My stomach fluttered with what felt like a thousand butterflies as we crossed the street and entered the archway of the COY12. People slowly started trickling in the small concrete complex that greeted conference attendees. As we were waiting for the actual conference to open, Sarita exclaimed: “Let’s do a flash mob from our play … Continue reading First Impressions of the Conference of Youth 12
The Dutch Embassy has come up with a state of art technology greenhouse. The main goal of this greenhouse is to reduce the use of irrigation water and to make better use of sunlight. Their main goal is to find solutions that will reduce water usage in agriculture in Morocco. They are partnering up with the … Continue reading From Greenhouses to 3D Maps
Team Earth has been very busy today as they have been bustling around the greenhouse. They started off watering garden beds with a long hose. Next, they will create a new garden bed, such as this one below: They are spreading biodegradable plastic among the garden bed and then they will dig holes … Continue reading Preparing Garden Beds
How could something so small be so big? Microbes are single-cell organisms that are so puny that millions of them can fit into the eye of a needle. Microbes include fungi, bacteria, and protists. They live just about everywhere: the soil, water, air, animals, rocks, and even us! A single teaspoon of soil contains A … Continue reading Microbes
I was heartbroken to look down to see a river so repulsive; it had trash of all shapes and sizes flowing through the murky water. The voice of the river rang out clear and strong. It was not singing, it was screaming. People hunched over to pick up the garbage with their bare hands, then … Continue reading Mr. Trash Wheel
After dinner, we started forming a circle with couches and chairs, getting into a relaxed vibe which became a magnificent jam session. We were accompanied by the gentle tones of the guitar, the sweet drawn out notes of the violin, and the playful notes of the melodica. We began by singing an African song, as … Continue reading Jam Session
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