March of 2012, I had the incredible opportunity to embark on a journey to Mexico lead by the organization “Live Different” with my Global Initiatives class. In four eventful days, our large group of sixty students built four houses...
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...
On Saturday, September 9th, ten exchange students from all over the world (Argentina, Malaysia, Australia, Thailand, Japan, Costa Rica) who a currently staying in Germany for one year met at the foot of Feldberg, the highest peak in the...
The purpose of La Movida is to teach children and teenagers who live in underprivileged areas that developing interests in life, and working in order to develop skills in such interests leads to a more fulfilling life. In this...
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 –...
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’s already a month ago that the final selection camp for Africa took place. A little bit late but better late than never – here are the highlights of the camp experienced by the participating Young Explorers! Tanguy: The...
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...