I got in touch with Celeste Hamilton from Idealist.org a few weeks back to have a chat about the Dunham Institute’s Volunteer Teach course, which I’m helping out to promote at the moment. We ended up having a great chat about all things volunteer and I can only gush in a slightly excessive way about [...]
Posts Tagged ‘sustainable development’
Writing in faraway places
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged blogging, Dunham Institute, Idealist.org, La Vida Idealist, sustainable development, volunteering on July 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Something To Think About…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged business, inspiration, latin america, sustainable development on May 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
A boat docked in a tiny Mexican fishing village. A tourist complimented the local fishermen on the quality of their fish and asked how long it took him to catch them. “Not very long.” they answered in unison. “Why didn’t you stay out longer and catch more?” The fishermen explained that their small catches were [...]
*squeak*
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cusco, disaster, donations, Peru, Sacred Valley, sustainable development on February 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For the last couple of weeks during my teaching and online livelihood investigation, Lou has been steadily tearing her hair out trying to find a reliable home for the donation sent to her by Peros to help the homeless communities affected by the flooding in the Sacred Valley. It has by no means been an [...]




