This post was written by Sabreena Jiwani, a Short-Term United Planet volunteer in Italy. I have been here for a little less than a week and have already seen/heard things I never imagined I would. Where is ‘here’? I am at a Rifugio Re Carlo Aberto located by the village of Luserna San Giovanni. This [...]

This post was written by Sage Bachmann, a Long-Term United Planet volunteer in Costa Rica. Last weekend, I visited the lovely Puerto Viejo. We caught the bus at five on Saturday morning and, because there were no seats left, we sat on the floor for five hours. It was hot, it was crowded, and it [...]

This post was written by Jamie Attard, a Long-Term United Planet volunteer in Uganda. Lightning forks across the skyline, illuminating an array of fine eggshell cracks in the dark clouds above.  Thunder follows, wind stirs, the rain commences its sudden downpour, and underneath it all you find me, without an umbrella.  I have found myself [...]

When the sunrise over the snow-capped Andes welcomed me to Chile, I knew I was in for a truly humbling and life-changing experience. I was not disappointed.