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With TPP, There Goes The Neighborhood

Ethan Goffman 350.org, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Chevron, China, CITES, climate change, Convention on International Trade and Endangered Species, Ecuador, global warming, Greenpeace, Keystone XL, NAFTA, oil, pipeline, Sierra Club, tar sands, TPP, Trans-Pacific Partnership

The Trans Pacific Partnership might be the worst news for the environment since NAFTA, and environmentalists are coming out against it…

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Tales From The Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve In Amazonia

Jean-Marc Theodorowicz Amazon, Amazonia, bio-digester, Colombia, Cuyabeno Reserve, Ecuador, Equator, Guacamayo Eco Lodge, hammock, Lago Agrio, Laguna Grande, Quito, Siona, yucca

Located at the foothills of the Andes, ‘La Reserva de Producción Faunista Cuyabeno’ is the second largest reserve of the 45 national parks and protected areas in Ecuador. For two-thirds of the year, the forest is submerged in water. This unusual occurrence is due to the water that flows from the Cuyabeno River and its […]

Volunteering in Tena, Ecuador. 'Wisdom Forest'

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Volunteering: has the once unthinkable become almost normal?

Hannah Owen Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, South America, travel, volunteer, volunteering, volunteerism

‘Volunteering’, I used to think it had just one clear meaning. And originally I’d started this trip with a rule, not to pay for work, my moral compass was set. It seemed fair not to pay, especially when compared with my parent’s generation who often referred to my numerous volunteering spurts as acts of slavery. […]