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  • 2008 Ethical Destinations Report
    All of us want our travels to have a positive impact. Find out how you can support countries working to maintain strong environmental, social, and eco-tourism values by "voting with your wings." Our 2008 edition of "The Developing World's Best Ethical Destinations" will help you choose countries you can feel great about visiting.
  • Candles for Burma
    In light of the devastating cyclone in Burma - and because of the ongoing human rights violations in that country - we've revived a campaign wherein you can post a message of solidarity.
  • 2008 Beijing Olympics - ET Special Report
    Controversy is brewing over this year's Olympic games and its ethically-challenged host. To learn more about the issues, check out our special section.
  • Sunscreen: Good for Your Skin, Bad for Reefs? — read this and other current stories in our News section.
  • Antonio Graceffo - In Shanland
    Antonio is documenting human rights abuses in Burma. Ethical Traveler is publishing his dispatches as they're written.
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Ethical Traveler is the first grass-roots alliance uniting adventurers, tourists, travel agencies, and outfitters — everyone who loves to travel, and sees travel as a positive force in the world. We feel that all travelers are, in effect, freelance ambassadors. We also believe that we have the ability to join our voices, and to use our economic power to strengthen human rights and protect the environment.

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Use these resources to inform your next trip, such as Ethical Traveler's travel tips for the "accidental ambassador."

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Ethical Traveler is a project of the
Earth Island Institute.


Because we all share this planet earth, we have to learn to live in harmony and peace with each other and with nature. That is not just a dream, but a necessity. We are dependent on each other in so many ways that we can no longer live in isolated communities and ignore what is happening outside those communities.

-- His Holiness the Dalai Lama
 

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