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  Misinformed

  Just use the old google once and a while and it'll save you some trouble...

  JMG writes:

  "When I see NOLS offring courses in outdoor leadership in Newark and NYC and Oakland and Dallas and OK City then I'll revise my opinion."

  Ok, How about this?:

  http://www.nols.edu/bus/

  NOLS on the Road
  Creating a Climate for Change

  It's all happening at the bus - on, around, and beside it!

  NOLS is on the road... and coming to a town near you!  Now there's a new way to experience our educational program of outdoor skills, leadership and environmental awareness.

  Powered by recycled vegetable oil (RVO), solar power, and sponsored by Stonyfield Farm, the makers of organic yogurt, this educational program on wheels provides an active, environmentally conscious way to learn about the outdoors and celebrate leadership in your community.

  So is Minnesota ok?----------------------

  Check out the NOLS Bus  
  NOLS Bus Apple Valley, Minnesota
  May 1, 2007
  School of Environmental Studies
  7:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Tuesday
  Located at 12155 Johnny Cake Ridge Rd.
  Contact School of Enivronmental Studies at (952) 431-8750

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  NOLS Bus Maple Grove, Minnesota
  May 2, 2007
  REI Maple Grove
  3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
  Located at 11581 Fountains Drive
  Contact REI Maple Grove at (763) 493-7861

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  NOLS Bus Stevens Point, Wisconsin
  May 4, 2007
  University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
  9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Friday
  Located at the Sundial
  Contact Justin Timmers at (920) 810-1380

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  NOLS Bus Madison, Wisconsin
  May 5, 2007
  REI Madison
  1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Saturday
  Located at 7483 W Towne Way
  Contact REI Madison at (608) 833-6680

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  NOLS Bus Land O' Lakes, Wisconsin
  May 9, 2007
  Conserve School
  2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Wednesday
  Open to Conserve School students onlyOn Travel to exotic lands ... posted 2 years, 6 months ago 82 Responses

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  Uninformed

  JMG--

  You describe the access of evil (WTO, WB, IMF) as placing poor countries in chains of poverty with their development policies, yet you advocate the removal of tourism from these countries because "people to take airplanes for holidays in Africa--climate and habitat destruction/disruption threaten thousands of species entire, rather than just individuals."

  This is uninformed for the following reasons:

  1)The second largest source of revenue for Rwanda/Uganda is tourism behind tea/coffee production. Removal of second largest source of income would plunge these countries further into poverty than any of those evil organizations could ever dream. And in terms of human development, would you prefer to work on a coffee plantation or as a nature guide? This is often the choice in these countries, and I'll say the latter is preferable, as I've experienced both.

  2) Much of the conservation work in Rwanda and Uganda is funded also by tourism. If you do a little research on the International Gorilla Conservation Program (www.igcp.org), you'll find that most of the resources that go to directly to the protection of the extremely endangered Mountain Gorillas. What fundung would you care to replace this with?On Controversy in Kenya posted 2 years, 6 months ago 13 Responses