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New Zealand was everything I expected it to be. It was beautiful, laid-back, and full of endless things to do. I chose to go to New Zealand for two reasons; as an anthropology major it was to gain insight into a country with a unique relationship with their indigenous population and as an adventure-seeker it [...]

Yesterday marked my first day of real classes here. Pardon me, I meant to say class. Part-time class. As in, meet once or twice a week for a couple hours. And it’s the only class I’ll have here till November, when my full time course starts up (I know it sounds crazy, [...]

Studying abroad was pobably one of the most culturally awakening experiences that I have had. Unlike most people within study abroad, I was able to study in a wonderful place where everything that I knew to be true was different. Spending a semester in the far off location of Connecticut I found myself immersed in another world, here within [...]

I have been back in the states for almost two months and I am still coming to terms with my time abroad. I have come to realize that there is no real way that I can summarize what Ecuador did to me and what it was like.  Sure I can tell you about the crazy trip I had [...]

This picture was taken from Kyoto Station in Kyoto, Japan. It’s a little hard to tell, but in the middle of the mass of urban buildings, there stands a single temple. The duality of Kyoto as illustrated by this photo made it such a wonderful place to visit, and it wasn’t until the moment I [...]

This fall I went to the Tar Sands rally at the White House to help 12,000 other people ask President Obama to oppose the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. This was my first ever protest experience, and it really was amazing. It was an absolutely perfect fall day, sunny and warm enough not to wear [...]

While in DC I had so many amazing new experiences: new school, new internship, new friends, new places to explore. On top of all this, I started my first ever blog!
I wanted to use this blog to help college students learn how to get involved in organizations where they can give back to the environment. [...]

I took this picture during a week-long road trip I took with friends around the South Island of New Zealand. Not only does it represent some of the beauty this country has to offer, but for me, it represents some of the hurdles I’ve had to overcome to get to the place I wanted [...]

Heading of to New Zealand was probably the most terrifying and exciting thing I have ever done. All the was on the opposite side of the globe, New Zealand presented opportunities to explore new territories, both physical and emotional. So much of the country was available to hike and travel that most of the time [...]

Studying abroad in Holland was not quite the experience I expected it to be. Although there were some genuinely amazing moments that I will always remember(Oktoberfest, meeting so many great people from all over the world, traveling to other countries in Europe), being abroad taught me so many things in a way that I was [...]