Environment: Articles, Programs, Blogs, Travel Resources

Each year, millions of travellers come to this small Indonesian island for its pristine beaches and reefs, and leave behind a mountain of rubbish.
April 1, 2017

Mangrove Matters

From the classroom to the mangrove forest, Emma's year in Thailand is taking an interesting turn.
Each year in Tanzania, an area of natural forest nearly the size of Rhode Island is cleared. Local communities and international volunteers are working together to change that.
Elephants, freed from the cruelty of Thailand's logging industry, now face an equally grim prospect: Tourism.
Kaelyn tries to create change by spreading environmental knowledge to remote communities of Burma. 
Tourist visits to this fragile ecosystem could soon reach more than a quarter of a million per year. Is it possible for your trip-of-a-lifetime to do more good than harm?
In honour of Earth Day, we ask the experts how to become a green traveller.
Support wildlife conservation efforts in Costa Rica as a Greenheart Travel volunteer and help to give endangered, injured and abandoned animals a safe home for rehabilitation.
How the Zanzibar Butterfly Centre is empowering rural farmers to build their own businesses.
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