Driven by Curiosity
I think it is “life-affirming” to once in a while do something completely different from what you typically do.
I think it is “life-affirming” to once in a while do something completely different from what you typically do.
The more time I spend here in Armenia, the more I become sure that looks are deceptive. It never truly shows the reality of a person.
The scene is straight out of a fairytale- yet this was actually our office space for a morning session on RecrearMagnify Armenia
Meet the extravagant team we brought together for Recrear Magnify Armenia 2014!
Chinito proudly explained to me everything that, being lost in my daily hustle, I had never come close enough to see.
Young people with a strong commitment to the environment have one common denominator: they each have their own personal, as if customized, relationship to nature.
I was aware of the changes in Cuba, and what organizations need to do to survive. Yet, I could not imagine how much, in just three years, this space and its people could have transformed. I started asking myself a few questions: the first was how much things were really changing in Cuba, and if this type of mentality . . .

we won’t be just ranting about ‘young people and climate change in Cuba’. We are telling a story of Cuba. But still - this is a big deal. Because Cuba is different, is misunderstood, is polarized, is polarizing.
Cuba has survived many waves of cultural colonization. From American-inspired baseball and old Chevrolets, to the Soviet designed apartment complexes. These hallmark cultural pieces make up Cuba’s image to the world – but new waves are arriving every day.
When Elisabeth and Rolando decided to clear a garbage dump right next to the Bay of Cojímar, and start a family farm on the site, their friends, neighbours and the local authorities all thought that they were bananas. El Cachón is now one of the biggest environmental community projects in Cojímar (East Havana).