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Support Miles To The Wild

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If you enjoy this blog and would like to support MTTW, there are a few ways you can help.

REFERRAL LINKS – AFFILIATE

I have an affiliate relationship with Amazon.com and Scottevest.  If you use my links to begin your shopping I get a small commission at no added cost to yourself.

REFERRAL LINKS – NON AFFILIATE

I don’t have any kind of marketing relationship with these companies.  I joined some time ago using someone else’s referral link and now have links of my own.  If you use my link to join, you will get some kind of bonus as detailed below and then you will get a link of your own to share.  If there are any really good promos on, I will usually blog about them seperately.

UBER – Usually you get $10, a free ride or more depending on what deal they have going.  I get $10 in my account.

POINTSHOUND – We both get 250 miles in any of their partner airlines after your first booking.

ROCKETMILES – We both get 1000 miles in any of their partner airlines after your first booking.

TOPCASHBACK – We both get $10 free cashback in our accounts.  To receive your Tell-a-Friend bonus, the person you have referred must sign up to TopCashback from your link and earn $10.00 payable cashback or more. View the full Tell-a-Friend Terms and Conditions.

COPY.COM – Cloud storage, we both get an extra 5GB when you use my link.  Max of 25GB per account via referral bonuses.

CREDIT CARDS

Occasionally Chase and Amex have promos where people who have certain cards can refer other people by an email invitation.  The inviter gets a specified number of points and the invitee (you) gets a good sign up bonus.  An example is you get 40,000 Ultimate Rewards + 5000 if you add an authorized user and I get 5000 Ultimate Rewards for inviting you to get a Chase Sapphire Preferred.  Deals vary and are not available year round but if you email me I can tell you what I have.  The cards I sometimes have invitations for are:

Chase Sapphire Preferred

Chase Freedom

Amex SPG (USA)

Amex Platinum Reserve (and other Aussie Amexes)

If you are considering one of these cards and would like an invitation, please contact me on tara at milestothewild.com.

DO YOU HAVE CASH TO SPARE?

Don’t send it to me.  The whole reason I got into eco-tourism is because I am passionate about birds and parrots in particular.  If you are feeling generous, please send a donation to World Parrot Trust.  You can either donate to their general fund or choose a species to direct your donation to.

Donate to World Parrot Trust

Thank you in advance if you decide to use any of these links, I do appreciate it!  Even if you don’t, thank you for reading my blog and I hope you have some great birding & ecotourism adventures and I can be of some inspiration to you.

Shopping To Support Conservation – Peru

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Tis the season to shop, so why not give some wonderful gifts that in turn give back to the environment?  If you go to Peru to see the macaw clay lick in the Tambopata National Reserve, you will find these beautiful wall-hangings called arpilleras being sold at the airport gift shops and in some of the lodges. One of my biggest regrets is that I didn’t buy more of these when I was there and also some of the other crafts they have as they are absolutely gorgeous!

But even if you don’t have a trip planned, you can still get one of these gorgeous artworks for yourself or as a gift for someone!

  These are handmade by indigenous artisans in the jungles of Peru. Each wall-hanging is an original; hand-sewn and unique.  Your purchase will aid local communities and protect wild areas.  These amazing one-of-a-kind fabric artworks support indigenous communities which in turn protect their local clay licks – an arrangement that benefits parrots and humans alike. Funds raised from each sale encourage this sustainable trade.  There is more information here about how arpilleras support conservation and ecotourism.

OK, so now you want one (or 10) and you don’t plan to go to Peru in the near future?  Don’t worry!  They can be ordered from the World Parrot Trust and you have a choice of a USA based store and the UK/Worldwide based store.  All profits go to support their conservation projects that save wild parrots around the world.  I have seen many wild parrots rescued and returned to the wild because of World Parrot Trust over the years.

I have 4 arpilleras in my home and they are treasured featured artworks in my bird room.  If you can’t go to the rainforest, why not bring the rainforest to you?   (And then plan a trip there in the future!)