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This is a guest post by current gap year traveler Ella Clute. It forms part of our blog series "A New Age of Travel: How to Navigate Travel in a Changing World" which supports our #TravelReset movement. The ethics of travel are a long debated topic, even more so in...

This is a guest post by Craig Vandermeer from Insight Global Education about his journey through volunteer tourism towards an ethical alternative. At the start of the millennium, volunteer tourism was arguably an insignificant part of the global hospitality industry...

This is a guest blog post by student Ritika Dey, volunteer and entrepreneur with Aarogya menstrual health project in Delhi. When I signed up to volunteer with Connecting Dreams Foundation, I had no idea what I was getting myself in to. I am a student studying...

This is a guest post by student Sydney who went to an unusual high school that emphasized service learning. For my middle and high school years, I attended a school founded on the principles of global engagement, purposeful living, and ethical responsibility. Service...

This is a guest post by Mary Beth Gossman about how values don't dry up when international volunteer opportunities do. With the world and travel at a standstill, some of the volunteer work we would normally be engaged in may not be possible. Many people who take time...

This is a guest article by Learning Service Intern Kayley Gould, on how even large well-funded development projects can fail if they don't prioritize learning. This past spring, I took an Environmental Anthropology course focused on environmental justice and water...