Lisa Otto, Intern, African Conflict Prevention Programme, ISS Pretoria Office    The current famine in the Horn of Africa has again brought to our attention the interaction between climate change, f

Hey   I am sure you have also experienced a time where everything seem to go wrong  or life just generally sucked – just to be followed by days full of good news and new opportunities! Well, I ha

     Now, I am enjoying my time in Boao, Hainan with my family. The sunshine is great and just now, I was, lying in the spring, enveloped by hundreds of fish. They are biting my skin!!!It was really i

I just found a very interesting documentation that all of you should watch. It is about how we are forced to throw away things that were built to break down. Products that were designed to have a s

   It has been a while since last time I appeared here. Recently I just stepped into  Fudan University. Thus, I was concentrating on getting involved into the new environment. So far so good.    I am

It was a really intensive  year for me . I'vr finished high school, it means that final exams ( especially from Biology and Chemistry ) were the main subject of my thoughts and night dreams. Everywher

I'm sitting in my room, thinking that I will next sleep in my bed in 3 weeks. I'm about to embark on an adventure of a lifetime to selection camp! After 5 weeks of physical training, research for the

Hola :) Just a short update to tell you that your YEP team is having an absolytely fantastic time here in Patagonia, South America, with Mike Horn !!! It was great to trek over the Perito Moreno Gla

Since the minute I received the e-mail from Michael declaring my successful application and acceptance into the 2012 Mike Horn Selection Camp for the Amazon Expedition, I have been on the edge of my

I got a high five. In the face. With a chair. Life decided to give me a hard time. For those of you who don't know, I have been chosen to participate in the Amazon selection camp!! The idea was to go