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Summer Trip – Student and Staff Poetry
The ember in the night By Aiden Behar When you find darkness it seems to consume you. What is not known that in every dark place there is light to be found. In even the darkest spot in hell there is light existing if only a whisper it is there. The light is awaiting to […]
“It is up to us. It is up to you.” By Courtney Greenley
August 17, 2012
ACT I SCENE ONE (A Day in the Life of a Global Visionaries Assistant Program Manager) STRANGER: So what brought you to Seattle? COURTNEY: I am working for a small non-profit called Global Visionaries. STRANGER: Oh! I have never heard of it…Does it have something to do with eye care? COURTNEY: (chuckle) In a nutshell, […]
Traveling Teachers Reflect on the Summer Trip So Far…
July 4, 2012
Greetings from the Summer Trip. Emily and Diana are two of our traveling teachers and this has been their experience thus far. Stay tuned for pictures: Emily Estep “Yeah, because, you know, YOLO” Sitting on the plane about to leave Seatac airport last Wednesday morning I was listening in to the conversation of my two […]
Spring Trip-Reflections from Week 1
April 14, 2012
Saludos de Guatemala, It’s been almost a week since our journey began and so much has happened. Our days have taken on a pattern. We wake up, enjoy breakfast in the homes of our homestay families, then at 7:30am we’re off to the office to meet up with the chapines and divide into work teams. […]
2012 EarthCorps Homestays Needed!
April 13, 2012
EarthCorps is in the process of recruiting homestays for their international participants, who will join the program in early June and finish in mid-December 2012. Be a mentor in a young person’s life Become a part of the EarthCorps global community Build a global, travel network Receive a monthly stipend Expand your horizons through cultural […]
Ecological Footprint: Water Usage
December 14, 2011
Each time you take a 15 minute shower you are using 90 gallons of water. Each time you flush a toilet you use 5 gallons of water. Each day more than 1 billion people walk 3 hours to collect water. Ecological footprint is the measurement of human demand on the Earth’s resources. According to the […]
August 17, 2012
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