AltruVistas’ Blog
Discover the World’s Ten Best Ethical Destinations
Forget the Oscars, the world’s ten best ethical destinations have been announced! By visiting the countries on Ethical Traveler's 2016 Best Ethical Destinations List, travelers can use their economic leverage to reward good work and support best [...]
President Obama is Heading to Cuba and So Are We
By now most of you have probably heard the news. President Barack Obama is planning to travel to Cuba in March. That will make him the first (sitting) American President since Calvin Coolidge to visit Cuba. For [...]
A Shaman’s Journey to the Big Screen Begins Here
For their birthday, some choose to indulge in a multi-course dinner, then a movie. But for his 70th birthday, Henry (a.k.a. Hank) Cole, Ph.D. treated himself to a different kind of course-- at the New York Film Academy-- which [...]
Cuba Film Screening Event Coming Up in Berkeley
Hey friends, this just in! For those of you in the California Bay Area…You’re invited to a film screening and discussion on the intersection of socialism, art and change in contemporary Cuba. This program is [...]
(R)EVOLUTION CUBA–Six Short Films About Art & Change
Our friends at Patchworks Films--Marcia Jarmel & Ken Schneider-- are working on something really special: A new documentary short series called (R)EVOLUTION CUBA: Stories of Art & Change, which will be six short films tracking [...]
UN Declares 2017 as International Year of Sustainable Tourism
Earlier this month, the United Nations made quite an exciting declaration for the world of tourism, and here at Altruvistas, we couldn't be more pleased about it. The United Nations declared 2017 as the International Year [...]