Low-impact Travel

You are planning your next vacation? Try those companies:

• Seacology: excursions to project sites in Tanzania, Fuji, Vanuatu and Indonesia www.seacology.com
• Nature Conservancy: a pioneer in encouraging ecotourism www.nature.org has also encouraged
• Mountain Travel Sobek: offers rafting trips on the Yangtze and Upper Mekong River, that benefit the Conservancy's Great Rivers Project www.mtsobek.com
• Volunteer at Blue Ventures for 3 to 6-week expeditions to its marine field station in Andavadoaka, Madagascar www.blueventures.org
• Earthwatch: study elephants in Kenya, track rare butterflies on Mount Fuji, or work with a conservation team to explore Brazil's cerrado ecosystem www.earthwatch.org