This summer, I was given the opportunity to participate in a Where there Be Dragons course on Climate Change in Bolivia to bring back more knowledge about climate change and find new ways to incorporate global components to our fourth grade......Read More
Sunday, June 17 – Our beautiful Scavenger Hunt and our first meeting with Dr. Kelli Swazey. Dr. Kelly works at the Center for Religious and Cross Cultural Studies in Jogjakarta as a Public Policy Advisor. Leaning Indonesian – the language is......Read More
This post is a bit delayed as the past few days have been pretty full. We’ve moved from Yunnan Province up to Sichuan Province, specifically to Chengdu. Our first full day was quite good as we went to visit with one of our instructor’s......Read More
Today was sweet and savory, our last day in Lijiang and Lashihai. We said farewell to our host families. All members of our group were touched by the warmth and generosity of our hosts in Lashihai. Despite our limited mandarin or local dialect, we......Read More
I write from the top-top bunk of a sleeper train as we glide away from Kunming, city of eternal Spring, with bellies and hearts full. Days ago now, I was struck by the exquisite succinctness of Lu Yuan’s assertion that “we’re here to learn how......Read More
What a wonderful day! We got to welcome our final member of our team at breakfast this morning so we are now complete! The day started with a visit to the Qiongzhu Temple which was constructed during the Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty (1279-1368). To think......Read More
We began our Day with another terrific breakfast at the Home Inn Plus. Fresh fruit, especially mangos were a great way to start the day. During the morning circle check-in (PEN-X: physical, emotional, needs and X factor in Dragons model) not......Read More
Badass Sampela girls turn into strong Sampela women. In this community, the women are the holders and keepers of money, and so if a husband comes home having caught too few fish and asks for money for cigarettes, the wives say “you did not......Read More
I see Eric X. Li being categorized toward the “Panda Hugger” side of a spectrum. I don’t think tossing him into the entire category works. He is certainly a supporter of the Chinese political system, but he explicitly stated......Read More
Day 1: Thursday, July 26th After settling in and dropping off bags at the Home Inn Plus hotel in downtown Kunming, we will gather in the lobby to make our way to beautiful Green Lake Park for orientation activities and goal-setting for the course.......Read More
Dear instructors and fellow teachers, Hello/Hola/Nihao! My name is Lu Li, a China-born New Yorker. I am a foodie, chef, language enthusiast and teacher, cultural explorer, a life-long learner, and a family-gal. At age 21, I came to the......Read More
