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Planeterra is a non-profit organization that supports a steady cycle of giving and investment, via our global network of travel industry partners, in the social and environmental needs of people and places travelers visit worldwide.

Planeterra has a history of raising funds for the needs of local people in the destinations where Gap Adventures and its industry partners send travelers.  Since 2007, Planeterra facilitated the development of voluntours worldwide, by developing projects where travelers share their time and skills with local people and their projects in destinations around the world.

In 2011, Planeterra is building on this track record of bringing time and money to a growing number of projects under the new leadership of Executive Director Megan Epler Wood and Associate Director, Paula Vlamings.

Planeterra seeks to get at the root of the challenges local communities face by supporting community based businesses and local NGOs working in the iconic destinations its partners serves. 

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Prominent affiliations & awards

• The International Ecotourism Society
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3 most popular Trips (out of 10 total)

Brazil Community Reforestation Program	Brazil Community Reforestation Program Sao Paulo Airport , Brazil for 7 Days • Contact provider for price Provider: Planeterra Foundation Planeterra is working with local communities in Southern Brazil to reforest their lands. This program, which has resulted in 450,000 trees planted since 2009 provides the communities and local farmers of Guaranta, Promissão, Arco Iris, and Marília with access to training workshops and seedlings, so that they can increase food production, create natural barriers on their lands, provide shade and fodder for livestock and other animals.Agroforestry students from the University of Londrina are working with settlement populations to help provide… more	Offered Year-round Exertion level: 3 Comfort accommodations Max group size: 12 people Must form your own group? Yes (custom departure). Price based on group size.
Amazon Community School	Amazon Community School Airport, Ecuador near Quito, Ecuador for 14 Days • Contact provider for price Provider: Planeterra Foundation Over 10 years ago G Adventures (Formerly Gap) began working with a local family in the Ecuadorian Amazon to develop a community-based tourism program where travellers are given the opportunity to experience daily life in the jungle, with Delfin Pauchi, his wife Estela and their six children. When we first started working in this community, children had to walk several hours to get to school but with funds generated through our community-based tourism program and the rest donated by community… more	Offered Year-round Exertion level: 3 Comfort accommodations Max group size: 12 people Must form your own group? Yes (custom departure). Price based on group size.
Peru Women'S Weaving Co Op	Peru Women'S Weaving Co Op Cusco Airport, Peru for 14 Days • Contact provider for price Provider: Planeterra Foundation Since 2005, we have been working with the Ccaccaccollo community to develop a women’s weaving cooperative. Most G Adventures groups are able to visit this community as part of the Sacred Valley Tour where they meet the women and learn about all the stages of the weaving process; from hand-spinning the wool, dying the wool using natural dyes, and participating in a weaving demonstration. Travelers are also given the opportunity to purchase high quality textiles directly from the women who… more	Offered Year-round Exertion level: 3 Comfort accommodations Max group size: 12 people Must form your own group? Yes (custom departure). Price based on group size.

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