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Mountain Bike Haiti – launching in November 2011

Published June 26, 2011 Adventure , CSR , Haiti 3 Comments

Whether you are a hard-core mountain biker, an adventurous historian, or just someone who likes to explore *truly* off the beaten path, here is an experience that will live with you forever.   Take a wild guess at where this picture is from.  

Would you have ever guessed Haiti – literally “Land of Mountains.”  It is one of the least explored countries in the western hemisphere, and offers thousands of miles of epic trails for hiking, climbing and mountain biking.

Through our partnership with Extreme Bike, we can offer fully inclusive tour packages.  Click on facebook.com/MountainBikeHaiti to join Haiti with a new chapter in sustainable adventure tourism.

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Visit Nepal and install solar panels – Swogun Nepal Voluntourism program

Published April 6, 2010 Charitable Initiative , CSR 28 Comments

These are the types of programs that Travelcology will be facilitating.

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SOLAR AID VOLUNTEER PROGRAM

Swogun’s Solar Aid volunteer program has been running successfully over the last few years. Its ultimate mission is to provide renewable energy for rural communities in Nepal.

Swogun’s Solar Aid volunteers install solar home systems in rural communities, public houses, libraries, temples, health posts etc.  After installation, training is provided to ensure that users can take proper advantage of having light after sunset. This includes the teaching of income generating skills; like weaving, carpet making, etc. This helps the villagers to become self-sufficient.

How do volunteers work with our Solar Aid Program?
On the first few days of your visit, you can explore Kathmandu Valley. You can learn various aspects of Nepalese culture – the people and their way of living. You then travel to the installation site, which are usually a day bus ride from Kathmandu and a day’s walk from the bus stop. After an intensive one day training in the village, volunteers install the system at the selected venue. Finally, our technician checks each system connection before the final installation

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The Solar Aid program emphasizes cross-cultural exchange. So during the installations, you will stay with families. Accommodation is simple and shared with family members. Nepalese traditional food is taken sitting on the floor with family members. Hands are use to eat food instead of spoons. You will enjoy joining in with typical Nepalese family activity because the system is entirely different to western culture.

See More at swogun.org.np

leogane marketplace

Published March 7, 2010 CSR Leave a Comment

Despite all the devastation we have seen, the market is thriving, and commerce is alive and well.

When one can look around, its not too hard to find examples of resiliency and positive momentum.

~ philip

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Bright Green: The Next Decade’s Top Sustainability Trends @travelcology

Published February 5, 2010 CSR 1 Comment

By Warren Karlenzig

What trends are likely the next ten years? One thing for sure, 2010 through 2019 will be one day looked at as 1) the turning point for addressing climate change by using effective urban management strategies, or it will be remembered as 2) the time when we collectively fumbled the Big Blue Ball.

see the list at  Worldchanging: Bright Green: The Next Decade’s Top Sustainability Trends.

Company benefit by rewarding volunteering! Check out Give A Day, Get A Disney Day

Published February 5, 2010 CSR , Social Media 37 Comments

Providing opportunities and encouraging employees to volunteer,  integrating sustainable and ethical practices into your products supply chain, and running cause promotions and cause marketing campaigns are all great ways of “Cause Integrating” your company. But why put all the effort into doing good when your customers can do it for you?

Enter into the the equation Disney’s brilliant new CSR initiative called Give A Day, Get A Disney Day. Simply put, if you can go out and get your hands dirty volunteering with a local nonprofit organization, Disney wants to reward you with a FREE ticket to Disney World or Disneyland Resort. Awesome? We think so. According to Disney,

We want to inspire one million people to volunteer a day of service to a participating organization in their communities. So we’re celebrating these volunteers’ good works by giving each of them a 1-day, 1-theme park ticket to the Disneyland® Resort or Walt Disney World® Resort, free. There’s no better time to make a dream come true for others and let us make a few come true for you.

Why is this so interesting? Here’s how everybody wins:

via Give A Day, Get A Disney Day | 3BL Media

#Haiti Volunteer Opportunity thru @HODRops Hands On Disaster Response

Published February 4, 2010 Charitable Initiative , CSR Leave a Comment
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Today we are announcing Project Leogane, Haiti 2010. This extraordinary disaster has had a devastating impact on the entire fabric of Haiti, and we are anxious to help.

The country has suffered over 110,000 lives lost; in Leogane, where we will focus our efforts, an estimated 90% of the buildings were destroyed. This will be a serious project, cooperating with other local and international NGOs, to help the community of Leogane recover from this massive event.

read more and apply at Hands On Disaster Response.

GreenXchange

Published February 3, 2010 CSR Leave a Comment

The GreenXchange is an innovative revolutionary partnership that brings together companies, people and ideas to create sustainable change that affects us all.

Transformational change happens when individuals are willing to share ideas, work together, and seek solutions that create more efficient, more profitable and more meaningful business opportunities/models

See more at GreenXchange

The world’s 100 most sustainable companies

Published February 3, 2010 CSR Leave a Comment

2010 Global 100 List.

Corporate ‘Sustainability’ replacing CSR – WSJ.com

Published February 3, 2010 CSR Leave a Comment

In a speech last year, Stephen Green, chairman of U.K. bank HSBC, said: “There has been a tendency to compartmentalize so-called corporate social responsibility activities as an adjunct to the mainstream business activities.” Mr. Green believes in replacing corporate social responsibility with a new focus on “corporate sustainability,” which, rather than being an add-on to a business. “is about the raison d’être of the company itself.”

Many of the senior executives at Davos this year talked about the social responsibilities of business as opposed to their fundamental business responsibilities. Speaking during a session at the World Economic Forum, Eric Schmidt, chief executive of Google, said he sees no difference between the two. Google is into innovation, he said, and “innovation is fundamentally about how the world can become a better place.”

Companies Reconsider Social Responsibility – WSJ.com.

Panel Suggests 100 Ways to Green NYC buildings

Published February 3, 2010 CSR Leave a Comment

A panel of experts convened by the mayor and City Council issued more than 100 recommendations Monday on how to make New York City’s building codes more environmentally sound by imposing energy-saving requirements on construction and renovation work.

more: http://mobile.nytimes.com/article?a=544932&f=25

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