Have you ever wondered what it’s like to live in a traditional Japanese house surrounded by rice fields and green patchwork mountains? A rural place where you bike down to the local market on a winding road dusted with cherry blossom petals. It’s spring and the nights are cold, the mountains are still …
One minute you’re an alien speaking in a strange language, the next, you’re creating an orb of energy or walking in space and attempting to greet people entirely with eye contact. These are ice breakers. Or maybe you want to call it improv. Either way, it’s the foundation for which you build your temporary community …
On the bugs For anyone that doesn’t know me: imagine the stereotypical “girl” character that freaks out around small beetles. Great, now you know how the Amazon bugs treated me. I don’t consider myself a bug hater, or an easily scared person. But the moment I got here and realized how big some of these …
Our group had a beautiful circle discussion about respect one of the evenings. We all had it on our minds, but no one wanted to be “that person”. Finally, someone said it. We were being too noisy at inappropriate times. Project World School does a wonderful job of allowing people to truly be their authentic selves. …
We went to the Amazon Jungle for a retreat! Whoa! Project World School partnered with the fantastic company, Rainforest Expeditions, and we could not have been more pleased with how it turned out. Our lodges and guides were over the top incredible, and I feel so blessed to have experienced such an incredible place on this planet. …
I asked each of the participating teens to answer the prompt: What is your favorite part of the retreat so far? “The things I love the most, from this retreat I shall boast; moments shared over toast, and learning of Maya’s ghost Lainie our irreplaceable host, showing respect of the utmost together a group never closed …