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...
The forest like a chamber painted In lilac, golden, purple, green Stands on the edge of opening, The wall so exquisite and dainty. (Bunin) The end of September. The time of golden autumn with all its flawless beauty. Trees...
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 –...
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...
Three bags of trash, a chair, a bike lock, a key band, a puppet head, a shopping cart, a sock, a scarf, paper, loads of beer cans, bottles, cigarettes and a lot of fun was the result of...
My journey with Pangaea started in 2008, when my mother opened the newspaper one Saturday morning and read about Mike Horn’s incredible YEP program. Mike was selecting young people from all over the world to explore exotic locations and...
Finishing high school after long twelve years is something to be proud of. But instead of reflecting your achievements and enjoying the youth- less responsibilities, more freedom- we tend to put ourselves under pressure. There are the applications...
I did my ‘goodbye garbage’ green wave project in a slightly unusual place this year. This exotic place was called Wreck Reef located in the Coral Sea about 250 nautical miles North-East of Brisbane, Australia. I sailed here...
Teaching English to primary three students at Ban Ton Pheung School in Mae Rim, about a 30min drive from Chiang Mai in Thailand, is a weekly part of my gap year: what better place to teach these kids about recycling...
Zakrzówek Clean-Up Some things will always amaze me. One of them is why people go to exceptional nature refuges to relax in the beautiful, unspoilt environment and destroy it? Such thoughts accompanied me during a clean-up of Zakrzówek,...