| Community Connection Tours Gain hands-on experience with community based renewable energy projects. Learn how you can be an ambassador for similar projects in the future. Experience the full gamut of what it takes to implement a development project, including working side-by-side with community members on service projects. Customized tours can be developed for interested groups.
Click here to learn about our new trip to San Jose de Bocay, Nicaragua with delegates from their Sister City in Blacksburg, Virginia: Jan. 6th through 17th, 2009!
Explore Water and Renewable Energy Projects in the Philippines!
Negros, Visayas, Philippines Travel to the Philippines with Green Empowerment Staff. Become a leader in your community. Join us in the international sustainability movement. Join us for a tour of water and renewable energy projects in the central Philippines. Help complete needed service projects ~ plant fruit trees, establish vegetable gardens, and/or install biogas digesters. Learn about innovative potable water delivery, renewable energy, and income generating farm projects by living alongside families in a rural village. Get on a bike and tour the remarkable countryside! Cost: $1700 excluding international airfare to Bacolod. AIDFI was recently recognized by the Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy. www.aidfi.org MAX group size = 10-12 ~ International airfare is booked through to Bacolod, Negros Occidental by the participant – this best accommodates the individual needs of participants coming from all over the US. Click here for a tentative itinerary with AIDFI... Please contact the Director of Service Learning, Jason Selwitz to sign-up today:
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Get to the Roots of Sustainable Community Development in Nicaragua!
 Jinotega, Nicaragua
Travel to Nicaragua with Green Empowerment Staff. Become a leader in your community. Join us in the international sustainability movement.
Join us for a tour of micro-hydro and forest protection projects – participate in prioritized community service projects! Over the last 14 years, the ATDER-BL has built several hydroelectric plants in the frontier area of northern Nicaragua, a wild and isolated land that is off the national electricity grid and largely "beyond the end of the road." Projects have served as catalysts for social development, environmental protection, potable water delivery, and renewable energy. Cost: $1500 excluding international airfare to Managua. ATDER~BL exists to carry on the legacy of Portland native Ben Linder – a engineer focused on delivering micro-hydro powered electricity -- he was killed in 1987 by the US backed Contras. Learn more about Ben Linder MAX group size = 10-12 ~ International airfare is booked through to Managua by the participant – this best accommodates the individual needs of participants coming from all over the US. Please contact the Director of Service Learning, Jason Selwitz to sign-up today:
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~ (503) 284-5774 Click here for a sample itinerary from past tours to Nicaragua...
Fees for each Community Connection Tour include: In-country ground transportation, lodging, food, entrance fees, covering the expenses of technicians that work with us, supplies and materials for the service projects, and a donation to the NGO partner and Green Empowerment to support additional renewable energy/water/watershed restoration projects for the communities we spend time with. Stay involved once you return and share your experiences with others! Opportunities will exist to host house parties about our travels, plan fund-raising events, facilitate neighborhood discussions on international development and climate change, and help with related outreach events. Be prepared to stay connected! Click here for Fundraising Tips! | 
