Green Volunteers lists over 200 projects worldwide for those who want to experience active conservation work as a volunteer. Projects are in a variety of habitats and countries, lasting from one week to one year or more. Projects involve volunteer work in wildlife rehabilitation centers, national parks, and protected areas, and general conservation work with a variety of animal species. The guide has 3 indexes set up by geographical area, animal species, and project cost, all to help prospective volunteers choose their favorite conservation project. Almost all the projects are open to anyone without previous conservation experience, and most projects do not have language requirements. Green Volunteers guide is a one-time purchase. Anyone who purchases the guide can receive free updates via the internet, plus an extended annotated list of useful websites that allow the reader to find hundreds of additional projects.
Erin McCloskey spent her formative years observing nature from atop her horse while growing up in the countryside of rural Alberta, Canada. But for the past decade she has been living internationally, in northern Italy, California USA and Wellington New Zealand. Following a degree in conservation biology, several of her books are about natural history but even when writing about the countries in which she has lived or traveled, there is always an appreciation of nature and its connection to the local culture that she enjoys sharing with her readers. Erin has collaborated with various organizations around the world that implement a growing travel ethos called voluntourism, through which people can work on projects doing wildlife research, development aid or archeological/cultural research. Most recently Erin was involved in a research expedition studying the Arabian leopard in Oman, a country in which she would like to further explore and write about. Erin has also written several magazine articles for publications around the world on subjects ranging from wildlife to natural healthcare.
