Foreign Volunteer Work
February 11th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in Friday File
If you’ve ever wanted to learn about what it’s really like to combine travel and volunteer work and be a volunteer in a foreign country, check out Projects Abroad. They have stories written by former volunteers that give a good picture, albeit a little enthusiastic sometimes, of what it’s like to do foreign volunte...
Tags: Projects Abroad, Travel, volunteer

December 2nd, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Travel
The Monarch butterfly draws thousands of tourists to Mexico each winter to view the beautiful black and orange insect. Recently, a new conservation center was opened in Angangueo...
Tags: Conservation, Mexico, Monarch butterfly, Travel

August 23rd, 2010 by Alison Wheatley and Susie Hill in Travel
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) is linking travel with conservation in order to conserve the Arctic’s habitat.
The UN News Centre reports that a joint campa...
Tags: Arctic, biodiversity, Conservation, map, sustainable, tourism, Travel, UN, UNEP


