Written by United Planet Team Member Allie This October 31st most Americans will be celebrating Halloween. Originally Halloween or All Hallows Eve was a Celtic tradition that celebrated the beginning of fall. The Celts also considered this time a fesitival of the dead. They would honor the dead, and welcome their ancestors back into their [...]

Written by United Planet Volunteer Brittany Gabey This summer United Planet sent Brittany Gabey and Winston Wei to Tibet to volunteer at a local school in Yushu, Tibet. Their experience was different from most so Brittany volunteered to share a bit of her story with us here. My time volunteering in Tibet was unimaginably wonderful [...]

Written by United Planet Correspondent Maya Marshall I’ve encountered myriad cultural differences since I’ve been in Brazil. The people work differently, drive differently, and eat differently, but the most prominent and potentially frustrating cultural difference that I’ve encountered is the language. The process of learning a new language is incredible, and I suspect it is [...]

Written by United Planet Team Member Alyssa All photos taken from Flickr user tiendatleoktoberfest These are words that millions of partygoers wait an entire year to hear. Finally, Oktoberfest has begun. From the third weekend in September to the beginning of October the people of Theresienwiese, Munich celebrate the festival of Oktoberfest. In 1810, the [...]