Middle School Teacher, Saudi Arabia
Original Post (March 26, 2020): “I am a middle school teacher at an international school in Saudi Arabia. We started teaching online classes early, with almost no warning, but luckily we already had some experience with virtual school as we occasionally close for dust storms and heavy rains. Our...
Here’s what’s been happening in the field of Education this month. We encourage you to click on the associated links to learn more! 
In my recent article on Donella Meadows, I mentioned an excellent book about the evolutionary process: A Walk Through Time: From Stardust to Us—the Evolution of Life on Earth, by Sidney Liebes, Elisabeth Satoris et al. An outdoor exhibit version of the Walk Through Time is now open to visitors at Lassalle-Haus Bad Schönbrunn in Switzerland until...
Weeds. No gardener likes a weed. They plot year after year how to make their garden weed-free. But perhaps we are thinking of weeds all wrong. What if we renamed them to “bee food,” “pollinators’ delight,” “herbal medicine,” “edibles” or “biodiversity enablers?” All those names sound so positive...
Melissa Morbeck, Director of Partnerships for No More Foundation, was the guest speaker at the May monthly meeting of the Human Rights Team. She shared the recent launch of the No More Global Directory to provide domestic violence and sexual assault resources in 195 countries, all the countries recognized by the United Nations. Amazing. Just not North Korea – sorry.
This incredible presentation...
What would you do if you witnessed anti-Asian harassment? Most witnesses to harassment don’t do anything, because they feel they don’t know what to do or are worried they might make the situation worse. But there are things we can learn to do, both indirect and direct actions, that can help the situation. Your safety...
Through The FAWCO Foundation, FAWCO Member Clubs and FAUSA have been aiding worthy and reputable charitable projects throughout the world. Since 1997, we have distributed $641,000 to these worthy causes that lie dear and near to each recipient’s heart.
The Development...
Here’s what’s been happening around the world in the field of Education this month. We encourage you to click on the associated links to learn more!
Looking for an impactful way to honor the mother figure(s) in your life this Mother’s Day? Then check out Mother’s Day Movement for a way to “pay back”
One of the most important parts of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is SDG #4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. UNESCO considers its work in Global Citizenship Education to be vital to the attainment of this goal by teaching human rights and peace education and by shining...
The Palermo Protocol defines Trafficking in Human Beings as:
the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or...
