Other Organizations and Opportunities

TBI suggests that you also check out other organizations that offer international or local community service exchanges and/or environmental programs. Contact us if you know of other organizations that should be posted on this page.

Volunteer, Exchange, and Environmental Programs:

• International Volunteer Programs Association (IVPA)
  The IVPA is an alliance of nonprofit, non-governmental organizations based in the Americas, that are involved in international volunteer and internship exchanges (countries all over the world). IVPA encourages excellence and responsibility in the field of international voluntarism and promotes public awareness of and greater access to international volunteer programs.
• Peace Corps
  As a Peace Corps Volunteer, you'll travel overseas and make real differences in the lives of real people. Whether you're teaching children the basics of math, science, and English or working with a community to protect the local environment; whether you're helping people stay healthy, expand their businesses, or grow more nutritious food, you will help change and improve the human condition at the grassroots level.
• BROZ - International Wetland Restoration Project in Slovakia
  For information in English, go to: http://www.inex.sk/isl04.html
  Non-Slovakians can apply through INEX: http://www.inex.sk/
• Northern Nevada International Center

Volunteer, Exchange, and Environmental Programs in Russia:

• REAP International
  Internships and Green Walk at Lake Baikal

Volunteer, Exchange, and Environmental Programs in the U.S.:

• California Conservation Corps (CCC)
  The CCC is an innovative state agency with a dual mission -- the employment and development of youth, and the protection and enhancement of the state's natural resources.
• AmeriCorps
  AmeriCorps is a new national initiative that involves people of all ages and backgrounds in strengthening America's communities through service. Currently, over 20,000 AmeriCorps members serve full or part-time in more than 350 AmeriCorps programs nationwide.

Other interesting organizations:

• League to Save Lake Tahoe
• Tahoe Rim Trail Association
• Tahoe Wilderness Institute (TWI)
  The TWI is an eight-day interdisciplinary learning adventure. With wilderness as both subject and classroom, participants study geology, literature, art, mountaineering, field biology, botany, and backcountry navigation. TWI's hands-on, cooperative approach fosters a holistic understanding of our natural surroundings.
• California Tahoe Conservancy
• Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
• Ecology Server for the Baikal Region
  On this web page you can find a lot of environmental data for the Baikal region (in Russian only), like a list of rare species, a land-use map of Olkhon Island, etc. On the bottom of the homepage there are links to other environmental organizations in Russia.
• Baikalwatch
• Pacific Environment and Resources Center
  Non-governmental organization that works to protect endangered ecosystems around the Pacific Rim through grassroots advocacy, environmental education, and law and policy analysis.
• Baikal Center for Ecological and Civic Initiatives
  Non-governmental organization that facilitates cooperation between groups, individuals, and governmental agencies involved in environmental protection efforts in the Baikal region.
• Baikal Ecological Wave
  Non-governmental group of "enthusiasts" organized to determine ways that citizens can act to protect the Lake Baikal region.
• Baikal Fund - Chita Branch
  Begun in the late 1980s, this organization works to protect the Arakhley Lakes area in the Chita region of eastern Siberia (part of the Lake Baikal watershed).
• Baikal International Center for Ecological Research
  International non-governmental organization housed at the Irkutsk Limnological Institute. The group arranges joint research among scientists from Russia and other countries in multidisciplinary studies of Lake Baikal's ecosystem.
• China Biodiversity Network
  Protecting biological diversity in China through education, conservation, and restoration, as well as through increased local awareness and action.
• Lake Baikal Regional Ecological Tourism Support Center
  Website that contains specialized information for those interested in the development of ecological tourism in the Lake Baikal region.