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Summit on Citizen Diplomacy, Dec. 2005


Be a citizen diplomat here in Austin
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Small ways to help while traveling in Southeast Asia
Choosing a tour operator that focused on "responsible travel" taught me a few things about Vietnam and Cambodia.

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Educational projects in Cambodia give travelers a way to do more than just see the sites

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Greta Arnquist and Daniela Papi.



Biking for a month across a country that hardly has roads seems like enough of an adventure. But for the leaders of The PEPY Ride - PEPY stands for Protect the Earth Protect Yourself - this is a small part of their challenge in Cambodia.

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Simple gift of cameras develops ties between kids in Austin and Tanzania


Tanzania's Ruaha National Park is a very tough place to get to from Austin. It takes 36 hours, three long plane rides and eight to 10 hours on a bus.

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El Cielo trip report

I’d been looking for a way to do my first birding in Mexico, and the El Cielo Nature Festival in February offered an opportunity to explore the El Cielo area and bird several different areas in the region.
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