“Why does the EU need agriculture subsidies?” “Is the rise of the Chinese economy a threat to security?” “What are good projects fighting the plastic island in the Pacific?” In the first days of November the German “Bundeszentrale für...
French Pangaea members had invited for an informal meeting in beautiful Paris. The plan included visiting the city’s impressive sights at night and exploring the almost abandoned catacombs underneath the streets. It was also a good opportunity to reflect...
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...
Every year in Christchurch, we have an annual A&P Show – Agricultural and Pastoral Show. It runs for three days, people bring their cows, sheep and chickens to show off, there’s horse riding competitions, sheep shearing and wood chopping,...
Dear Young Explorers I am writing this blog to see how much interest there is in establishing an International Adventure Racing team. After seeing the amount of people ready to race in Abu Dhabi the idea came into my...
From June 20th to 22nd, the UNCSD-Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is coming up. This United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development is the follow-up event to the “Earth Summit” that took place in Rio twenty years ago...
It was only two months ago, that I submitted my one minute application video for the so-called Zeitgeist Young Minds Program of Google. Back then I applied because I thought it was a cool thing and because I was...
The German Young Explorers have founded an association to keep on working on environmental and social projects more professionally. In the past we’ve experienced that it is sometimes difficult, complicated and even impossible to work on a project or...
The inter-cultural work in the youth Red Cross is highly inspiring. For four years I’ve been doing voluntary work and hope to continue for an other few years. From the 18th until the 22nd of April I was...
For sixyears Earth Hour has taken place every year. It is a global event to raise awareness about the need to take action on climate change by turning off the lights for one hour. Every year more and more...