Reality Tours

CUSTOM TOUR
International Wetlands Research Program and Symposium
November 2, 2013 – November 10, 2013
Cuba

Global Exchange Reality Tours has been asked by Eco Cuba Network, a project of the Green Cities Fund to arrange travel to Cuba for US citizens who wish to participate in the International Wetlands Symposium and Research Program in Ciénaga de Zapata Biosphere Reserve, Matanzas Province, Cuba, November 2 - 10, 2013.

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Nicaragua: Fair Harvest Exchange Program
November 15, 2013 – November 24, 2013
Nicaragua

This November, spend your vacation harvesting social justice! Participate in a transformative international travel experience. Global Exchange is sponsoring several highly motivated individuals to travel to Nicaragua this harvest season and work with a Fair Trade coffee cooperative (CECOCAFEN).

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Venezuela Vive: Community Development and Popular Movement
November 16, 2013 – November 26, 2013
Venezuela
We invite you to travel to Venezuela with Global Exchange to dig past the headlines and explore the changes occurring in Venezuela, Latin America and the hemisphere as a whole. On a Global Exchange tour to Venezuela you will meet with human rights activists, rural agricultural workers, labor unions, community activists, journalists, and government officials and opposition figures, and see for yourself the unprecedented social change that is occurring at this historic time in Venezuela and the region.

Step outside the boundaries of what you expect Venezuela to be like.

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Costa Rica: Ecotourism and Sustainability on the Northern Pacific Coast
November 19, 2013 – November 28, 2013
Costa Rica


Costa Rica is a study in contrasts. In the last decade Costa Rica has become an immensely popular tourism destination, known for its stunning scenery, abundant natural resources and diverse wildlife. With its extensive network of national parks, Costa Rica is at the forefront of the international conservation movement and has become synonymous with "ecotourism": socially responsible travel that theoretically conserves the environment while improving the welfare of local people.

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Rio de la Plata, Argentina, Uruguay & Iguacu Falls
November 20, 2013 – December 2, 2013
Argentina

November 21

  • Arrival in Buenos Aires
  • AM:  Orientation meeting, city tours capturing the historic sites of Buenos Aires: Centro, Plaza de Mayo, San Telmo, La Boca, Palermos and meeting with local economist.
  • Meet with La Vaca - read about them here:  http://bit.ly/UrgbFN
  • Evening learn about the Tango!

 

November 22

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Honduran Equality Delegation
November 22, 2013 – December 2, 2013
Honduras

The Honduran Equality delegation is seeking participants for their November 2013 tour to Honduras. This delegation will be focusing on the Sexual Diversity and Repression in Honduras; including strides made towards equality, the human rights violations against the LBGTQ community, its involvement with the Libre party and the upcoming general elections in November.

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CUSTOM TOUR
11th International Permaculture Convergence and Research Tour
November 24, 2013 – December 7, 2013
Cuba

Global Exchange Reality Tours has been asked by the IPC 11 Support Committee and by Eco Cuba Network to arrange travel to Cuba for US citizens who wish to participate in the International Permaculture Convergence in Havana, Cuba, November 24 - December 7, 2013.

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Culture and Sustainability
December 7, 2013 – December 15, 2013
Cuba

Global Exchange Reality Tours will arrange travel for this cultural research program for the Cubanakoa Foundation of Honolulu, Hawaii to study the relationship between culture and sustainability in Cuba.  The program takes place during the Latin American Film Festival and will include meetings with the Cuban film association and the Union of Artists and Writers.The program will include site visits to neighborhood projects that combine art and environmental reclamation.

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Ecuador: New Year's on the Equator
December 27, 2013 – January 4, 2014
Ecuador

Similar to other countries in South America, Ecuador has traditionally suffered from the so-called "resource curse:" high poverty and inequality in a land of plentiful natural resources. Despite this fact, Ecuador serves as a model for some of the most far-reaching efforts to provide ecologically and socially-sustainable alternatives to the corporate global economy.

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CUSTOM TOUR
Faces of Cuba: The History and Culture of the Cuban People
January 3, 2014 – January 14, 2014
Cuba

Global Exchange Reality Tours has been contracted to arrange travel for the Faces of Cuba program offered by Chabot College and facilitated by Professor Rick Moniz.
The Faces of Cuba program coordinator and Historian Rick Moniz has three decades of experience in Cuba.  Join him on this 26th trip to the island for a college course being offered by Chabot College that complies with all regulations.

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