Viristar is delighted to welcome Erin Rush as our new Program Coordinator.
Erin brings years of professional experience as a Trip Coordinator, adventure guide, and outdoor educator for multi-week and multi-activity outdoor excursions. She holds a certification as an Environmental Education Facilitator and as a Wilderness First Responder. Erin is trained in Mental Health First Aid and is a Leave No Trace instructor.
Viristar is deeply engaged in the 2025 Outdoor Forum for South East Asian Schools (OFFSEAS), which will be held on April 26-27, 2025 at Bangkok Patana School in Thailand.
Emily Jordan, 21, from had just graduated with first-class honors from her university law program.
She was known as a bright, fun-loving person who loved life.
In search of adventure, she traveled from her home in Worcestershire, England to New Zealand, for a gap year experience.
The Union of International Mountain Leader Associations (UIMLA) published a new standard describing the requirements and process for achieving certification as an International Mountain Leader.
You are looking to hire an outdoor education contractor to provide experiences for the students at the prestigious K-12 international school where you work.
In November 2024, Viristar’s Program Manager, Annie Linhart, delivered two workshops on Risk Domains in Outdoor Programs, aimed at preparing administrators and program leaders with tools to enhance safety in outdoor, experiential, and adventure programming.
Viristar will showcase at ITB Berlin 2025, the world’s premiere travel trade show, held from March 4-6, 2025. This event gathers travel and tourism professionals from across the globe to exchange ideas, showcase innovations, and explore the future of the industry.
Viristar will showcase at ITB Berlin 2025, the world’s premiere travel trade show, held from March 4-6, 2025. This event gathers travel and tourism professionals from across the globe to exchange ideas, showcase innovations, and explore the future of the industry.
Viristar held a Wilderness First Aid course November 15-17 2024, in Bogor as part of its continued efforts to advance risk management practices and safety standards in outdoor and wilderness settings worldwide.
Viristar is participating in the upcoming American Camp Association (ACA) National Conference, taking place in Dallas, Texas, USA, from February 18 to February 21, 2025.
Viristar delivered a three-hour workshop on the science of safety, and how it can be applied to adventure tourism operations, to the 2024 cohort of the Mountain Adventure Skills Training program at the College of the Rockies in Fernie, British Columbia, on the west side of the Canadian Rockies.
Viristar has submitted comments in support of Outdoor Nature-Based Preschool in Maryland USA, where the state government is finalizing regulations that would formally approve and license outdoor preschools that meet certain safety and quality standards.
