Working and traveling together as a group is a great way to forge new friendships and create lasting memories. In March 2011, 18 students from Appleby College in Oakville, Ontario, Canada, spent 2 weeks in Ecuador. Matt Rakhit, 16, has this to say about the trip.

Probably the most fascinating of all of this is, of course, Machu Picchu. Only when you go there and see it for yourself will you realize how majestic it is, and fully understand why it is one of the seven wonders of the world. Not only are the ruins themselves amazing, but the views from being up in the mountains of the other mountains and of the rivers running through so far below you will take your breath away.

Post written by Empar, a United Planet team member. The arroz con leche (rice with milk) is one of the oldest desserts in Spain. Arroz con leche is prepared all over Spain, with several small regional variations, but the basic ingredients are the same: rice, milk, sugar and lemon or orange peel. It is also [...]

Lavandería Planeta Unido celebrated its first year in business on January 11th. The Micro-empowerment Laundromat Project started as a collaboration between United Planet and the ANH Battered Women’s Shelter in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, as a way to provide funding for the shelter and offer vocational training to residents. The one year anniversary was marked by a [...]

(from Amanda, Latin American Project Coordinator) Chile and Peru are currently in a standoff over which country can lay claim to the origins of the potato. Each country maintains that the storied tuber can be genetically traced back to its own territory. In Chile, the potato is said to come from Chiloé Island, and in [...]