In the midst of the buzzing Green Zone at the COP22, I had the gift of having a brief yet enriching exchange with an indigenous woman from the Brazilian amazon. Indigenous peoples are among the first to experience the effects and injustices of climate change. They have the smallest carbon footprint yet they are the ones forced to … Continue reading A Conversation with a Forest Guardian
Just last night we were given the full lowdown on exactly how much we have been consuming as a group of 30 people. We were taken aback at the numbers. It turns out that each person is using more water daily than the average Italian who uses 150L/per … Continue reading Consumption Stats
I am currently in the throws of exploring what it means to be human. Here on Earthbound, each day is like taking thick doses of reality, swallowed by the surrender to the world’s beauty. I find myself constantly swimming between the polarity of beauty and pain, joy, and despair. One moment I am running through … Continue reading The Bright Side of Being Human
Stelio- a graying Greek man who quietly sits at the back of his humble little shop, a purple shop, tucked away in the nook of Athens. It's full of potions, of spices and drying herbs, of clay and rocks, and of shelves containing the most prized collection of essential oils you will ever see. I timidly approached … Continue reading A Working Class Hero is Something to Be
Take a deep breath. Observe the oxygen filling your lungs. Feel how it feeds your entire body, how the oxygen is being delivered to every cell. Now exhale. The process you just underwent is called respiration, where the oxygen you inhale is being processed to create energy for your body to use. The chemical equation … Continue reading Lungs of the Earth
Have you ever felt completely powerless in the face of societies turmoil? Have you ever thought to yourself ‘What’s the point?’. Living in this day and age, when the complex issues of our society are constantly crashing upon our foundation of hope, like tidal waves breaking on the crumbing city walls — their urgency and … Continue reading Ripples of Change
Living in times where being "smart" is based upon ones ability to excel in the mental intelligence can be very disempowering for young individuals. The majority of educational systems on our planet favour subjects such as mathematics and literacy and use them to measure the overall intelligence of children. As a result of this system, … Continue reading The Wholeness of Learning
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