Examples of environmental expeditions which could be used for the Back to Nature with Nissan programme:
 Grassland restoration and management
Vormsi Island, West Estonian Archipelago Biosphere Reserve, Estonia “You can help … by surveying coastal grasslands here and identifying key bird, mammal, and plant species. You will use walkover and quadrant surveys to classify and map wetland habitats and determine how each type reacts to recent neglect with the encroachment of shrubs and reeds. And, you'll monitor the effects of restoration efforts. You'll also assess the abundance of indicator species in each habitat type, such as rare orchids, small mammals, and birds like the once common but now endangered corncrake.”
 Icelandic Glaciers
Skaftafell National Park and Kverkfjöll, Iceland “Rotating tasks between field sites, you'll sample and measure sediments and glacial ice and document sediment size and type. You will also learn to survey landforms that most people only see in photographs, using satellite global positioning systems, ground penetrating radar, and electronic distance measurers. Expect breathtaking landscapes of surreal, moonscape-like expanses moulded by glaciers and wind.”
 Iceland environmental survey
Hornstratir Nature Reserve, Iceland “Volunteers participate in the only surveying project of its kind in Iceland and are part of a major research programme that is charting how changes in climate and environment are effecting ecosystems in the reserve. Volunteers get involved in surveying birds, lakes, pond growth and shorelines, and Artic Fox counting.”
 Survival in the far north
Basecamp Spitsbergen Concept, Svalbard, Norway “Proud trapping traditions are kept alive in the middle of Longyearbyen. With driftwood from the beach, old woodwork from Barentsburg, and slate and sealskins as building materials, we have created a cosy and pleasant basecamp for those wishing to experience Svalbard. … To experience nature on Svaldbard, with the special feeling, the light and the silence, you will have to leave “the city”, and the most exclusive and exciting place for unique experiences you will find aboard the schooner Noorderlicht, frozen in the ice covering Tempelfjord.” This is an ideal venue for a Nissan-support participatory environmental expedition.
 Storm Petrels over Portugal
Algarve, Portugal There are also many expedition opportunities such as this one in other regions of the world. "The storm petrel is Europe's smallest seabird, at 25 grams the size of a sparrow, and one of the most enigmatic. These tiny birds spend most of their lives far out at sea and migrate thousands of miles between their breeding range in Europe's North Atlantic and their wintering grounds off southern Africa. They can survive for 30 years or more in the worst that the ocean climate can dish out, but how will they survive and adapt as global climate change alters ocean productivity? You can join [the scientists] an ongoing study of storm petrels as they migrate north past Portugal's scenic southern coast. Your findings will help to reveal the complex links between climate change, ocean ecosystems, and the survival of seabirds."
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