society-to-state channels have been blocked in order to invoke change either in the same state or in a corporation that the state of origination could potentially regulate or pressure into reform. The boomerang is thrown to foreign states and international institutions through collaboration with global civil society. The state of origination, as a result, receives ever increasing external pressure from the global allies of civil society to implement the desired policy change, and, thus, the boomerang is returned.

This strategy bypasses the weakened or corrupt state when civil society-to-state channels have been blocked in order to invoke change either in the same state or in a corporation that the state of origination could potentially regulate or pressure into reform.

The boomerang is thrown to foreign states and international institutions through collaboration with global civil society.

The state of origination, as a result, receives ever increasing external pressure from the global allies of civil society to implement the desired policy change, and, thus, the boomerang is returned.

Global Public Goods "It is not beyond the powers of political volition to tip the scales towards more secure peace, greater economic well-being, social justice and environmental sustainability. But no country can achieve these global public goods on its own, and neither can the global marketplace. Thus our efforts must now focus on the missing term of the equation: global public goods". Kofi Annan Secretary-General of the United Nations New York 1 March 1999

"It is not beyond the powers of political volition to tip the scales towards more secure peace, greater economic well-being, social justice and environmental sustainability. But no country can achieve these global public goods on its own, and neither can the global marketplace. Thus our efforts must now focus on the missing term of the equation: global public goods".

Kofi Annan Secretary-General of the United Nations New York 1 March 1999

Global Public Goods Framework Global public goods are "public goods with benefits that are strongly universal in terms of countries, peoples, and generations". The types of global public goods fall under the following categories: equity and justice, peace and security, environment and cultural heritage, knowledge and information, health, and market efficiency. By definition of a “pure public good,” they must be nondepletable, nonrivalrous, and nonexcludable, as well as intragenerational and intergenerational. They are either: overused, such as the ozone layer; underused, such as knowledge and information; or undersupplied, such as peace, health, market efficiency, and equity. Their overuse, underuse, and undersupply are a result of the free-rider problem running rampant under globalization, and the public ‘bads’ that globalization has left in its wake. (Kaul, Grunberg & Stern, 1999)

Global public goods are "public goods with benefits that are strongly universal in terms of countries, peoples, and generations".

The types of global public goods fall under the following categories: equity and justice, peace and security, environment and cultural heritage, knowledge and information, health, and market efficiency.

By definition of a “pure public good,” they must be nondepletable, nonrivalrous, and nonexcludable, as well as intragenerational and intergenerational.

They are either: overused, such as the ozone layer; underused, such as knowledge and information; or undersupplied, such as peace, health, market efficiency, and equity.

Their overuse, underuse, and undersupply are a result of the free-rider problem running rampant under globalization, and the public ‘bads’ that globalization has left in its wake.

(Kaul, Grunberg & Stern, 1999)

Promotion of Global Public Goods Global public goods are already being promoted by socially responsible businesses, NGOs, and intergovernmental organizations. The UNDP is the main advocate for this new framework, but it is a framework that has been readily adopted by NGOs and businesses alike that feel cross-sectoral collaborations and this adoption of a common framework, or language so to speak, are essential to sustainable development.

Global public goods are already being promoted by socially responsible businesses, NGOs, and intergovernmental organizations.

The UNDP is the main advocate for this new framework, but it is a framework that has been readily adopted by NGOs and businesses alike that feel cross-sectoral collaborations and this adoption of a common framework, or language so to speak, are essential to sustainable development.

What the Framework Offers 1) Simple explanations of global social problems brought on by the imperfect market and globalization; 2) How individual states can work alone and together to expand their responsibility of providing public goods to the world; 3) Corporations and other sectors clear economic incentives to implement the solutions it suggests; 4) NGOs a uniform mission to successfully network and communicate with other sectors; 5) A clear presentation of the current weaknesses in their provision; and 6) An explanation and set of solutions that all sectors and cultures can agree on.

1) Simple explanations of global social problems brought on by the imperfect market and globalization;

2) How individual states can work alone and together to expand their responsibility of providing public goods to the world;

3) Corporations and other sectors clear economic incentives to implement the solutions it suggests;

4) NGOs a uniform mission to successfully network and communicate with other sectors;

5) A clear presentation of the current weaknesses in their provision; and

6) An explanation and set of solutions that all sectors and cultures can agree on.

The Fourth Position “ Aid Architecture: Reflections of NGDO Futures and the Emergence of Counter-Terrorism” by Alan Fowler (2002) “ The issue is how to ensure fairness, justice, efficiency and effectiveness in development relationships that are set to become even more complex as government, different businesses, various types of civil society organization and donors try to collaborate. Each actor has combinations of incentives, motivations, resources and forms of power that are often at odds with those of the others. It is therefore difficult to envisage how to bring them together to find common and equitable grounds for collaboration.” (18-19) “ The essential idea is to draw on but move beyond a too-simple three-sector view of society, to a more complex understanding of an NGDO’s grounding, principles of operation, roles and embedding in society, a ‘fourth position’. In other words, while bonded to civil society, they use their value-base as a ‘springboard’ to interact with state, market and civil society itself—which is far from homogenous and is not inherently ‘civil’ or conflict free. They would have the competence to speak different ‘sector languages’ and to engage across diverse institutional boundaries and foster interorganizational linkages. In doing so, the challenge is to help others to see how NGDO values, expressed through human rights, are relevant to everyone in terms of responsible global change, long-term institutional viability and local to global stability and sustainability.” (20-21)

“ Aid Architecture: Reflections of NGDO Futures and the Emergence of Counter-Terrorism” by Alan Fowler (2002)

“ The issue is how to ensure fairness, justice, efficiency and effectiveness in development relationships that are set to become even more complex as government, different businesses, various types of civil society organization and donors try to collaborate. Each actor has combinations of incentives, motivations, resources and forms of power that are often at odds with those of the others. It is therefore difficult to envisage how to bring them together to find common and equitable grounds for collaboration.” (18-19)

“ The essential idea is to draw on but move beyond a too-simple three-sector view of society, to a more complex understanding of an NGDO’s grounding, principles of operation, roles and embedding in society, a ‘fourth position’. In other words, while bonded to civil society, they use their value-base as a ‘springboard’ to interact with state, market and civil society itself—which is far from homogenous and is not inherently ‘civil’ or conflict free. They would have the competence to speak different ‘sector languages’ and to engage across diverse institutional boundaries and foster interorganizational linkages. In doing so, the challenge is to help others to see how NGDO values, expressed through human rights, are relevant to everyone in terms of responsible global change, long-term institutional viability and local to global stability and sustainability.” (20-21)

Tri-Sectoral Forums The UNDP calls for the increase in tri-sectoral forums that include civil society, corporations, and states. The UNDP encourages the continuous development of concepts and instruments necessary to bolster collective action, such as the internalization of externalities and to “deal with potentially contagious phenomena at the source, before they spill across borders.” (Kaul, Grunberg & Stern, 1999)

The UNDP calls for the increase in tri-sectoral forums that include civil society, corporations, and states.

The UNDP encourages the continuous development of concepts and instruments necessary to bolster collective action, such as the internalization of externalities and to “deal with potentially contagious phenomena at the source, before they spill across borders.”

(Kaul, Grunberg & Stern, 1999)

The Fourth Position at the UN “ From politics to security to public health, from crime to the environment, a growing agenda of development issues can no longer be managed within the boundaries of any single nation. Global, regional and national coalitions for action are emerging centred around the United Nations’ indispensable role. The UN can bring together governments, civil society, multinational corporations and multilateral organizations — coming together around particular issues of concern and looking for innovative ways to address them.” — Mark Malloch Brown , Administrator of UNDP

“ From politics to security to public health, from crime to the environment, a growing agenda of development issues can no longer be managed within the boundaries of any single nation. Global, regional and national coalitions for action are emerging centred around the United Nations’ indispensable role. The UN can bring together governments, civil society, multinational corporations and multilateral organizations — coming together around particular issues of concern and looking for innovative ways to address them.”

— Mark Malloch Brown , Administrator of UNDP

E.N.G.A.G.E. The Educational Network for Global and Grassroots Exchange www.Engage-Humanity.org Uses the energy of former study abroad students to link communities globally in grassroots action for social justice.

E.N.G.A.G.E.

The Educational Network for Global and Grassroots Exchange

www.Engage-Humanity.org

Uses the energy of former study abroad students to link communities globally in grassroots action for social justice.

Transportation Arrangements Learning the Language Community Involvement Cultural Understanding Impact Management

Transportation Arrangements

Learning the Language

Community Involvement

Cultural Understanding

Transportation Arrangements Routes International - http:// www.routesinternational.com / Environmentally-Friendly Transportation - http:// www.knowledgehound.com/topics/ecotrans.htm The Trail Database - www.traildatabase.org Global Gazetteer Version 2.1 - http:// www.fallingrain.com /world/ Sunrise, sunset, dawn/dusk times - www.gaisma.com Fox Car Rentals - www.foxrentacar.com Carbon Emissions Offset Directory www.ecobusinesslinks.com/carbon_offset_wind_credit ... Crooked Trails www.crookedtrails.com/carbon.htm Carbon Neutral Travel www.carbonfund.org National Carbon Offset Coalition www.ncoc.us/ MyClimate Carbon Offsets www.my-climate.com Carbon Offset Programs www.mongabay.com/10offset.htm

Routes International - http:// www.routesinternational.com /

Environmentally-Friendly Transportation - http:// www.knowledgehound.com/topics/ecotrans.htm

The Trail Database - www.traildatabase.org

Global Gazetteer Version 2.1 - http:// www.fallingrain.com /world/

Sunrise, sunset, dawn/dusk times - www.gaisma.com

Fox Car Rentals - www.foxrentacar.com

Carbon Emissions Offset Directory

www.ecobusinesslinks.com/carbon_offset_wind_credit ...

Crooked Trails

www.crookedtrails.com/carbon.htm

Carbon Neutral Travel

www.carbonfund.org

National Carbon Offset Coalition

www.ncoc.us/

MyClimate Carbon Offsets

www.my-climate.com

Carbon Offset Programs

www.mongabay.com/10offset.htm

Action Without Borders - www.idealist.org AFS - www.afs.org Border Links - www.borderlinks.org BRIDGES - www.grassrootsbridges.org Cosmic Volunteers - www.cosmicvolunteers.org Domoz open directory project - ‘volunteering opportunities’ - http:// dmoz.org /Society/Philanthropy/Volunteering/Opportunities/ Domoz open directory project - ‘specialty travel: volunteering’ - http:// dmoz.org/Recreation/Travel/Specialty_Travel/Volunteering / Institute for International Cooperation and Development (IICD) - www.iicd-volunteer.org International Foundation for Education and Self-Help (IFESH) - www.ifesh.org International Partnership for Service and Learning (IPS-L) - www.ipsl.org International Volunteer Expeditions (IVEX) - www.espwa.org Our Developing World - www.magiclink.net/~odw SCI-IVS USA (Service Civil International-International Voluntary Service) - www.sci-ivs.org Visions in Action - www.visionsinaction.org Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) - www.vsocanada.org World Capitals Program of American University - www.worldcapitals.american.edu World Neighbors - www.wn.org World PULSE - www.worldpulse.org Community Involvement & Volunteering

Action Without Borders - www.idealist.org

AFS - www.afs.org

Border Links - www.borderlinks.org

BRIDGES - www.grassrootsbridges.org

Cosmic Volunteers - www.cosmicvolunteers.org

Domoz open directory project - ‘volunteering opportunities’ - http:// dmoz.org /Society/Philanthropy/Volunteering/Opportunities/

Domoz open directory project - ‘specialty travel: volunteering’ - http:// dmoz.org/Recreation/Travel/Specialty_Travel/Volunteering /

Institute for International Cooperation and Development (IICD) - www.iicd-volunteer.org

International Foundation for Education and Self-Help (IFESH) - www.ifesh.org

International Partnership for Service and Learning (IPS-L) - www.ipsl.org

International Volunteer Expeditions (IVEX) - www.espwa.org

Our Developing World - www.magiclink.net/~odw

SCI-IVS USA (Service Civil International-International Voluntary Service) - www.sci-ivs.org

Visions in Action - www.visionsinaction.org

Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) - www.vsocanada.org

World Capitals Program of American University - www.worldcapitals.american.edu

World Neighbors - www.wn.org

World PULSE - www.worldpulse.org

February 21 - International Mother Language Day (UNESCO) April 7 - World Health Day (WHO) May 1 - International Workers Day May 3 - World Press Freedom Day (UNESCO) May 15 - International Day of Families June 5 - World Environment Day (UNEP) June 20 - World Refugee Day August 7 - Transgender International Rights and Education Day August 9 - International Day of Indigenous People September 16 - International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer October 17 - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty November 9 - Kristallnacht, International Day Against Fascism & Anti-Semitism November 11 - International Day of Science and Peace November 20 - Universal Children’s Day December 1 - World AIDS Day (WHO) December 2 - International Day for the Abolition of Slavery December 3 - International Day of Disabled Persons December 5 - International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development December 10 - Human Rights Day December 29 - International Day for Biological Diversity Human Rights Calendar United Nations Human Rights information: www.unhchr.ch

February 21 - International Mother Language Day (UNESCO)

April 7 - World Health Day (WHO)

May 1 - International Workers Day

May 3 - World Press Freedom Day (UNESCO)

May 15 - International Day of Families

June 5 - World Environment Day (UNEP)

June 20 - World Refugee Day

August 7 - Transgender International Rights and Education Day

August 9 - International Day of Indigenous People

September 16 - International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

October 17 - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

November 9 - Kristallnacht, International Day Against Fascism & Anti-Semitism

November 11 - International Day of Science and Peace

November 20 - Universal Children’s Day

December 1 - World AIDS Day (WHO)

December 2 - International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

December 3 - International Day of Disabled Persons

December 5 - International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development

December 10 - Human Rights Day

December 29 - International Day for Biological Diversity

“ Edward T. Hall --A Great-Grandfather of NLP” by Brian Van der Hor - www.cs.ucr.edu/~gnick/bvdh/edward_t_hall_great_.htm Journal of Intercultural Communication - www.immi.se/intercultural/ Intermundo - http:// intermundo.net / CorpusEye - www.corp.hum.sdu.dk Corpus Linguistics - www.athel.com/corpus.html Endangered Language Fund - http:// sapir.ling.yale.edu/~elf/index.html Ethnologue Database - www.sil.org/ethnologue Ethnologue Languages of the World Online - www.ethnologue.com/web.asp Foreign Languages and Culture - www.speakeasy.org/~dbrick/hot/foreign.html The Human-Languages Page - http:// ilovelanguages.com Linguistic Human Rights

“ Edward T. Hall --A Great-Grandfather of NLP” by Brian Van der Hor - www.cs.ucr.edu/~gnick/bvdh/edward_t_hall_great_.htm

Journal of Intercultural Communication - www.immi.se/intercultural/

Intermundo - http:// intermundo.net /

CorpusEye - www.corp.hum.sdu.dk

Corpus Linguistics - www.athel.com/corpus.html

Endangered Language Fund - http:// sapir.ling.yale.edu/~elf/index.html

Ethnologue Database - www.sil.org/ethnologue

Ethnologue Languages of the World Online - www.ethnologue.com/web.asp

Foreign Languages and Culture - www.speakeasy.org/~dbrick/hot/foreign.html

The Human-Languages Page - http:// ilovelanguages.com

Sustainable Travel Nature Conservancy’s Ecotourism Publications & Resources http:// nature.org/aboutus/travel/ecotourism/resources / National Geographic www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/sustainable/ Tourism Concern www.tourismconcern.org.uk Sustainable Travel International www.sustainabletravel.com/ International Society of Travel Medicine www.istm.org/ Educational Travel Community www.travelearning.com/rsp_tourism/responsible_tourism.php Manaca www.Manaca.com Business Enterprises for Sustainable Travel (BEST) www.sustainabletravel.org/ Envirolink www.envirolink.org/index.html The International Ecotourism Society http://ecotourism.org/index2.php?home Responsible Travel www.responsibletravel.com Ecological Footprint Network www.footprintnetwork.org International Centre for Responsible Travel www.icrt.org

Nature Conservancy’s Ecotourism Publications & Resources

http:// nature.org/aboutus/travel/ecotourism/resources /

National Geographic

www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/sustainable/

Tourism Concern

www.tourismconcern.org.uk

Sustainable Travel International

www.sustainabletravel.com/

International Society of Travel Medicine

www.istm.org/

Educational Travel Community

www.travelearning.com/rsp_tourism/responsible_tourism.php

Manaca

www.Manaca.com

Business Enterprises for Sustainable Travel (BEST)

www.sustainabletravel.org/

Envirolink

www.envirolink.org/index.html

The International Ecotourism Society

http://ecotourism.org/index2.php?home

Responsible Travel

www.responsibletravel.com

Ecological Footprint Network

www.footprintnetwork.org

International Centre for Responsible Travel

www.icrt.org

Informative Resources Independent Media Resources Media Resources by Country Monitoring Agencies

Informative Resources

Independent Media Resources

Media Resources by Country

Monitoring Agencies

Independent Media Resources Alternative Radio - www.alternativeradio.org Alternet - www.alternet.org Centre for Research on Globalization - www.globalresearch.ca Common Dreams - www.commondreams.org Consortium for Independent Journalism, The - www.consortiumnews.com Envirolink Network - http://envirolink.netforchange.com Environmental Media Services - www.ems.org Foreign Policy in Focus - Institute for Policy Studies - www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org Global Issues - www.globalissues.org Global Spin - www.globalspin.org Inequality.org - ww.inequality.org International Action Center - www.iacenter.org IPS (Inter Press Service) - www.ips.org New Internationalist - www.newint.org Progressive Response - www.foreginpolicy-infocus.org PR Watch - www.prwatch.org Radio for Change - www.workingforchange.com TruthOut.com- www.truthout.com ZNET - www.zmag.weluser.htm

Alternative Radio - www.alternativeradio.org

Alternet - www.alternet.org

Centre for Research on Globalization - www.globalresearch.ca

Common Dreams - www.commondreams.org

Consortium for Independent Journalism, The - www.consortiumnews.com

Envirolink Network - http://envirolink.netforchange.com

Environmental Media Services - www.ems.org

Foreign Policy in Focus - Institute for Policy Studies - www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org

Global Issues - www.globalissues.org

Global Spin - www.globalspin.org Inequality.org - ww.inequality.org

International Action Center - www.iacenter.org

IPS (Inter Press Service) - www.ips.org

New Internationalist - www.newint.org

Progressive Response - www.foreginpolicy-infocus.org

PR Watch - www.prwatch.org

Radio for Change - www.workingforchange.com

TruthOut.com- www.truthout.com

ZNET - www.zmag.weluser.htm

Media Resources by Country NewsLink - www.newslink.org ABYZ News Links - www.abyznewslinks.com NewsMax.com - www.newsmax.com News and Newspapers Online - http:// library.uncg.edu /news/ The Flying Inkpot presents Inkternational News Links - http:// inkpot.com /news/ Yahoo! News Directory by Countries - http://dir.yahoo.com/News_and_Media/Newspapers/By_Region/Countries/ Nettizen.com: Newspaper Directory - www.nettizen.com/newspaper/ Worldpress.org - www.worldpress.org/ OnLineNewspapers.com - www.onlinenewspapers.com/ Harvard College Library: Newspapers on Microfilm Collection - http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/widener/collections/newspapers/index.html Progressive Exchange - www.progressiveexchange.com/ Tourism Offices Worldwide Directory - www.towd.com Worldwide Free Travel - http://desteo.dotlogix.com

NewsLink - www.newslink.org

ABYZ News Links - www.abyznewslinks.com

NewsMax.com - www.newsmax.com

News and Newspapers Online - http:// library.uncg.edu /news/

The Flying Inkpot presents Inkternational News Links - http:// inkpot.com /news/

Yahoo! News Directory by Countries - http://dir.yahoo.com/News_and_Media/Newspapers/By_Region/Countries/

Nettizen.com: Newspaper Directory - www.nettizen.com/newspaper/

Worldpress.org - www.worldpress.org/

OnLineNewspapers.com - www.onlinenewspapers.com/

Harvard College Library: Newspapers on Microfilm Collection - http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/widener/collections/newspapers/index.html

Progressive Exchange - www.progressiveexchange.com/

Tourism Offices Worldwide Directory - www.towd.com

Worldwide Free Travel - http://desteo.dotlogix.com

US State Department: Travel Info - www.state.gov/travel/ United Nations Commission on Human Rights - www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/2/chr.htm United Nations Development Programme - www.undp.org/ United Nations Millennium Project Development Goals - www.unmillenniumproject.org/reports/index.htm Human Rights Watch - www.hrw.org Earth Rights International - www.earthrights.org Amnesty International - www.amnesty.org Footprint Network - www.footprintnetwork.org World Wildlife Fund - www.wwf.org KnowMore - www.knowmore.org Earth Watch Institute - www.earthwatch.org Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) - www.wilpf.org Monitoring Agencies

US State Department: Travel Info - www.state.gov/travel/

United Nations Commission on Human Rights - www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/2/chr.htm

United Nations Development Programme - www.undp.org/

United Nations Millennium Project Development Goals - www.unmillenniumproject.org/reports/index.htm

Human Rights Watch - www.hrw.org

Earth Rights International - www.earthrights.org

Amnesty International - www.amnesty.org

Footprint Network - www.footprintnetwork.org

World Wildlife Fund - www.wwf.org

KnowMore - www.knowmore.org

Earth Watch Institute - www.earthwatch.org

Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) - www.wilpf.org

Recommended Literature Alternatives to the Peace Corps: A Directory of Third World and U.S. Volunteer Opportunities 9th Edition, edited by Joan Powell (Food First Books, 2000) Global Citizen: A Guide to Creating an International Life and Career for Students, Professionals, Retirees, & Families By Elizabeth Kruempelmann (Ten Speed Press, 2002) How to Live You Dream of Volunteering Overseas by Joseph Collins,Stefano Dezerega, Zahara Heckscher, &Anna Lappe (2002) So, You Want to Join the Peace Corps…What to Know Before You Go Dillon Banerjee (Ten Speed Press, 2000) The Back Door Guide to Short-Term Job Adventures: Internships, Extraordinary Experiences, Seasonal Jobs, Volunteering, Work Abroad by Michael Landers (Ten Speed Press, 2000) The International Directory of Volunteer Work 7th Edition by Louise Whetter and Victoria Pybus (Vacation Work, 2000) Volunteer Vacations: Short-Term Adventures that Will Benefit You and Others 7th Edition, by Bill McMillon & Edward Asner (Chicago Review Press, 1999)

Alternatives to the Peace Corps: A Directory of Third World and U.S. Volunteer Opportunities

9th Edition, edited by Joan Powell (Food First Books, 2000)

Global Citizen: A Guide to Creating an International Life and Career for Students, Professionals, Retirees, & Families

By Elizabeth Kruempelmann (Ten Speed Press, 2002)

How to Live You Dream of Volunteering Overseas

by Joseph Collins,Stefano Dezerega, Zahara Heckscher, &Anna Lappe (2002)

So, You Want to Join the Peace Corps…What to Know Before You Go

Dillon Banerjee (Ten Speed Press, 2000)

The Back Door Guide to Short-Term Job Adventures: Internships, Extraordinary Experiences, Seasonal Jobs, Volunteering, Work Abroad

by Michael Landers (Ten Speed Press, 2000)

The International Directory of Volunteer Work

7th Edition by Louise Whetter and Victoria Pybus (Vacation Work, 2000)

Volunteer Vacations: Short-Term Adventures that Will Benefit You and Others

7th Edition, by Bill McMillon & Edward Asner (Chicago Review Press, 1999)

Program Choices General Resources IDEALIST (Action Without Borders) www.idealist.org International Volunteer Programs Association (IVPA) www.volunteerinternational.org Volunteer Abroad www.volunteerabroad.com Global Exchange www.globalexchange.com Education Travel Seminar to Two-Thirds World Center for Global Education at Augsburg College www.augsber.edu/global

General Resources

IDEALIST (Action Without Borders)

www.idealist.org

International Volunteer Programs Association (IVPA)

www.volunteerinternational.org

Volunteer Abroad

www.volunteerabroad.com

Global Exchange

www.globalexchange.com

Education Travel Seminar to Two-Thirds World Center for Global Education at Augsburg College

www.augsber.edu/global

Program Choices Archeology Options Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) www.ciee.org University Research Expeditions Program (UREP) http://urep.ucdavis.edu Business and Economic Development Citizens Democracy Corps (CDC)/MBA Enterprise Corps www.cdc.org The International Executive Service Corps (IESC) www.iesc.org United Nations Volunteer Program (UNV) www.unv.org

Archeology Options

Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE)

www.ciee.org

University Research Expeditions Program (UREP)

http://urep.ucdavis.edu

Business and Economic Development

Citizens Democracy Corps (CDC)/MBA Enterprise Corps

www.cdc.org

The International Executive Service Corps (IESC)

www.iesc.org

United Nations Volunteer Program (UNV)

www.unv.org

Program Choices Community Development Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) www.ciee.org Cross Cultural Solutions www.crossculturalsolutions.org Global Routes www.globalroutes.org Service Civil International – International Voluntary Service (SCI-IVS USA) www.sci-ivs.org Cultural Programs Amizade www.amizade.org Global Citizens Network www.globalcitizens.org Kibbutz Program Center www.kibbutzprogramcenter.org

Community Development

Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE)

www.ciee.org

Cross Cultural Solutions

www.crossculturalsolutions.org

Global Routes

www.globalroutes.org

Service Civil International – International Voluntary Service (SCI-IVS USA)

www.sci-ivs.org

Cultural Programs

Amizade

www.amizade.org

Global Citizens Network

www.globalcitizens.org

Kibbutz Program Center

www.kibbutzprogramcenter.org

Program Choices Environmental Protection & Research Coral Cay Conservation (CCC) Expedition www.coralcay.org Earthwatch Institute www.earhtwatch.org Global Service Corps/Earth Island Institute www.globalservicecorps.org Health Programs Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) www.doctorswithoutborders.org Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO) www.hvousa.org Peacework’s Medical Volunteer Program www.peacework.org

Environmental Protection & Research

Coral Cay Conservation (CCC) Expedition

www.coralcay.org

Earthwatch Institute

www.earhtwatch.org

Global Service Corps/Earth Island Institute

www.globalservicecorps.org

Health Programs

Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)

www.doctorswithoutborders.org

Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO)

www.hvousa.org

Peacework’s Medical Volunteer Program

www.peacework.org

Program Choices Humanitarian Relief & Service Concern America www.concernamerica.org Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI) www.habitat.org Heifer Project International (HPI) www.heifer.org Interaction: American Council for Voluntary International Action www.interaction.org United Nations Volunteers www.unv.org/unvols Volunteers for Peace, Inc. (VFP) International Workcamps www.vfp.org Volunteering Online Netaid.org Foundation www.netaid.org Volunteers in Technical Assistance (VITA) www.vita.org Global Genie www.greentravel.org [email_address]

Humanitarian Relief & Service

Concern America

www.concernamerica.org

Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI)

www.habitat.org

Heifer Project International (HPI)

www.heifer.org

Interaction: American Council for Voluntary International Action

www.interaction.org

United Nations Volunteers

www.unv.org/unvols

Volunteers for Peace, Inc. (VFP) International Workcamps

www.vfp.org

Volunteering Online

Netaid.org Foundation

www.netaid.org

Volunteers in Technical Assistance (VITA)

www.vita.org

Global Genie

www.greentravel.org

[email_address]

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Heritage Groups

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Media Organizations

Sister Cities

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Offer Something Valuable to the Recipient

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2. Try to book your ticket on the airline’s website.

3. Get a mileage earning credit card.

4. Utilize financial institutions’ offers to earn miles.

5. Use a long-distance company linked with an airlines.

6. Buy online with companies linked to airlines.

7. Track your miles through www.maxmiles.com .

8. Watch Internet for bargains.

9. Use your frequent-flier credit card to purchase tickets.

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