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Djibouti flash floods: What will tomorrow hold?
On Thursday morning, it started to rain around 9.30-10am. At that time, I was in a community management training. There was loud noise of rain and thunder. At the end of the training around 12:30, I witnessed a shocking scene: water was everywhere. Once I arrived in my neighborhood, called “Quatier 2”, the situation was even worse, with water ditches and all the streets covered in murky water. There was no passage cross the sudden river that had emerged but to get inside an empty discarded fridge that everyone was using as a canoe to get to the other side. The evening of Friday 22 of November...
How Trade School Can Help Solve the U.S. Income Gap
The American dream: you grow up. Get a college education. Land a good job and then buy a house and start a family, and you and yours are set for life. It’s a nice story — but if the Great Recession of 2008 taught us anything, it’s that, all too often, stories are just that: stories. For many, that story may not even begin with a college degree, no matter what mom, dad, or teacher might say. Still, the new millennium is not a friendly time for trade schools in the US, either. For too many prospective students and their families, the nearly five decades old stigma against trade schools persists...
Toxic productivity
I've noticed that we link our productivity to self worth, even when we're not doing okay and it's out of our control. That my friends, is toxic productivity. The Instagram millionaires screaming "THE MORE YOU ARE AWAKE, THE MORE YOU MAKE" as much as it's some sort of motivation, it does more harm than good. And we have awakened a conversation about mental health and self care, but this constant productivity mindset completely goes against what mental health advocates have been trying to eradicate. I have fallen victim of this mindset. In fact, in the beginning of the year I was addicted to...
The pros and cons of fireworks
This image clearly depicts the beauty of fireworks. Something a lot of us reading this completely adore and cherish. But each thing has a pro and a con. The worst part of fireworks not that they don't last forever, it's the pollution that follows. Its the dreaded carbon footprint rising to big heights and leading to ozone depletion! This is often known as a 'guilty pleasure' . Please do not give in to this! Try not get persuaded to support activities that promote environmental degradation. I'm sure a set of beautiful constellations seen in the clear night sky are equally magical.
Fighting anxiety and stigma
My battle with anxiety started during summer 2018. From when I was diagnosed I knew I was about to embark on a tough and challenging journey. Not just me, but everyone who was close to me as well. It was really hard to come to terms with the fact that it would take time to be okay again and even harder to accept that it could hit me again at any time. My dad had battled with anxiety a few years earlier, so he knew what was going on and he was the greatest help. It didn't take long for my siblings, parents and close friends to get used to my disorder. They knew what to do when I wasn't feeling...
When Will We Realize? - a poem
I Remember I remember oceans trembling and spilling gently with water. I remember dew drops glistening on pinecones, roses and buttercups reflecting the colours of spice blush and butter Barefoot and silent, I remember cupping mouthfuls of fresh river water picking up dried up petals . I remember those beautiful days. Those beautiful days when the sun glowed just right. Those beautiful days when the wind swooped gently soothing the harsh sunlight. Once, this entire ground filled crimson and coffee barks and peeping through the bushels of leaves I saw red flecked cardinals sitting there...
A sustainability experiment: living with no plastics for two weeks
Strip yourself from all the plastic! You are probably aware of the fact that we are currently facing a very critical and concerning time when it comes to the state of our planet. We all do. The news is spilling with reports on global warming, extreme weather changes, plastic and chemical pollution (pesticides, insecticides, antibodies and hormones), especially since the start of the “Fridays for future” movement. We all know that these things exist, and we are all concerned. We want politicians to make a change. But be totally honest – have you ever asked yourself what role you play? What...
The education system is moving us backwards
The education system is probably one of the longest running systems in the world. Since the beginning, education has existed in one way or another. People teaching each other hunting methods, stories and even generational education of certain skills and family practices. The goal of the formal education system was to educate pupils on theory rather than practical skills. Since then, very little has changed on the style of teaching, which is a problem seeing how much has changed and is still changing around us. It's probably the most important part in development of not only the mind but the...
My journey : Climate Digital Mapping
Once upon a time, I was born. A couple took me in and gave me a shelter. They took care of me, gave me water every day and gave me plenty of boosters when I was sick. I grew up with all the warmth and affection they gave me and I considered them to be family. I gave them everything I could and to the best of my ability. We were all a very happy family and we were living peacefully and joyfully. But then one day, a person called money came and started to ruin this beautiful relationship. Things turned sour and our little family was nearly destroyed. I could not do anything, I was condemned to...
The Climate Is Changing Because We Aren't
Climate change... what about it? You might think that Climate Change is not serious. Well, you're wrong. Climate Change is real and it's happening all around the globe causing natural disasters. Thousands and millions of lives, especially children, are lost due to natural disasters such as flash floods and forest fires caused by extreme droughts. Extinction will most likely occur to animals and that will disrupt the ecosystem. There are people all around the world who are suffering and dying. The people in power are not taking any actions because all they think about is money and economic...
Climate Change and the first 1000 days
“The beautiful thing about working for the environment is that, while you heal the earth, you heal humanity." Adaora The first 1000 days are critical to the development of a child. Over 200 million children in this bracket fail to attain the developmental milestone as a result of different reasons, one of them being climate change. In the first 1000 days, children are vulnerable, and as droughts escalate and flooding degrade the production of food, these fellas will experience malnutrition and hunger. They also have an enormous burden to carry as temperature rises and water become scarce since...
Australia bushfires: a blaze the size of Southern England
The past two months have seen a sharp rise in the number of fires around the globe, from blazes in Congo to Siberia. However, there is no doubt that Australia's burning bush-fires are probably the hottest topic in the news (no pun intended). Attention and large, seven-digit donations from celebrities such as Chris Hemsworth and Kylie Jenner have captivated and more importantly motivated people around the world to contribute to fight the fires. The Australian climate is normally dictated by the heat and magnitude of the air in the subtropical atmospheric belt. This means that many parts of the...
World: Dismantling
Hang onto the morning at its smallest just before the sky cracks to let in the morning’s rays. Remember the passing seasons and the gait of wisteria often buried under raucous life The cold summer sun resting quietly between satin curtains. Hold both the silence and the noise in the same hand because this world is burning too fast to hold it all. As you listen for the horizon noise of trains going, people rushing ask if you reach for the bits of this world before they become buried, returning to ash returning to the Earth for eternity, for infinity I plea, listen to the woods glowing in...
Unless
I'm just sitting here thinking about all the world's problems and how we cannot solve them unless we work together. We have to work together. Our forests are burning, our oceans slowly dying we can never stop fighting or we'll lose, unless we start caring. We have to start caring. The air is getting warmer, still our hearts are growing colder we will never grow older unless we start acting. We have to start acting. Our time is running out in this little snow globe we are almost at the end of the road unless we make a difference. We have to make a difference. But please don't lose all hope, our...
First...
If you close your eyes and I ask you to "think about 21st century", what comes to mind? Improvement of the health system? Progress? Prosperity of the economy? What is really going on in the world? Global warming and climate change are destroying animals and the environment, the situation in Yemen is still there, children are dying. Development or collapse of humanity? People continue to explore other planets, in search of a new Home. Why? What is the point of moving to another place if we simply cannot keep our Present Home. People have come a long way, from wars to modernising technology to...