See ” What Travelers Can Do to Save the Planet” by AFAR https://www.afar.com/magazine/travel-help-planet?fbclid=IwAR3QRk0bK2jdxSwiCy2EhT7pCuUFyE1Jrz8tFWGVFsjAuz7vVxSh1Vf7QX0 Apr.23.20
I was interviewed by AFAR, as part of their work in writing “What Travelers Can Do to Save the Planet.” I was quoted under the “Sustaining Local Communities – The Experiences” section. It was fun to share some of the ways I help my clients- and talk about G and Planeterra’s work in Peru……. ‘Sheila Gallant-Halloran, a travel advisor with Vision Travel, recommends the National Geographic Journeys and G Adventures trip in Peru. The latter’s Planeterra Foundation invests in local healthcare, conservation, and social enterprises and aims to help communities become self-sufficient. “I visited the Ccaccaccollo Women’s Weaving Co-operative, which has grown from three women in 2005 to over 60 local women,” Gallant-Halloran says. “Children of the original women are now in university, funded by their mom’s earnings.” ‘