| Sustainable travel has been an issue I
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| | baby died. Images like these shaped
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| have been interested in for a while now
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| | Danielle's realization how hard life is
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| and through G.A.P Adventures, the sponsor
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| | for so many people and how lucky we
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| of the grand prize for our soon to be
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| | really are.Danielle will tell us how
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| launched Travel Story Contest, I was able
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| | difficult it was to come back to Toronto
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| to learn more about the topic of
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| | and not surprisingly she went back to
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| sustainable tourism.Danielle Weiss, a
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| | Latin America not much later. Over a
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| former tour leader for G.A.P, is now the
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| | period of several years, Danielle lived,
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| company's Sustainable Tourism
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| | worked and volunteered in different
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| Coordinator. While I was quizzing
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| | locations in Latin America and fell in
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| Danielle about sustainable travel issues
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| | love with the countries, the language and
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| of course I asked her a bit about herself
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| | the people. She will share stories of
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| and her connection to the adventure and
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| | survival where she literally survived on
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| eco-travel industry. As she started to
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| | about a dollar a day. During one of her
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| tell me more about her background, I
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| | stays in Latin America she linked up with
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| realized that I had a very interesting
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| | G.A.P Adventures and eventually become
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| person right there in front of me, who
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| | one of their tour leaders. In the
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| has lived, worked, studied and
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| | upcoming interview, Danielle will tell us
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| volunteered in a number of foreign
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| | more about her travel experience and her
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| countries. Needless to say, I needed to
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| | experience as a tour leader, continuously
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| find out more about Danielle and her
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| | on the road for 12 months.Today, Danielle
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| background.Danielle completed a degree in
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| | is back in Toronto, and after various
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| environmental studies at the University
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| | positions at the head office, she has
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| of Waterloo and during her college years
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| | become G.A.P's Sustainable Tourism
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| she travelled to Guatemala and Costa
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| | Coordinator. Through her work Danielle
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| Rica. In her 3rd year of studies she went
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| | makes a difference in a number of Latin
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| to Ecuador for two semesters. During the
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| | American communities and demonstrates how
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| first semester she worked on academic
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| | individuals and private businesses can
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| studies, while during the second semester
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| | lend a hand to people in need.Susanne
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| she volunteered in a coastal jungle
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| | Pacher is the publisher of a website
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| project where she provided environmental
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| | called Travel and Transitions( Travel and
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| education to local children, got involved
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| | Transitions deals with unconventional
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| in a tree planting program and worked in
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| | travel and is chock full of advice, tips,
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| a women's program.That year in Ecuador
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| | real life travel experiences, interviews
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| truly changed her life - Danielle came
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| | with travellers and travel experts,
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| back a different person. The most
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| | insights and reflections, cross-cultural
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| striking experience was that she had
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| | issues, contests and many other features.
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| developed a strong distaste for the
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| | You will also find stories about life and
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| materialism that is so prevalent in our
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| | the transitions that we face as we go
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| western societies. A key memory for
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| | through our own personal life-long
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| Danielle was meeting a family who had
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| | journeys.Submit your own travel stories
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| walked for four days through the jungle
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| | in our first travel story contest( and
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| with a sick baby to try to reach medical
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| | have a chance to win an amazing adventure
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| facilities. Unfortunately the family did
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| | cruise on the Amazon River.
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| not reach the hospital in time and the
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