My first volunteer trip to Ecuador was a few years ago, but my love for the country continues to grow. I love working on projects that make a difference in this amazing country, and I'm very excited that Bags for the Ocean might be able to have a positive impact in the Galapagos Islands! The Galapagos Islands have a National Park and Marine Reserve that are open to visitors, and while people live and work year-round in the Galapagos, much of the environmental footprint to these important ecosystems is made by tourists. We're working with a foundation in Ecuador to help student groups bring re-usable bags to the Galapagos to use at hotels and guesthouses. This way, visitors can shop without using plastic bags, and these hospitality organizations can show their effort to be green and offer great service to their customers. This partnership will launch in summer 2019, and our goal is to deliver 2,000 reusable t-shirt bags to 20 hotels and guesthouses in the Galapagos, so that these bags can stay in the islands and be used by tourists shopping. While Bags for the Ocean is generally focused on donating and selling reusable bags in the US, outreach to projects abroad is an exciting part of what we do, and it can help motivate people to get involved. If you're traveling or volunteering abroad, you might find a great opportunity to donate re-useable bags and encourage others to get involved. Here are our first bags at our first guest house in Ecuador! These will be for sale with donated proceeds, but in the future, the bag library will be for guests to use for grocery and souvenir shopping while they are visiting. Here's one bag of bags, getting donated to the first launch of our Ecuador project. This particular bag is one that I loved, because it's from a shirt encouraging you to wear orange against gun violence in schools. I love seeing it travel far across the world to make a difference in a new way!
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