Take 2: A Northern Asian Adventure
The Gobi Desert, Altai Mountains & Rural China There was absolutely no way we could top our adventures of July 2012 on the Africa expedition, but this summer Ollie and I laid out an itinerary for own version of...
Bamfield Marine Science Centre Youth Forum
Engaging in discussions about various marine biology topics with like-minded youth, observing grey whales in their natural habitat, a day-hike to Taplatos Beach for an investigation into plastic pollution: this is just a taste of the what Bamfield Marine...
Teaching Examples
“Example isn’t another way to teach, it is the only way to teach” Albert Einstein Very often I heard poeple talking about purposelessness of youth’s being from an old generation. However people usually don’t think about reasons of such behavior....
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been going on for over six decades. It’s hard to summarize it in short. But 4 days ago, the conflict has taken a turn, once again. This whole chapter, regarding the Gaza Strip battles, started...
Some Thoughts About Life (Part 2): Smile!
Creating smiles is one of the most fulfilling feelings I experience in my daily life. There are so many small things that are no effort at all for you but make other people happy. Let’s go back to Port...
Some thoughts about life
Why have some people more money than others? Why are some people from countries where the social standard is high enough that they don’t have to worry about anything? Why do some people „swim“ in food and others don’t...
Saraya and the turtles
Update about Rehab Centre in Cairns Over the past few months the Cairns rehab centre has been receiving and releasing turtles exponentially. The amount of phone calls each week is increasing rapidly meaning that the number of turtle strandings...
We love TRASH for free
Thousands of duvet covers and pillows, tons of cutlery of all kind, kitchen utensiles, toasters, cosmetics, clothes and even Stereos are all clumped together in Chancellor’s court in the University of Edinburgh. Those students really must like trash –...
TAP Bottles
Together Against Plastic Bottles is a non-profit organization based out of North Vancouver, Canada with the goal of eliminating plastic bottles from their school and local community. Tap Bottles was founded by a small group of youth from my...
Turtle Rehabilitation Project
“Change brings opportunity” –Nido Qubein Last Friday two brave turtles, extracted from their tanks in the industrial area of Cairns were transported on a boat to their new homes. That is the lovely Fitzroy Island in tropical North...