Initiated in 2004, CERES Global aims to create an international network of sustainable communities and spread the work of CERES beyond its local Melbourne initiative. CERES Global offers the opportunity for interested people to join the program; share their skills and knowledge; travel to remote and beautiful places; contribute to sustainable community development; and work with a diverse range of cultures and people from around the world. Moving beyond the standard travel experience, these cultural and information exchange Program’s work with partner organisations in India, Indonesia and Arnhem Land and aim to facilitate community driven and focussed projects that address the impacts of climate change and social inequities.

Why CERES Global

CERES Global has made it a priority to work with developing countries - because the problems and solutions of sustainability are global in scope. Further, people who are most directly dependent on goods and services from ecosystems, either as a primary or supplementary source of food, fodder, building materials, and fuel, are also most often those with the smallest ecological footprint. People in villages with no electricity are paying for global climate changes caused by the carbon intense lifestyle of people like us in Australia.

Yet rural communities all over the world are responding with determination and creativity to these local environmental crises. CERES Global endeavours to bring back traditional knowledge and new innovations in sustainable practices that are emerging from these communities at the same time as sharing our own experiences and knowledge.

Why CERES Global trips are unique

1. We use the skills of those who are travelling with us to tailor our programs
2. Work with innovative organisations implementing fresh thinking in sustainability areas
3. Undertake creative interactions with a diverse range of people
4. Share in CERES relationships and long history with partner organisations
5. Visit remote villages’ inaccessible to people on the typical tourist trail
6. Share the experience with other like-minded travellers

CERES Global provides fully supported programs including: pre-trip information sessions; organisation of all accommodation and food; and facilitates projects with the groups we visit. We can even help you raise funds to get over there. 

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