Rafael Dionisio, an environmental and sustainability advocate, has found a way to make living for others into a living for himself, through various initiatives in brining localities sustainable resources through tourism. Rafael Dionisio is currently an entrepreneur and president of AVD Green Building Materials (52 year old business) in Manila Cebu and Davao. He is a co-founder of Make A Difference Travel - social tourism and community based environmental travel group working in Luzon and Visayas. He is a co-founder of The Circle Hostel. He is also a co-founder of The Plastic Solution - an enterprise building an inclusive plastic free economy. He is also involved as an environmental management and tourism development consultant of the province of Zambales. He is also a co-founder of Seed Nation, a seed saving movement for farmers. Raf works with tribes and reforestation, anti-single use plastic programs and sustainable travel and dreams of a world in balance, where poverty of people and planet are vanquished through the efforts of individual citizens of the world. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx