Allies, Action Orgs, and Kindred Spirits

Here are some useful and interesting websites, recommended by the Ethical Traveler staff. Check back, as our lists may change, and we'll add other useful links over time. Got one of your own you want to share? Please post it in the Ethosphere — our online community — and we'll add it to our next revision of the site.

Gregg Butensky, Technology Consultant

kiva.org
Kiva connects Internet users everywhere with entrepreneurs and others in need of relatively small loans. Microfinance via the Web!

badasf.org
The Burmese American Democratic Alliance is a US based organization working for freedom and human rights for the people of Burma. Free free Burma!

bootsnall.com
A thriving community of independent travelers. Budding travel writers, regional guides, plenty of content.

thingsasian.com
High quality writing, photography and art from and about east, southeast and south Asia.

travelinged.org
Get 'em while they're young! TravelingEd develops lesson plans that bring the world into the classroom; education that exposes kids to cultural diversity and fosters global citizenry.

Andy dePasquale, Website Designer

www.travelnate.com
A good friend took his severance pay from DoubleClick and traveled the world for seven months in 2002. Here's the photographic compendium of his travels (many more pics on the way).

www.madnomad.com
A colleague (and member of the Ethical Traveler team) created this gorgeous union of technology, art and travel. Read dispatches from around the globe ranging from the adventurous to the meditative.

I Go U Go
Photo galleries, message boards, journal contests — all contributed and rated by users. True travel community.

www.eddie.com
A recent acquaintance. Some good travel photos and a bit of politics thrown in for good measure.

www.gregpalast.com
An American investigative journalist writing for the London Observer. His stories are always stunning, and his writing is compelling and witty.

Jeff Greenwald, Executive Director

worldtourismdirectory.com
The World Tourism Directory is a world travel directory published in co-operation with the World Tourism Foundation, International Institute for Peace Through Tourism, eTurboNews, the International Council of Tourism Partners, PLANETA.COM and TravelTalkRADIO.com.

www.savebiogems.org
An informative, easy-to-navigate site by the NRDC (National Resource Defense Council), allowing visitors to take action and help save the Earth's endangered environmental treasures.

antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
The Astronomy Picture of the Day is my home page; the ever-changing views of our Earth, solar system, and Universe help me keep things in perspective!

home.earthlink.net/~pgary/MilesFrame.html
"I paid no money for my last seven international round trip flights," claims Gary Steiger, who believes that "travel is the key to world understanding, and therefore world peace." His site lists dozens of ways you can acquire frequent flyer miles without actually flying on any airline!

www.bluewaternetwork.org
Fed up with jet skis in marine sanctuaries, SUV pollution, and snowmobiles in national parks? This information and action center is devoted to saving the public waters, protecting marine life, and curbing global warming. (If the oceans are of special interest, you might also like to visit www.oceanconservancy.org and www.seashepherd.org, both terrific action organizations)

Michael McColl, Director of Communications

www.responsibletravel.com
This site features pre-screened vacations that maximize the benefits of tourism to local communities, while minimizing any negative social or environmental impacts. These are vacations you can feel good about taking.

whc.unesco.org/nwhc/pages/doc/mainf3.htm
This is the complete list of cultural and natural sites deemed to be of particular value by UNESCO's World Heritage Convention. The goal of the World Heritage program is to preserve these sites for future generations.

www.tourismconcern.org.uk
This British charity promotes "fair trade tourism," which seeks to share more of the benefits of tourism with the local people of a given destination.

Sustainable Travel International
Sustainable Travel International (STI) is a membership-based, non-profit organization whose mission is to promote sustainable development and eco-friendly travel by providing programs that help travelers and travel-related companies protect the places they visit, and the planet at large. For more information, please visit www.sustainabletravel.com.