Trick or Treat
Written by United Planet Team Member Allie This October 31st most Americans will be celebrating Halloween. Originally Halloween or All Hallows Eve was a Celtic tradition that celebrated the beginning…
Written by United Planet Team Member Allie This October 31st most Americans will be celebrating Halloween. Originally Halloween or All Hallows Eve was a Celtic tradition that celebrated the beginning…
Written by United Planet Volunteer Brittany Gabey This summer United Planet sent Brittany Gabey and Winston Wei to Tibet to volunteer at a local school in Yushu, Tibet. Their experience…
Written by United Planet Correspondent Maya Marshall I’ve encountered myriad cultural differences since I’ve been in Brazil. The people work differently, drive differently, and eat differently, but the most prominent…
Written by United Planet Team Member Alyssa All photos taken from Flickr user tiendatleoktoberfest These are words that millions of partygoers wait an entire year to hear. Finally, Oktoberfest has…
Excerpt from Grand Prize Winner Antoine Cassar’s poem entitled Merħba (Welcome), a poem of hospitality I’m from the town, from the village, from the other side of the sea mapan…
The Fall Equinox is the only time of the year when the middle of the sun is positioned above and below horizon—shining on every location on Earth for an equal…
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