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		<title>Essay Contest to Win All-Expense Paid Ecological Volunteer Trip to Costa Rica</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Global Leadership Adventures, which offers life-changing international community service trips for teens, is offering a FREE trip to Costa Rica for ONE deserving high school student this summer. The winner will venture on the all-expense paid 10 day Tropical Ecology &#38; Service program from August 14 to 23, 2010 – a $2,500 value! GLA’s goal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.experiencegla.com/2010/05/essay-contest-to-win-all-expense-paid-ecological-volunteer-trip-to-costa-rica/</link>
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		<title>Canceling Trip to Thailand? Consider Vietnam.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Due to violence in Thailand, many people are cancelling their summer programs to Thailand.  Global Leadership Adventures offers a teen summer program in Vietnam instead.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.experiencegla.com/2010/05/canceling-trip-to-thailand-consider-vietnam/</link>
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		<title>Summer Program Closures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Below you will find a list of our summer programs that are closed, or about to fill. All destination countries still have some available sessions, but certain session dates are full and are now closed. To reserve your spot, simply begin your application here: www.experiencegla.com/apply *Australia* travel through the Outback volunteering with aboriginal communities and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.experiencegla.com/2010/05/summer-program-closures/</link>
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		<title>Featured Program: Organic Farming in UK</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Global Leadership Adventures Program - UK: Organic England - explores those issues through thought-provoking and tasty visits to places in London as well as through hands-on volunteer work at an organic farm in Wales.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.experiencegla.com/2010/03/featured-program-organic-farming-in-uk/</link>
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		<title>GLA Alumna Wins Discus Award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Marisa for winning the Discus Award! Marisa participated in the GLA Ghana program.  In her interview with Discus, she said her GLA experience changed her outlook on life! The full entry can be found here.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.experiencegla.com/2010/03/gla-alumna-wins-discus-award/</link>
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		<title>Announcing Terra Intern Abroad!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Jessica D. Terra Intern Abroad is a new program from Terra Education (the parent organization of  Global Leadership Adventures) that many alumni have been waiting for! This is a program for college students and young professionals who want to intern with non-profits and sustainable businesses in these countries: · Argentina · China · Costa Rica [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.experiencegla.com/2010/02/announcing-terra-intern-abroad/</link>
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		<title>Haiti Relief Led by the Media</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Jessica Dudoff The aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti was first shown to the world through tools like Twitter, YouTube, and facebook and passed on further by TV networks around the globe. Radio was crucial to coordinating relief efforts when local landlines were decimated. This initial awareness coverage and medium for communication allowed for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.experiencegla.com/2010/02/haiti-relief-led-by-the-media/</link>
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		<title>Are you a Stuff Junkie or Experience Junkie?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I really liked this article: Are You a Stuff Junkie or an Experience Junkie? It drove home the point that in spite of a tough economy, many of us (myself included) value experiences over stuff.  I purposely drive a very modest economy car instead of a luxury car, live in a modest house versus an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.experiencegla.com/2010/01/are-you-a-stuff-junkie-or-experience-junkie/</link>
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		<title>MLK Day: Reflections on Community Service</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reflections on community service on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.experiencegla.com/2010/01/mlk-day-reflections-on-community-service/</link>
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		<title>Haiti: Natural Disaster or Structural Poverty?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The devastation in Haiti continues to astound the world. People such as David Brooks wrote in the New York Times that the devastation came from the poverty in Haiti, not just the natural disaster. A similar earthquake hit California and nobody died. GLA students who participated in our program in the Dominican Republic will remember [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.experiencegla.com/2010/01/haiti-natural-disaster-or-structural-poverty/</link>
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