Barbadas (by Loimere)

Ethical Traveler (www.EthicalTraveler.com) is a non-profit organisation is “dedicated to educating travelers about the social and environmental impact of their decisions, showing how travel can be a potent form of diplomacy, and giving travelers a forum through which their united voices can serve the world community.”

Although they’re a bit more geared towards political and environmental change , we certainly shares some of the Local Travel values we drew up when we started out. I like their motto ” empower travelers to change the world.” !

Every year, Ethical Traveler does a (quite thorough, it seems) survey of the “10 best ethical destinations”, where they mostly look at the environmental protection, social welfare and human rights protection.

In 2011, the world’s best ethical travel destinations are:

• Argentina *
• Barbados
• Chile *
• Costa Rica
• Dominica
• Latvia
• Lithuania *
• Palau
• Poland *
• Uruguay

Check out http://www.ethicaltraveler.org/explore/the-worlds-best-ethical-destinations-2011/ for the full report