The Logic of Philanthropic Travel
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The Logic of Philanthropic Travel
Friday, February 22, 2008
"Philanthropic Travel is a fantastic concept and a sign of the changing times.
The paradigm of what it means to be an environmentalist and/or socially responsible is changing. I argue it MUST change.
ShareNot enough people are going to make a real difference by selling everything and giving it to the poor or a worthy environmental non -profit (especially rich folks). The problems we face are too big and the resources going toward solving them are too small in the all-or-nothing system we have today. I would argue that the only way the world is going to change is if we change the way the world does business.
Example # 1: Sam Adams, CEO of 'Exploitative International' goes on vacation every year to Europe and spends $5,000.
Who benefits? Expensive hotels, shops, airlines and Europe.
Example # 2: Sam goes on a Philanthropic vacation, spends the same $5,000 and helps a village build a well giving it access to clean water.
Who benefits? Expensive hotels & shops in a third world country AND the small village. Sam is going to spend $5,000 on his vacation every year regardless. And the reality is he will NOT forgo his vacation and (instead)write a check to a worthy non-profit.
Net, net, Exquisite Safaris isn't going to change the world single-handedly -true enough.
But if the travel industry changes the way it does business (similar to that of Exquisite Safaris), we have a real and effective way of redirecting those resources to where they are needed. And if all industries change the way they do business ..who knows?" -Manny Siragusa
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by: dchamberlain
"If you are coming to help me, you are wasting your time but if you are coming because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together." -Indigenous Saying
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