Reflections on personal rest, tourism, and eco-spiritual enterprises in Lake Atitlán, Guatemala

I just took a trip to the magical Lake Atitlan in Guatemala. I feel so grateful and privileged for being able to get on a plane and explore very different places. I decided to do this as a gift to myself for earning a Master’s degree, to rest and recuperate, and because I felt that …

an oasis of hope in the desert

We are constantly fed by news about war, hate, conflict, economic crisis, and environmental issues. Mainstream media make us feel like the majority of the world is in a state of war, that people of different religions and cultures hate each other and cannot live together; that there are more destructive and constructive initiatives for …

si no puedes vencerlos, ¿únete a ellos? Una reflexión sobre la compra de acciones de Tyson Foods en Beyond Meat

Pareciera que cada vez es más común que pequeñas compañías con opciones de alimentación alternativa se rindan al mercado corriente y colaboren con compañías competidoras. Una de las mayores empresas de productos de pollo, Tyson Foods, compró acciones de la start-up de productos de proteínas basados en plantas, Beyond Meat. En una carta pública, el CEO de Beyond Meat, Ethan …

if you can’t beat them, join them? Reflections on chicken multinational buying a stake in vegan start-up

It seems as though alternative food companies are increasingly giving in to the mainstream food market as they collaborate with competitor businesses. Beyond Meat’s CEO, Ethan Brown, defended their deal with Tyson Foods arguing that despite their contradictory means, both companies have shared beliefs and concerns about sustainability and climate change. However, the controversial association …

historia de un oasis de paz y esperanza en el medio del desierto

Estamos siendo constantemente alimentados con noticias sobre guerra, odio, conflicto, crisis económica y problemas ambientales. Los medios de comunicación nos hacen sentir que la mayoría del mundo se encuentra en estado de guerra, que las personas de religiones y culturas diferentes se odian y no pueden convivir, que hay más iniciativas destructivas que constructivas para la sociedad y la tierra. …

Good fences make good neighbors? The Case of Jewish Human Settlements in the Negev

Zionism and David Ben Gurion’s vision of greening and blossoming the Negev brought about the desire to expand Jewish territory through the formation of Jewish settlements in the desert. In the early 1990s, around 23 to 25 single-family farms were being established in Ramat HaNegev and spread alongside road 40, in the heart of the …

work in the food service industry at least once in your life

Was I in a movie? Walking through a hallway with men in tank tops drinking coffee and smoking a cigarette, starring at me with piercing views. Getting to a grey, dirty walls, two little groups of women with uniforms speaking arabic or Russian sitting on old tables. Oily food, rotten salads. This room looked like the dining …

Two New Maps that Could Change the World

our habitat is changing, and so need we.

I'm currently in Madrid, Spain. Two days ago I was wearing a sweater in the middle of July because even though it's the middle of summer, it was pretty chilly outside. There's been a cold front coming from northern Spain, which caused precipitation to turn into hail for about 10 minutes during Thursday's afternoon. We …

Taking Care of Our Garden

Article written by Kallee Ball about me on Stetson University's magazine: http://issuu.com/stetsonlaw/docs/stetson_magazine_f234a56003d101/48