Me Resume of 5 interesting websites!

1. http://www.tribes.co.uk/ - The Tribes Travel

Tribes Travel The motto of the Tribes Travel Website is the following: 

“The art of travelling with respect” and in accordance with that slogan initiators organize trips and holidays to places such as: Botswana, Brazil, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, India, Jordan, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Nepal, Peru, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and simultaneously propagating responsible travelling in unity with the environment and wildlife, without exploits the local people. The “Tribes Travel” is independent specialist travel company owned and run by Amanda and Guy Marks, who founded it in January 1998 in order to promote good environmental conservation within the tourism industry. They offer tailored holidays and the whole arranged honeymoons to African and South American countries in responds to travellers interests and hobbies, providing them with inspiring guided trips to: Sahara deserts, The Amazon tropical rainforest, Nyungwe Forest, to nationals parks like Chitwan National Park in Nepal or Yasuni National Park in Ecuador, wildlife reserves (Kapawi Ecolodge and Reserve, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Tambopata National Reserve) but also by bringing benefits to the local people, wildlife and environment of the destination. On their web site interested in it people can find essential to know information’s about what in needed to take part in such a trip. They can reach for interesting information’s about best places to see and visit with Tribes Travel Company and what is worth seeing in specific destination. What’s more web site includes bookmark called “Unforgettable Experiences” where are enclosed written by Tribes clients impressions of their journeys with these company. They share their own experiences and “tell us in their own words what they really felt about the things they did and places and people they met on their holidays with Tribes”. 

 This how are presented several essential principles of „Tribes Code” according to which work the company: 

1. They do all within their power to provide their clients with the best possible holiday that they could hope for, whilst minimizing any possible harm and maximizing any potential benefit to our world. 

2. They will not sell services which they know to be exploiting or causing harm to the environment, wildlife or local community

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3. They do all they can and adopt vital measures to reduce consumption of natural resources. 

4. Their aim is to improve the lot of under-privileged communities in the destinations we promote.

5. They help protect and conserve our environments and the flora and fauna within.

2. http://www.pachamama.org/ - The Pachamama Alliance

“Bring forth the sustainable, just, and fulfilling world you know is possible.” 

“Empowered by our partnership with indigenous people, The Pachamama Alliance inspires and galvanizes the human family to generate a critical mass of conscious commitment to a thriving, just and sustainable way of life on Earth.” (taken from: www.pachamama.org) 

Few information’s about the founders and organization: 

The Pachamama Alliance is a U.S. not-for-profit organization that emerged from a relationship developed between a group of people from the modern world and the remote indigenous groups representatives in the Amazon region of Ecuador. This relationship was initiated by the indigenous elders and shamans who being concerned about the growing threat to their ancient way of life, and out of their recognition that the roots of this threat lay far beyond their rainforest home, actively sought the way to reach the partnership and to initiate cooperation with committed individuals from the modern world. 

On the web site we can found what are the fundamental goals of the organization: 

1. The organization by cooperation with the Achuar, who are indigenous people of the Amazon rainforest, are spreading their acquired knowledge about living in harmony with nature, as do that the Achuar people in their homes in the rainforests of Ecuador and Peru 

2. They try to defend and stands for the rights of indigenous people, local cultures and territories of the Achuar and other tribes of the Amazon, which are concerned to be a source of biological, medicinal, and spiritual wealth for all humanity. 

3. As the members of organization recognize well that indigenous people are the rainforests` natural custodians, and therefore, key strategies of their collaboration and work focus on strengthening their culture and empowering their ability to stand for and represent their own interests. 

4. They work on protecting the Earth’s tropical rainforests as they are most valuable ecosystem and in the same time they’re taking into account how important role plays economics factor in the fate of rainforests. 

5. They are commitment to develop tangible project in order to create a sustainable economic foundation for preserving way of indigenous people life, what’s include: provide them with complementary currency systems to support rural development and promote local production, consumption and trade, develop permaculture, aquaculture projects, and ecotourism projects, such as Kapawi Ecolodge and Tiinkias Lodge.  

On the web site interested in it can reach information’s about what kind of measures founders and members of organization took in the area of Amazon Forests and indigenous lands of South America. Mainly they work with groups whose territories span the border regions of Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil and Colombia to create the necessary conditions for indigenous communities to strengthen their self-determination, governance, territorial defense, and ways of life. What’s more there are included videos representing the story of the beginning of foundation and about the recent programs, video reports about journeys to Amazon Rainforest and High Andes, and many other in related to future of indigenous inhabitants of Amazonia and South America countries. 

3. http://www.earthwatch.org/europe/ - Earthwatch Institute 

Earthwatch Institute is global environmental organization, founded in 1971 in Boston (Massachusetts). Initially the main idea was to involve general public, as individual volunteers and scientists all together, into scientific process and to provide them with financial means and dedicated labour force to help them develop scientific projects. Subsequently this cooperation between scientists and the general public representatives enable increase the public's understanding of science,their overall knowledge of environmental issues, transforming values, attitudes and behaviour. The Eartwatch Institute create the network of people interested in science and passionate about the world they live in and curiosity to understand the world that surround them. On the above given web site we can find information’s about their goals, about the work and project they, founder and members as well, are involved in, about the companies with who do they work with and the expeditions they have been organized through all of those years, and those which are going to take place. In the end how interested in people can join to this project and participate actively. 

What is worth mentioning and what’s distinguish this organization from rest is the fact that they engage people worldwide who are not scientists but interested in it people from different environments

(youth, students, families etc.) and involved them in scientific field researches and educations in order to promote the understanding and show them which actions are necessary for a sustainable environment. Afterwards to teach them how to live in nowadays times within the possessed recourses but in balance with the nature. As is presented on the web pages the Earthwatch Organization is specialized in organizing expenditures for teens in aged of 15 – 18, students groups, families. Those expenditures provide interested in it to participate in field research in breathtaking places around the world such as: snorkelling through crystal clear Bahamian waters, conserving the Amazon Rainforest, excavating a Roman fort in north England, or monitoring hyaenas in South Africa and giving them chance to broaden their knowledge and awareness about the sustainable environment, biodiversity and nature protection. 

 4. http://www.bioneers.org/ - The Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature 

The Bioneers is a non-profit educational organization based in New Mexico promoting practical and innovative solutions to environmental and social problems based on a philosophy which recognizes the aliveness, interdependence, and intelligence of the natural world. The founder of organization is Founder Kenny Ausubel, who coined the term Bioneers in 1990. The goal of The Bioneers founders and members is to implement solutions for restoring on better people and planet. Each of them are social and scientific innovators with nature-inspired approaches and willingness to realize the most urgently environmental and social challenges which are going to make better changes. 

Their work consists of six leading programs, and some of them are following : 

1. A public education program of changing the mindscape 

2. Education for Action – they cooperate with schools and collaged providing them with materials about sustainable environment and their work 

3. Resilience from the Ground Up – is a program by which they bring a practical tools and methodology to implement effective changes at the municipal and state level

4. Moonrise – is a program formed and arisen with the view to encourage Women to take a leadership and strength their self-confidence in their abilities a skills of being bold, congruent and effective leaders on behalf of a healthy, just and peaceful future.

Bioneers connects numerous of innovators such as farmers, educators, scientists, and social justice activists, with engaged citizens who are all making a very real difference to create change in their own communities and workplaces. What’s more they all together work on different areas which are connected with Education, Women’s Leadership, Ecological Food and Farming, Unity of Youth. As the educational organization they are well known by annual conferences. First one took place in 1990, and since then they are annually organized in October, in San Rafael in California. About the contents of conferences and about speakers who are presenting their crucial solutions we can search on their web site. Mainly conferences highlight the work of scientific and social innovators and helps support, nurture and propagate their ideas and models. What’s interesting among speakers there are people from the whole world who specialized in interdisciplinary fields, so there presents their ideas from following fields: environmental and socio-political activism, chemistry, design, architecture and urban planning; organic and "beyond organic" farming and gardening; biodiversity, bioremediation, and wildland preservation; alternative energy; engaged spirituality, literature and the arts etc.

5. http://www.wwoof.pt/ - WWOOF – World Wide Opportunities on Organic 

On the official web site of WWOOF – World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms internet users can obtain information’s about activity and goals of above mentioned organization, presentations and photos from all Portugese hosts are included as well. WWOOF is formally called Working Weekends on Organic Farms. It came into being in 1971 when Sue Coppard, the iniciator of whole undertaking, came to conclusion that it is crucial to provide access to the countryside for people who did not have either the means or the opportunity, but who are keen to support the organic movement. She have been organizing trial working weekends on one of the bio-dynamic farm in England. That how It started! Now the organization has different name but the goal is nearly the same. 

On the web site internauts can found more information about the team members who are responsible for all undertaking and they coming from whole world – Portugal, Sweden, Berlin. Giving general information’s WWOOF is an exchange program in which can take part volunteers from worldwide. National network of organizations which host their volunteers in 99 countries all of the world. They localized volunteers on organic farms in order to provide them with first-hand experience in organic and ecologically methods, to help the organic movement, and to let volunteers experience life in a rural setting or a different country. Volunteers do not receive financial rewards or any kind of payment, however in return for given by them help they are provided with food, place to live, accommodation and what’s the most significant the opportunity to learn how ecological farm function and about organic lifestyles. 

For those who would be interested in taking part in such an adventure, on the official website are enclosed bookmarks as “Forum” where is possible to ask a questions and get the information’s from people who works on that project and from those who were participated as volunteers. Moreover bookmark “Hosts” is very interesting part of page where are inserted list of available hosts, farms with the information about vacancy and short description of farm possession and region where is located. However to be able to take a challenge in the WWOOFing experience is required to become a member, cause it gives access to hosts’ contact. Nevertheless, all the important information’s are published on their website.