The Northern Pacific Ocean has become home to the greatest dumping grounds on our planet – The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This island of debris that circulates between North America, Eastern Asia, and Australia contains exceptionally high concentrations of plastic, plastic that we’ve dumped long ago. Each year, there are an estimated 1 trillion plastic… Read More ›
1 Comment I recently returned home from India where I was conducting project research for Planeterra. Delhi, a city I had volunteered in years ago, had changed rapidly since my last visit. The city still carried it’s lively chaos, it’s incredible resilience, and curious personalities. It still had it’s sheer reach for innovation from the smallest micro… Read More ›
0 Comments Last blog we introduced you to Malawan, a recipient of The Kenya Drought Survival Program, and an entrepreneur who runs a small women run business in Northern Kenya. Since launching their kiosk several years ago, Malawan and her partners have accumulated significant savings. As I reviewed their record book with BOMA (Planeterra’s grassroots partner) operations director Kura… Read More ›
0 Comments Malawan Lejalle used to beg for credit at local shops so she could feed her family. Now she and her partners own a successful business in Northern Kenya, and they’re using their savings to send 17 kids to school. Malawan Lejalle’s husband used to brace himself as he returned home to his village after another… Read More ›
0 Comments Today marks the first International Day of Happiness — a day instituted by the United Nations as a way to redefine how we think of sustainable development. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, described this day as a way to recognize the three pillars of sustainable development — social, economic and environmental well-being,… Read More ›
