For those of you in or from the United States, I hope you enjoy a wonderful day with family and/or friends. This year, I took a little time to reflect on the holiday and wrote a poem that I wanted…
The Prince’s Rainforests Project
Throughout this year the Prince’s Rainforests Project be working to raise awareness of the link between rainforest destruction and climate change and the need for urgent action to stop deforestation.
A Tribute to My Oma: Hilda Goldschmidt
Oma left this world at 7:40 am on a cold and snowy morning in March. But that’s where the story ends. Even though it begins earlier than 1938, her story really starts, for me, on the cold and rainy day…
Harmonica Heals?
This story was just so inspirational that we wanted to share it here. Every time 70-year-old Andy Mackie draws a breath, it’s music to his ears – whether there’s a harmonica there or not. As CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman…
Just Smile: Antwerp Brings You The Sound Of Music
This is here for no other reason than to have you smile today. Enjoy — We did! (At the central train station in Antwerp, Belgium) More than 200 dancers were performing their version of “Do Re Mi”, in the Central…
The Lonely Planet Blogger Awards: Indie Travel Podcast
Earlier this year, Lonely Planet (the well-known travel guide company) announced nominations were open in their first ever blogging awards. Now the nominations are closed and five blogs are up for the vote in each category to decide Lonely Planet’s…
Hell In a Handbasket?
The next time someone tells you that the world is going to “hell in a handbasket” or something similar, they’re probably thinking: There just aren’t good people anymore The situation looks bleak because the solution is too expensive It’s so…
The Island Reef Job: How Many Videos Did You Submit?
If you haven’t visited our video on the official site yet, we’d really appreciate you if you could do that for us… the link opens in a new window and goes directly to our video:IslandReefWork.com “How Many Videos Did You…
Where Is All That Money Going?
A little while back, I wrote a post called “How much is 700 Billion Really?” When it comes down to it, the United States government will be putting more like 1.5 trillion additional into play in the next few years…
Contact form is back
For anyone who may have attempted to contact us via the contact page in the last couple of days, please accept our apologies. The contact form was down because someone (me) uploaded the wrong template. It’s relatively technical and geeky…