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Book Review: Songteller – My Life in Lyrics

by Carol-Lyn McKelvey, FAUSA, AIWC Cologne

 

This autobiography/song book by Dolly Parton spans a career of over six decades. Covering her life (from childhood to love to her dad to religion to pets and more) through 175 of her songs, the text reads as if you are having a direct conversation with the legend herself. You donScreen Shot 2021 05 22 at 10.12.04 AM't have to...

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Self-Care Coach

by Danielle Kuznetsov, AWO Moscow

Becoming your Personal Self-Care Coach

If you Google “benefits of self-care and well-being,” there are over one million responses that come up. It might be safe to say that SELF Care is an issue we are all dealing with! To save you some time, here are the overall elements of self-care: 

  • You matterBeing aware of and...
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Tom’s CVID Journey

by Linda Harvan, FAUSA

Many people around the world are struggling with the decision about whether to receive one of the currently available COVID-19 vaccines. For my family, the decision is easy. If most people are like horses, my husband is a zebra: he has a primary immune deficiency, specifically Common Variable Immune Deficiency or CVID.

The Immune Deficiency Foundation...

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Notes from the Field: A Pandemic-Related Update

Notes curated by the Education Team

 

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...

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Education Roundup: May 2021

curated by the Education Team

 

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! Screen Shot 2021 03 26 at 11.18.59 AM

  • Spotlight on Audley Harrison: how this British boxer accessed education to turn his life around.
  • Check out how women are creating careers as authors by harnessing the power of literacy on The...
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The Walk Through Time

by Ann Zulliger, AWC Zürich

universe 2742113 1280In 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...

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Weeds: Food or Tonic?

By Brigitte K., AWC London and Christine Riney, AWC Hamburg, AWC London

bee cloverWeeds. 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...

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