This week Venus and Jupiter, the two brightest planets of sky after the moon, offer what astronomers call a planetary conjunction (Tuesday, March 13), putting on a spectacular show for skywatchers

For one week we really have winter in Germany. I've already believed that winter forgot to come, because the temperatures where always high and some flowers began to grow. But now we have about -15°C

  Guys! I’ve just got a message that my application for the Amazon Expedition was rejected. I have to admit that firstly an enormous sadness came, because I have really lost my head over the expeditio

Yesterday was the big day: my first environmental project toke place. It was just a clean up in the forest, but I think it was really successful. After some weeks of preparation and especially adver

  I really like to write poems. Last year in German lesson we worked on the theme: poems about travelling In the end of this topic we had to write an own poem about travelling an find a fitting music.

In his last blog Jeremy wrote about a letter of Chief Seattle. I have already read a lot of letters and speeches like that and I really like them. They show the togetherness of the American Natives a

  The last days the German press had to report about an accident on an oil rig in the North Sea. After repairing the first leak, a second arose from a pipeline next to the ground. Like last year in th

The first day, after a week, without raining. The sun was shining, a few clouds overcast the sky. A perfect day to climb. A special day, because I have just climbed on synthetic walls until now. That

Nature's Grave   Do not stand at my grave and weep. I am not here. I do not sleep.   I am in the thousand winds that blow across Sibirias shining snow.   I am the warm and gentle rain on summers field

A week ago, I visited my aunt and in her garden I discovered a bird's nest. It was in a tree where I could easily get near without disturbing the young bird that was inside. I was fascinated by it bec