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Volunteer Vactions With The Appalachian Mountain Club

Date: June 5th, 2007 |

If you’re looking for a short-term (one day to three week) volunteer vacation doing conservation work in the US, the Appalachian Mountain Club may be just the ticket for you.
There are both teen and adult programs lasting the periods listed above, and volunteers get involved in building bog bridging, installing screewall and generally maintaining the [read more]

IC Volunteers

Date: May 23rd, 2007 |

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IC Volunteers (ICV) is a volunteer placement organization, but its volunteer opportunities are a horse of a different color. You really need to read through the opportunities to get a sense of what’s on offer, but, to start with, note that IC stands for International Conference, and as such many of the opportunities involve [read more]

Globe Aware, Volunteer Placement Organization

Date: May 21st, 2007 |

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Not to be confused with Global Aware, Independent Media Organization, Globe Aware is a volunteer placement organization which currently places international volunteers in projects in eleven different countries, primarily in Asia and Latin America.
Globe Aware is registered in the US as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and apparently all program costs are tax deductible as such [read more]

GlobalAware, Independent Media Organization For Social Justice

Date: May 19th, 2007 |

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If you’re looking to get involved in social research and writing volunteering from home, GlobalAware might have an opportunity for you.
GlobalAware is an independent media organization, which describes itself as “a collective of journalists, photographers, writers, graphic designers, web professionals and concerned individuals working towards environmental justice and social change.” It has offices [read more]

Profile And Update: La Tortuga Feliz In Costa Rica

Date: May 13th, 2007 |

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I recently received an email update with news from La Tortuga Feliz, an organization in Costa Rica which the Volunteer Logue originally mentioned here. They are continuing their sea turtle conservation efforts, and now have six horses to facilitate the patrolling of the beaches; they will soon have two more as two horses have [read more]

Ambassadors For Children: Volunteer Placement Organization

Date: May 31st, 2007 |

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Ambassadors For Children is in one sense a volunteer placement agency; it’s a non-profit organization which makes ties with local projects or organizations and plan trips which include a few days volunteering and a few days of organized cultural excursions and/or sightseeing. In addition to the organized trips, it also is involved in impact [read more]

Katimavik In Canada

Date: May 23rd, 2007 |

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Katimavik – which means “meeting place” in the Inuit language - was founded in 1977, in “its own” words, “to allow Canadian youth to travel the country and get involved in community projects.”
People between 17 and 21 participate for nine months, and during that time work 35 hours per week in community projects [read more]

Responsible Travel: Volunteer Placement Organization

Date: May 20th, 2007 |

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“Responsible travel” is a regular part of our vocabulary nowadays, but the folks at ResponsibleTravel.com report that as recently as 2001, they were the first to use it in the way it’s understood today, and with the backing of The Body Shoppe founder Anita Roddick, no less. They organize all kinds of travel – [read more]

Volunteer In Siberia With The Great Baikal Trail Association

Date: May 16th, 2007 |

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With the Great Baikal Trail non-profit organization, you can spend a few weeks this summer contributing to the first environmental trail system in Russia. Their mission is to promote local sustainable development of Lake Baikal and surrounding areas through low-impact ecotourism, part of which entails building safe, and environmentally friendly trails for hikers.
There’s [read more]

Help Publicize A Women’s Cause For Mother’s Day

Date: May 12th, 2007 |

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Do something special for your mom on Mother’s Day (especially relevant if you’re in the US or one of the other countries celebrating mothers on Sunday, but certainly possible elsewhere) – and why not send an e-card featuring information about a good cause as well, or even make a donation. Sure, she may get [read more]

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