Posted by Malia Everette in Environment & Sustainability, Fair Trade, Food and Agriculture, Labor and Economy, Latin America on 28th November, 2011 | 1 Comment
Reality Tours shares its Fair Trade Tourism story. As consumers in the “global north” we have become accustomed to the ease with which we buy products from around the world, but it is easy to be oblivious to how our choices effect people’s lives in producer communities. Global Exchange’s Fair Harvest Reality Tours exposes how our global economy impacts the lives of farmers around the world and advocates for fair alternatives while supporting community based, socially responsible tourism with Fair Trade and service learning.
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Posted by Malia Everette in Citizen Diplomacy, Middle East, Trip Participant Stories on 20th October, 2011 | No Comments
Ken Yale, Reality Tours Palestine & Israel Past Participant, shares his reflections on exactly the kind of transformative experience that keeps us here at Reality Tours ever motivated to continue our work to have you “Meet the People, Learn the Facts, and Make a Difference”!
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Posted by Alessandro I. in Middle East, Regions We Visit, Trip Participant Stories on 2nd May, 2004 | No Comments
By Ruth Crystal What follows is my initial summary of some of my experiences on the Global Exchange reality tour to Palestine/Israel that I wanted to share. I hope after some time to digest the experience – I will write an op-ed piece and do some presentation with the maps I brought back showing the »
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Posted by Alessandro I. in Middle East, Regions We Visit, Trip Participant Stories on 30th April, 2004 | No Comments
By David Crame In April 2004, I spent 10 days on the West Bank of Palestine as part of a tour of Israeli and Palestinian peace groups and sites organized by Global Exchange, the same organization we toured with in Cuba and South Africa. We both wrote up our experiences and are available to speak »
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Posted by Alessandro I. in Middle East, Regions We Visit, Trip Participant Stories on 26th September, 2003 | No Comments
By Deirdre Mac Dermott I recently returned from a week-long women’s trip to Palestine and Israel, organized by Global Exchange, and sponsored by Code Pink, a woman’s peace group formed in response to the threatened war in Iraq, and the White Dog Café, a restaurant in Philadelphia. The trip was organized to honour Rachel Corrie, »
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Posted by Alessandro I. in Middle East, Regions We Visit, Trip Participant Stories on 13th January, 2002 | No Comments
By Linda Sweiss My name is Linda Sweiss, and I am a 23-year-old, first generation Palestinian-Canadian. Growing up in Canada I always heard of a distant land that was once the home of my parents, a home they were forced to flee from when they were children. As I grew older I began to learn »
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