Adventure Life Grant Changes Lives in Guatemala

The following is a guest post from the non-profit organization Cooperative for Education, whose mission is to break the cycle of poverty in Guatemala through education. We’re excited — even more excited than that one time we got two Snickers from the vending machine for the price of one (although that was a great day). This exhilaration stems from the fact that Adventure Life completely rocks and has very generously [...]

 

Help Us Plant Trees in Ecuador

Adventure Life is celebrating Earth Day by planting trees. You should join us! CLICK HERE to plant your tree. One entry = one tree. The more entries the more trees planted, so tell your friends. And to show our gratitude, three lucky entrants will each win a $100 prAna gift card. You deserve it! Your tree will be planted on the northern slopes of Ecuador’s Rumiñahui Volcano in Hacienda El [...]

 

Travel Video: The Tambopata National Reserve in the Peruvian Amazon

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDR6E9hCUjY&w=640&h=480] Adventure Life travelers, Greg and Bridget Litten, share with us a bit of their Amazon adventures in Peru’s Tambopata National Reserve. The Tambopata National Reserve (TNR) is part of a 3.7 million acre reserve in southeastern Amazonian Peru. It protects the biological diversity of the entire watersheds of the Tavara and the Candamo Rivers and most of the watershed of the Tambopata River. The motivations and the design [...]

 

Adventure Life and Rainforest Alliance in the Amazon

  Adventure Life continues to grow our partnership with the Rainforest Alliance. Our current project is the “Conservation Alliances for Economic Viability”– a very academic title for a very promising initiative. The goals of this USAID approved project include the preservation of at least 200,000 hectares of Amazonian rainforest in Ecuador — combined with training and technical assistance to four community-owned lodges located in or adjacent to protected areas. The [...]