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Program Resources
Program Resources
Below are resources that will help prepare you for your TGP program.
If you have any questions, please contact our team at info@thegreenprogram.com
✈️ Preparing to Travel
- • Course Catalog: Course information, General Health & Safety, Packing List & more (page 77)
- • Lodging Recommendations: Note: Accommodations are not included and is the participant’s responsibility to book for the program.
- • Travel & Medical Insurance: Students have had good experiences booking their travel medical insurance through World Nomads.
- • We require that, at a minimum, you are covered for medical expenses including emergency repatriation. We strongly recommend that the policy also covers personal liability, cancellation, curtailment and loss of luggage and personal effects.
- • If you attend SDSU, please purchase travel insurance through SDSU via Aztecs Abroad
- • If needed, we recommend you ask your travel medical insurance provider about virtual counseling options, if gender-affirming care is included, and access to a network of recommended healthcare providers where they will be traveling, etc.
- • Flights: Students have had good experiences booking their flight through StudentUniverse.
- • TGP will offset your flight's CO2 flight emissions when booking with them
- * TGP recommends that you wait to book your flights until after the enrollment deadline passes; if a program does not have enough participants to proceed, we will reach out to you directly. Typically, the enrollment deadline is approximately 8 weeks before the program's start date. For more information, please contact your TGP representative or our team at info@thegreenprogram.com. Additionally, TGP strongly encourages students to consider purchasing travel/flight insurance with "Cancel for any reason" coverage as an extra precaution.
- • As of January 20, 2025, the U.S. Federal Government passed an executive order that no longer issues U.S. passports or Consular Reports of Birth Abroad (CRBAs) with an X sex marker. Please read the information from the U.S. State Department regarding sex markers in passports. Note: Current passports with sex marker X cannot guarantee an individual's entry or transit through other countries
📚 Pre-program Education: Getting into the TGP Mindset
- • A Global Pulse: Climate Change on an International Stage
- • Innovation and the Private Sectors Influence
- • A Global Citizen's Travel Mindset
- • Intro to Sustainability:
- • "An Introduction to Sustainable Development"(SDG Academy)
- • "Getting to Know the SDGs"(SDG Academy)
- • "Scale and Scope of the SDGs"(SDG Academy)
- • New Orleans:
- • "C40 Cities Initiative: New Orleans"(SDG Academy)
- • "Introduction to the SDGs and Cities" (Video: 11 min)(SDG Academy)
- • "Urban Resilience" (Video: 23 min)(SDG Academy)
- • "How Do Cities Accumulate Risk Exposure" (Video: 14 min)(SDG Academy)
- • "Race and Financial Inequity" (Video: 11 min)(SDG Academy)
- • "Nature-based Solutions to Disaster and Climate Resilience" (Video: 8 min)(SDG Academy)
- • "Action in the making: Policies for Disaster and Climate Resilience" (Video: 9 min)(SDG Academy)
- • Sustainable Travel Guides:
📝 Reources for Underrepresented Students
- • "Black Solo Female Travel Guide: A New Orleans Solo Trip"by Sojourner
- • "How Mardi Gras Traditions Helped New Orleans' LGBTQ Communities Thrive": Article by Time.com
- • Resources to Help LGBTQ Visitors Feel at Home Resource List by neworleans.com
- • LGBTQ+ Laws by Country:Resource by Equaldex
- • What to Expect Within Airports and TSA Experiences:Resource by A4TE
We are always looking for more ways to improve our resource library and help equip students for their experiences with TGP. To suggest or request additional resources that may be helpful to you and others, please contact our team at info@thegreenprogram.com
Contact info@thegreenprogram.com or +1 (215) 821-0935 if you have any questions. If you are traveling to our program and trying to contact our team outside Mon-Fri 9:30 am - 5pm ET, please contact your TGP Guide directly.
*The safety of the team, students, guides, vendors and the wider local community remains our main priority and any return to operations will be done in a safe and responsible way. As such, all TGP actions must follow local government guidance. Any breach of local regulations will be a serious matter. Please note that this information above is provided by official Icelandic and CDC sources, and can change from time to time. Visit the official websites above for the most up-to-date information.
Please see and follow TGP's Health and Safety Guidelines HERE.
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