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Why The Lost Girls Like Adventure Life

Bloggers and globe-trekkers, The Lost Girls talk with Adventure Life president, Brian Morgan, on travel's delicate two-way street between visitors and locals. "One of traveler's biggest responsibilities is to understand the local community, and one of the best ways to do this is to volunteer next to the people," says Brian. …
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Community Grants

Adventure Life has an annual, ongoing grant program that provides funding for small, grassroots projects in the countries we visit, such as Chile. Our local partners nominate organizations and projects.
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Dende Da Serra Waldorf School Library Project

Adventure Life Grant Program provides funding to build the Dende Da Serra Waldorf School Library
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Guatemala Técnico Chixot School Grant

Adventure Life provided a grant Long Way Home for completion of the first four primary school bathrooms. These bathrooms will use an “outlaw” septic system (similar to that used by Earthship Biotecture) that processes solid waste and black water through a filtration system and into black water cell sewn with cleansing plants. These four …
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Huaorani hospitality

Porter Treatment

International Mountain Explorers Connection Porter Partnership Program Porters are provided proper clothing and equipment. Porters need adequate footwear, socks, waterproof jackets and pants, gloves, hats, sunglasses, etc. that are appropriate for their destination. Clothing and gear for loan is available at the International Mountain Explorers …
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A Quechua woman washes dishes in her courtyard along the Inca Trail

Travel & Conservation

Everyone acknowledges the two sides of conservation - ecological and cultural - but little attention is paid to the latter. Adventure Life believes it is critical that local people be made active partners in developing a local tourism industry. Money generated by tourism should stay in the community. This means hiring local guides, staying in …
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Start of Project

Education and School Improvement in Chontachaca

This April of 2014 begins a new conservationist initiative at the Peruvian Cloud Forest (ACP Bosque Nublado). Thanks to the local association PERU VERDE, Adventure Life and a motivated Mother’s Club of Chontachaca whose combined efforts, hard work and great enthusiasm shall take place in order to set off the improvement of this Community’s …
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The iconic feet of the Blue-Footed Booby

Protecting a Living Museum

A brief history of human impact on the Galapagos Islands The Galapagos first appeared on maps around 1570 with various explorers making stops but never settling on the islands. Whalers and maritime fur traders started moving in during the 18th century. At this time, tortoises were hunted as a source of meat since they could be kept alive …
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Feeling the rush of the rapids during a whitewater rafting trip in Costa Rica

3 Reasons to Visit Costa Rica this Summer

Summer's here and it's rainy season in Costa Rica. But while a few rainy afternoons might keep some travelers away, there are plenty of reasons to put a Costa Rica trip on the list of great summer getaways.
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Antarctica Travel Video: Leave the Pebbles for the Penguins

A little reminder in the principles of Leave No Trace is always a good idea. This short video from my last Antarctica trip provides just that. Although a tiny pebble might seem insignificant, they are incredibly coveted by Antarctica penguins -- penguins make their nests from small pebbles, that are not always easy to come by in the snowy, stark …
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BRUNO DOING HIS JOB

Thoughts on Green Travel

Sustainable, Responsible, Green, Eco Tourism -- I know it can be tough to get beyond these labels and into the meaning behind such abstracts. But here's a little help... Traveler, Sarah Shelton, provides some direction and does a great job highlighting the sort of questions you should ask your travel company if you are looking at going green on …
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Digging for baby sea turtles at the Pacuare Nature Preserve

Family Trip: Leatherback Turtles at Pacuare Reserve

Read about this family trip designed around sea turtles at the neighboring Pacuare Reserve.
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Do Carbon Offsets Do More Damage Than Good?

For the past few years, I have heard lots of news about carbon offsets and we have had lots of discussion within the office about carbon offsetting. I've skeptical of the usefulness and so we have never offered carbon offsets to our clients. To me, it seemed as if the threats facing the pristine forests of the Amazon, the fragile wildlife of the …
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Snorkel the reef

Belize Travel: Sunscreen and Coral Reef Bleaching

We just received an email from one of our travelers, Mike Jarosick, who returned from a trip to Belize. Sharing our sentiments for responsible travel he wanted to share with fellow Adventure Lifers information he learned regarding the effects sunscreen has on coral-bleaching. This subject is particularly relevant to Belize, which is home to the …
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