Climate change! No! Yes! Is it really happening, and what is the impact on health?
The scientists say yes, the conspiracy theorists say no. But we can see the changes around us, and we are experiencing it. And it is starting to have a defined impact on human health.
The recent...
The Education Team focuses on SDG4, “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.” This month, we are highlighting Target 4.7, which includes ensuring that “all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles…”
In June, the Education Team continues our focus on global citizenship. Did you have a class in high school that considered what a democracy is, along with the rights and responsibilities of citizens living in a democracy? In the US, this is called “civics” class. By the time I was in...
Rudyard Kipling called Milford Sound, or Piopiotahi, “The Eighth Wonder of the World.” It was named by the Māoris after an extinct bird, the piopio, and means “a place for the singing thrush.”
Vivek and I flew 11,929 km to see this iconic natural phenomenon. When asked, “Is it...
The Target Project Awesome Blossoms Safe Spaces is expanding its project objectives!
In reaching our fundraising goal with so much time remaining in this Environment Target cycle, we have the oppertunity to do more to support Awesome Blossoms Safe Spaces and their longer-term sustainablity. Together, Awesome Blossoms, FAWCO and The FAWCO Foundation have agreed that the next course of action...
“Violence against older persons is a global phenomenon ... such violence and abuse often go unnoticed and remain a taboo in many societies.” – UN independent expert Claudia Mahler
The United Nations defines an older person as aged 60 years and older, recognizing that ageing definitions vary depending on...
In November of 2023, Peninah Nthenya Musyimi and Allan C'oredo toured Wageningen University in the Netherlands and met with representatives of the ACT (Academic Consultancy Training) internship program. They applied for and have been selected by the students to be the field project for the program’s May–July 2024 cycle.
The application definition of the project and its objectives:
Awesome Blossoms: Urban...
