Your Very Next Step newsletter for November / December 2018
By Ned Lundquist
www.yourverynextstep.com
“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.”
– John Muir
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.”
– Lao Tzu
This edition of YVNS comes to you from Springfield, Virginia.
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*** In this issue:
*** Travel News:
*** Ned’s upcoming travel, maybe, perhaps
*** How One Company Is Changing the Voluntourism Game
*** The Most Stylish Flight Attendant Uniforms
*** 11 Best Islands to Move to After Retiring
*** THE NEW ARCTIC FRONTIER
*** No-Cook Backpacking Breakfast: Dehydrated Yogurt
*** Crown Jewels
*** Fodor’s No List 2019
*** Make the Most of Your Airport Layover with Free City Tours
*** Car Rental Secrets We Bet You Don’t Know
*** Garmin inReach Mini 2-Way GPS Satellite Communicator Review
*** 10 Best Places to Go in December
*** Staying “found” and what to do if lost.
*** The Best Airports in the U.S.
*** Fire Safety
*** How to Cope When Your Flight Is Canceled
*** Why Your Next Safari Should Be in Namibia
*** Top 12 Beginner Backpacking Blunders
*** 30 Tourist Attractions We Actually Love
*** Sleeping Pad R Values
*** The Best Cities in Europe
*** Coffee to Go: 9 Things You Need to Brew and Drink While Traveling
*** 8 Things Millennials Would Give up to Travel the World
*** A Flight Attendant’s Guide to Complaining Effectively
*** The Best Backpacking Food of 2018
*** 20 Most Beautiful Places in America
*** 10 Natural Wonders to See Before They’re Gone
*** Rail Trail of the month:
*** Trail/Outdoor/Conservation volunteer opportunities:
1.) Blaze the CDT (Continental Divide Trail, Continental Divide Trail Coalition, Golden, CO
2.) Oyster Gardening, Oyster Restoration, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
3.) Center for Conservation Innovation Intern, Defenders of Wildlife, Washington, DC
4.) Volunteer: Wildlife Research in Honduras, Global Nomadic, New York, NY
5.) Conservation Internships (The Herbert J. and Esther M. Atkinson, and the Lovejoy Conservation Internships), New England Wild Flower Society, Framingham, Mass.
6.) Western Snowy Plover Monitor, California State Parks, Morro Bay, California
7.) 2019 Shirley Internship (free housing, stipend, and assistance with travel expenses), ABEF natural history museum and raptor center, American Bald Eagle Foundation, Haines, Alaska
8.) Volunteer: Marine Mammal Research Volunteer (whales), The Coastal Research and Education Society of Long Island, Montauk, NY
*** Trail/Outdoor/Conservation job opportunities:
1.) Executive Director, Texas Water Foundation, Austin, Texas
2.) Director of Development & Donor Relations, Keep America Beautiful, Stamford, Connecticut
3.) Executive Director, Georgia Conservation Voters, Atlanta, GA
4.) Development and Marketing Coordinator, American Hiking Society, Silver Spring, MD
5.) Part-Time Finance and Office Manager, American Hiking Society, Silver Spring, MD
6.) California Program Associate, National Forest Foundation, Lake Tahoe, California
7.) Interpreter/Naturalist, LaGrange County Department of Parks and Recreation, Wolcottville, IN 4
8.) Manager, Marketing Partnerships & Cause Campaigns, The Nature Conservancy, Washington, DC
9.) Outdoor Education Teacher/Naturalist, Echo Hill Outdoor School Worton, Maryland
10.) Audubon Apprenticeships Program Manager, National Audubon Society, Washington, DC/ New York, NY
12.) Spring Migration Hawk Counter, Whitefish Point Bird Observatory, Michigan Audubon, Paradise, MI
13.) Park Interpreter, Capitol Reef National Park, Torrey, UT
14.) Regional Communications Coordinator, Rocky Mountain Regional Center (RMRC), National Wildlife Federation, DENVER, CO, USA
15.) The Program Manager, South Portland Land Trust, South Portland, Maine
…and much more…and it’s all FREE!!!
*** Do you have a travel adventure, conservation or outdoor update to share?
Send me your stories and I’ll post in the “Your Very Next Step” and on the YVNS website (http://www.yourverynextstep.com/).
*** Ned’s upcoming travel, maybe, perhaps:
Jan 29-31 London, UK
Mar 30-April 3 Dubai, UAE
April 9-11 Lowell, Mass.
April 19-25 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
April 29-30 Abu Dhabi, UAE
*** How One Company Is Changing the Voluntourism Game
By Jess McGlothlin
https://www.afar.com/magazine/how-one-company-is-changing-the-voluntourism-game
*** The Most Stylish Flight Attendant Uniforms
12 PHOTOS
by CNT EDITORS and CHANEY KWAK
*** 11 Best Islands to Move to After Retiring
By Lyndsey Matthews
https://www.afar.com/magazine/11-best-islands-to-move-to-after-retiring
https://internationalliving.com/best-islands-in-the-world-to-retire-on/
*** THE NEW ARCTIC FRONTIER
As the ice melts, U.S. prepares for possible threats from Russia and China
Photos and videos by Kadir van Lohuizen and Yuri Kozyrev | NOOR
Story by Dan Lamothe
Nov. 21, 2018
Washington Post
*** No-Cook Backpacking Breakfast: Dehydrated Yogurt
By Tanya Krezevska |
https://www.trail.recipes/backpacking-food-ideas/no-cook-backpacking-breakfast-dehydrated-yogurt/
*** Crown Jewels
National Wildlife’s 2018 Photo Contest Winners
https://www.nwf.org/Magazines/National-Wildlife/2019/Dec-Jan/PhotoZone/2018-Winners
*** Fodor’s No List 2019
8 Places to AVOID in 2019
https://www.fodors.com/news/photos/fodors-no-list-2019
*** Make the Most of Your Airport Layover with Free City Tours
by LILIT MARCUS
https://www.cntraveler.com/gallery/how-to-make-the-most-of-your-layover
*** Car Rental Secrets We Bet You Don’t Know
By ED HEWITT
*** Garmin inReach Mini 2-Way GPS Satellite Communicator Review
https://sectionhiker.com/garmin-inreach-mini-2-way-gps-satellite-communicator-review/
*** 10 Best Places to Go in December
https://www.afar.com/magazine/10-best-places-to-go-in-december
*** Staying “found” and what to do if lost.
https://americanhiking.org/resources/lost-outdoors/
*** The Best Airports in the U.S.
2018 Readers’ Choice Awards
by BARBARA PETERSON
*** Fire Safety
Make your campsite even cozier with a safe, responsible fire
https://americanhiking.org/resources/fire-safety/
*** How to Cope When Your Flight Is Canceled
By Chris Ciolli
https://www.afar.com/magazine/how-to-cope-when-your-flight-is-canceled
*** Why Your Next Safari Should Be in Namibia
By MARY HOLLAND
https://www.cntraveler.com/story/why-your-next-safari-should-be-in-namibia
*** Top 12 Beginner Backpacking Blunders
https://www.cleverhiker.com/blog/top-12-beginner-backpacking-blunders
*** 30 Tourist Attractions We Actually Love
https://www.cntraveler.com/gallery/tourist-attractions-we-actually-love
*** Sleeping Pad R Values
By Philip Werner
https://sectionhiker.com/sleeping-pad-r-values/
*** The Best Cities in Europe
Go to all of them. ASAP.
https://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2014-11-04/top-10-cities-in-europe-readers-choice-awards-2014
*** Coffee to Go: 9 Things You Need to Brew and Drink While Traveling
By Caroline Morse Teel
https://www.smartertravel.com/coffee-to-go/
*** 8 Things Millennials Would Give up to Travel the World
By Jesse Tabit
https://www.fodors.com/news/mauve/8-things-millennials-would-give-up-to-travel-the-world
*** A Flight Attendant’s Guide to Complaining Effectively
by CASSIE SHORTSLEEVE
https://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2016-08-09/a-flight-attendants-guide-to-complaining-effectively
*** The Best Backpacking Food of 2018
Don’t just fuel up: indulge with these excellent backcountry-ready meals, snacks, and drinks.
By Amy Jurries
https://www.backpacker.com/gear/the-best-backpacking-food-of-2018
*** 20 Most Beautiful Places in America
Astounding landscapes from Alaska to New York
https://www.jetsetter.com/magazine/most-beautiful-places-in-the-united-states/
*** 10 Natural Wonders to See Before They’re Gone
By Jamie Moore
https://www.smartertravel.com/natural-wonders-see-before-gone
*** Rail Trail of the Month:
December 2018
Arkansas’ Southwest Trail
by Robert Annis
November 2018
Kansas’ Flint Hills Trail State Park
by Laura Stark
October 2018
Colorado’s Mineral Belt Trail
by Laura Stark
*** Rail Trail of the month:
Rail Trail of the month for September 2018
Indiana’s Cardinal Greenway
by Robert Annis
For July August
*** Trail/Outdoor/Conservation volunteer opportunities:
1.) Blaze the CDT (Continental Divide Trail, Continental Divide Trail Coalition, Golden, CO
https://continentaldividetrail.org/blaze-the-cdt/
2.) Oyster Gardening, Oyster Restoration, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
3.) Center for Conservation Innovation Intern, Defenders of Wildlife, Washington, DC
4.) Volunteer: Wildlife Research in Honduras, Global Nomadic, New York, NY
5.) Conservation Internships (The Herbert J. and Esther M. Atkinson, and the Lovejoy Conservation Internships), New England Wild Flower Society, Framingham, Mass.
http://www.newenglandwild.org/jobs/internships/conservation-fellowships/Atkinson_Lovejoy
6.) Western Snowy Plover Monitor, California State Parks, Morro Bay, California
7.) 2019 Shirley Internship (free housing, stipend, and assistance with travel expenses), ABEF natural history museum and raptor center, American Bald Eagle Foundation, Haines, Alaska
https://baldeagles.org/education/internship-program/
8.) Volunteer: Marine Mammal Research Volunteer (whales), The Coastal Research and Education Society of Long Island, Montauk, NY
http://cresli.org/cresli/volnteer/volteer.html
*** Trail/Outdoor/Conservation job opportunities:
*** From Sue Bumpous:
1.) Executive Director, Texas Water Foundation, Austin, Texas
http://www.texaswater.org/2018/11/job-post-executive-director-texas-water-foundation/
2.) Director of Development & Donor Relations, Keep America Beautiful, Stamford, Connecticut
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/959710358/
3.) Executive Director, Georgia Conservation Voters, Atlanta, GA
4.) Development and Marketing Coordinator, American Hiking Society, Silver Spring, MD
https://americanhiking.org/career/development-and-marketing-coordinator/
5.) Part-Time Finance and Office Manager, American Hiking Society, Silver Spring, MD
https://americanhiking.org/career/american-hiking-seeks-part-time-finance-and-office-manager/
6.) California Program Associate, National Forest Foundation, Lake Tahoe, California
https://www.nationalforests.org/assets/pdfs/PD-California-Program-Associate-Tahoe-Area-11-29-18.pdf
7.) Interpreter/Naturalist, LaGrange County Department of Parks and Recreation, Wolcottville, IN 4
8.) Manager, Marketing Partnerships & Cause Campaigns, The Nature Conservancy, Washington, DC
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/937703914/
9.) Outdoor Education Teacher/Naturalist, Echo Hill Outdoor School Worton, Maryland
10.) Audubon Apprenticeships Program Manager, National Audubon Society, Washington, DC/ New York, NY
https://careers-audubon.icims.com/jobs/3797/audubon-apprenticeships-program-manager/job
12.) Spring Migration Hawk Counter, Whitefish Point Bird Observatory, Michigan Audubon, Paradise, MI
https://www.michiganaudubon.org/get-involved/volunteer/
13.) Park Interpreter, Capitol Reef National Park, Torrey, UT
https://www.thesca.org/serve/position/park-interpreter/po-00727310
14.) Regional Communications Coordinator, Rocky Mountain Regional Center (RMRC), National Wildlife Federation, DENVER, CO, USA
15.) The Program Manager, South Portland Land Trust, South Portland, Maine
https://www.southportlandlandtrust.org/news/2018/11/30/seeking-new-program-manager
*** Send your job opportunities to share with the YVNS network to lundquist989@cs.com.
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(And So The Story Is Told)
-Traditional ending to Hawaiian songs