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What does it mean to be productive? Don’t worry— I’ll save you the Google search: productive; adjective /prə•dŭk′•tĭv Producing or capable of producing crops, goods, or services, especially in abundance So that’s that, according to......Read More
In kindergarten, my legs adorned in pink fuzzy pants and brightly colored shoes neatly tucked into my knees, I learned how to sit in criss-cross-applesauce. My small roots curled into the carpet beneath me, preparing the young shoot of my body to......Read More
March 15th The third day on the island. Weather: Sunny, as usual Health: Well-rested, hydrated. Mood: Excited to connect with the home stay family more. After the routine of Khmer lesson and daily check-ins, we celebrated Eddie’s birthday with......Read More
What do me and the Kool Aid man have in common? Well other than our charm, beauty and ability to make people laugh we also love to say “OH YEAH!” I have been in love with my permaculture class since it started. I am still heart broken that it......Read More
Today I helped slaughter a chicken. I had never killed an animal before. Save for a few bugs on purpose, and many by accident, I had never directly been responsible for death. In 8th grade, at the age of 13, I decided to go vegetarian. While this......Read More
Here’s what we’ve been working on recently at our NGOs. Eva: My NGO, SPEAK, is a committed partner of Women Federation, a local coalition of middle-aged women determined to help their communities fight climate change. Through projects......Read More
This week we began our first homestay and as suspected this experience has come with the entire range of human emotion. It has made us feel incredibly vulnerable, exhilarated, scared, joyous, homesick, and a million other feelings that I fear......Read More
I sit on a woven straw mat that my aamaa shoved between me and the concrete floor of the two-room house where I am staying in Balamchar. My legs are aggressively crossed as my aamaa showed me, so that I am perched up on my heels. I watch helplessly......Read More
I come from Oregon forests, from the winding banks of the Columbia river, gentle mountains and soft pines, evergreen and dripping with moss. Home stirs a sweet kind of peace in me: a warmth that laps at the sands of my soul. But here, the......Read More
Patan, before 7PM. It’s still a dank dark outside when I set off toward Durbar Square– the sky tinted midnight blue for a handful of minutes before the temples, profiled black, bleach it periwinkle. On the way, vendors lay out their......Read More
“Seems to me that my destiny is to be the bride of adventure.” -Anne of Green Gables, from Anne with an E After 4 days of trekking, Group B, otherwise known as team Chunumunu (lovingly named after a puppy we met on the way) arrives at high camp......Read More
Life in Senegal stops for three events, and three events alone. One such event took place earlier this month. On Sunday, February 3rd, Macky Sall – le Président de la République – was due to address the nation at noon. The public waited on......Read More
Dear families and friends, Nepal B is on their way down from their mini trek in Mardi Himal. Everyone is doing well. Please enjoy the pictures from the last two days of trekking. Dragons Admin
As darkness descends on Nagarkot, five competitors take their seats for a fierce battle of Monopoly Deal. Tensions run high. Soyal drums his fingers on the wooden table. Mozelle rubs her eyes to stay awake; Rafa ponders his next move. While Catie......Read More
While living in Dakar, I’ve noticed many things that are so different, that I stop and say to myself, “wow, that’s pretty different.” So many things in fact, that I have a notes app folder titled “Things I think are......Read More
While being in Indonesia has been incredibly fulfilling and thought-provoking—as I have written about in weeks before—it would be ingenuine to act like the experience has been free from struggle. I have broken most of my daily challenges down......Read More