What is Ethical Traveler?
Ethical Traveler is a nonprofit organization, founded to “empower travelers to change the world.” We seek to use the economic clout of tourism to protect human rights and the environment.
Travel News
- “People Will Die”: New Hunting Laws to Take Effect in Australian National Parks - uploaded by Laura Simpson Reeves on 6 May 2013
- Plastic Water Bottles, Begone! Travelers Against Plastic Campaign Launched - uploaded by Annika Hipple on 2 Apr 2013
- To Boycott or Not to Boycott: The Ethics behind Your Travel Dollars - uploaded by Laura Simpson Reeves on 1 Apr 2013
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What's New
Our April Interactive Art Delegation to Cuba with Jeff Greenwald was a fabulous success! See Ethical Traveler’s Facebook page for details.
Burma at the Crossroads - Travel with ET and Global Exchange Reality Tours to Burma in November 2013.
Campaign Updates!
- Shark-Finning in Costa Rica
- Tasmania’s Old Growth Forests
Featured Photo Gallery
Blake Everson
Blake Everson is the founder of Origin Papua New Guinea. He has been visiting the small island nation of Papua New Guinea for nearly six years and has made repeated visits to the Kosua of Bosavi, including a two-month stay during December/January of 2011/12. Read more about Origin Papua New Guinea at originpng.com.

