This year, we gathered the incoming crop of Long-term volunteers (they’ll head out in January 2011 for either 6 months or a year) for a weekend of training on a beautiful lake in New Hampshire. We had a great time getting to know them, and engaging in lots of fun activities.

United Planet Vice President Theresa Higgs had a wonderful time in Mongolia this month. She was traveling and training and making connections in the capitol and the countryside, along with Anindita Dutta Roy of iEARN.

United Planet Vice President Theresa Higgs has been in Mongolia recently, getting ready for the amazing exchange we’re organizing between public high school students in the U.S. and Mongolia. Here in the office, we’ve been learning a lot about Mongolia – what a fascinating place! We were delighted to get her notes about the realities of life there.

Yesterday we celebrated United Planet day. This took place in Boston – in our offices and on the Common – as well as anywhere around the world where we have volunteers working, meeting new people, and helping to bring about UP’s mission of cross-cultural understanding and mutual respect. We had a great day, and hope [...]

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.