Picture from Rage.com Instead of engaging in my typical St. Patrick’s Day activity of beer drinking and social events, I had the opportunity to do something vastly different this year. I was invited to go on a tour with the Philippines Christian Foundation (PCF), an organization...
Today I was privileged to get a tour of the garbage dump Tondo, home of 1.5 million of Manila’s residents. It was one of the most humbling and disturbing experiences I’ve ever had and I still haven’t processed my experience enough to blog about it yet. For now, the...
There are times when it’s easy to lull yourself into a false sense of security with this lifestyle, telling yourself that there’s no reason the bad guys would want to hurt little old you. Unfortunately, Saturday was a tragic reminder for Foreign Service Families around the...
Okay, so I’m sorry to feature an out-dated chart, but it was the best one I could find. I was truly inspired when I learned that over 7,100 US communities have implemented Pay-As-You-Throw Programs. It is estimated that since their implementation, an average of 6 million tons of...