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*Cross-posted from http://travelbbad.com/interview-of-a-rotary-peace-fellows-journey-in-japan/

I’m so thrilled I had a chance to speak with Rotary Peace Fellow, Mark Flanigan – a friend I made in grad school. He shared his insight about moving abroad to Tokyo, Japan on behalf of Rotary International, and…

I’ve always been enchanted with the image of a zeppelin as much as I am enchanted with the idea of space travel (mostly because I’m a nerd). More particularly I always think about the role zeppelins played in Indiana Jones and in the Golden Compass.  Even though in Indiana Jones the portrayal of the zeppelin flight was much like the Hindenberg’s explosion in 1937, the idea of flying by zeppelin is always tied to some adventurous or magical land. So, it’s no surprise that reports are…

“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go” Oscar Wilde

The other day I got into a debate about happiness, protests and violence. Yup, all in one conversation. I started thinking, where are the happiest people in the world? AND more importantly how do I meet them? So, I did a bit of research on the world’s happiest countries. It turns out I have been to eight of the top 10 happiest countries in the world based…

One of the highlights of my trip down to El Salvador was linking with youth who were empowered by their communities to create self-sustainable methods of supporting themselves and/or their activism. I traveled around El Salvador as an adult adviser to the high-school Youth Delegation of the River Road Unitarian Universalists (which included fifteen youth and three adults). Almost every community we visited had cooperative style businesses and non-profits, hence, the youth in these…