Covering COP21 in Paris

In 2015, the world gathered in Paris, France for the 21st Conference of Parties (COP) for the United Nations Climate Change treaty. I attended the conference as an accredited freelance journalist, providing coverage for seven media outlets and working as a volunteer...

Leaving Indonesia

From KLIA LCCT, Malaysia View Larger Map This morning, I left Indonesia, and am currently in-transit to Japan. It’s hard to put into a single post what my experience in Indonesia was. The two months were full of experiences, many personal, that forced me to...

To Become…Veg?

From my friend Sofia – check out her blog, Flex Your Voice – she posts some great images and inspiring quotes.     I post this from a heavily meat eating country, Indonesia. Vegetables don’t grow too well in tropical regions (fruit does,...

Consuming = Happiness?

Returning back to school, and coming to Jakarta, has really forced me to think deeply about consumerism. Jakarta is a city of shopping malls – over 140, probably more than any city in America (unless you include strip malls). New York City, my home in the...