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A decade later
About ten years ago, I wrote about conflicts, ecological footprints, and the state of the world from my desk in the UK. I was in my mid-twenties, armed with one…
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Aren’t we all human?
I thought about the best way to start this post, to be honest, as the subject seems to have sparkled controversy everywhere.
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Do you feel safe?
Terrorism. If you check on Wikipedia, it is defined as (…) violent acts (or the threat of violent acts) intended to create fear (terror), perpetrated for an economic, religious, political, or ideological…
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Cante Alentejano – Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
This post is a bit different from my usual ones. Most of you know, from my “about” page, that I’m from Portugal. What you don’t know is that I’m from…
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Have a lovely Friday 🙂
“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” – Confucius I wanted to thank all the readers that wrote me asking about my absence. A lot of…
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It has to start with each and every one of us!
During the summer, everyone saw/heard about the ice/water bucket challenge. The purpose of this challenge was to raise awareness for different health issues (depending on the country). Although it is…
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The day that everything changed
13 years ago something changed in the world. I remember arriving home (in Portugal) to have lunch and seeing the images of the attacks in the Pentagon and the World…
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Your ecological footprint – what?!
I could start with the typical “save the earth, it is the only we have”, which is completely true, but I will start to tell you that we, as humans…
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First World War centenary and the state of the world
This morning I had a conversation about the state of the world. It is something that has been on my mind for quite some time, as the number of conflicts keeps…
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The way life isn’t supposed to be in Israel and Palestine
It took me about 30 minutes to decide how to start this post. I was not having a creative blocking or anything alike, because I knew what I wanted to…
