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Organic Living

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 | By pmok | Views [1758]

My WWOOF experience has taught me more than just about organic farming; it opened my eyes to "organic lifestyle", and it's much more than food, compost, and recycling. Both of my host families are people who prefer and enjoy things made by themselves ... Read more >

Tags: compost, organic lifestyle, recycle, technology

Obama gets a taste of Canada

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 | By shrummer16 | Views [1172]

Just when I thought I couldn't possibly like Obama more, he went and did something incredible that nearly brought a tear to my eye. While in Ottawa yesterday for his first official foreign visit, he talked about anti-protectionism, climate change, and ... Read more >

Banff Lightning

Thu, 9 Jul 2015 | By carlsbad_sven | Views [610]

One of the benefits to playing a role in my friend’s wedding party was that I had the privilege of experiencing heli-hiking, aka the lazy man’s way to summit a mountain. Heli-hiking involves boarding a Huey helicopter– think Apocalypse ... Read more >

Tags: banff, helicopter, hiking, lightning

December is Definatly Here

Wed, 9 Dec 2009 | By chantelle | Views [533] | Comments [3]

Well the last 5 weeks have been busy, full of work and more of those life lessons. All part of the fun of living overseas... should make living in Aus a piece of cake hey?!? haha Well where do I start?? the hills opened mid November which meant I was ... Read more >

Getting Here...

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 | By courtneycarmen | Views [492] | Comments [3]

Just over one year ago my life was quite different. I was living in one of the most beautiful places at the edge of the Pacific Ocean on Vancouver Island; Tofino a small town I had come to call my home. I had an amazing job that I absolutely ... Read more >

A Local Encounter that Changed my Perspective - Banff In the Interim

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By mkrauss | Views [470] | Scholarship Entry

This place is so close to home, yet home feels so far away. I come from the prairies, a meager 10-hour drive away, and have made this journey countless times. With the music turned up, I have passed through brown barren landscape in the spring, made ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Writing Scholarship 2013

Windsor: Reel to Real

Wed, 17 Sep 2014 | By film-junkies | Views [316] | Video | Scholarship Entry

We are born film-makers and are put on the earth to do as such. Both of us have worked many menial jobs in our life time, trying to make the money to provide us the opportunities to travel and obtain the equipment to capture our dreams on screen. I grew ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Film Scholarship to Mexico

Time Flies!

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 | By ashlee | Views [237]

12 weeks! That's it! That's all I've got! 12 weeks until I leave. I don't have the money I don't have an acceptance letter (I have applied though), I don't have a plane ticket--I have nothing! But boy am I excited! It's actually only about 11 weeks ... Read more >

Tags: australia, god, money, time, ywam

Canadian Rockies Icefields Parkway

Tue, 12 May 2015 | By | Views [163] | Scholarship Entry

You truly can experience all seasons in one day on the Icefields Parkway. Stretching 144 miles through the heart of the Canadian Rockies and spanning two National Parks, the route provides something spectacular for every traveler, capturing my heart on ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship

I'll Never Forget The Day That The Powder Came

Mon, 12 May 2014 | By | Views [149] | Scholarship Entry

There is only one other thing that gets me as excited as having a boarding pass and bag in hand and that is skiing. So it only seemed fit that I moved to the country where Poutine is considered a national food and hockey players throw more punches than ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip