I don’t know how many times I’ve told my children that they had to eat everything on their plate, that it won’t be me who throws food away, that it’s better to put just what you are going to eat on your plate, but I’ve also told them and others the great and simple idea of taking home the food “we can’t finish” after having lunch or dinner out, in bags or in tuppers. The thing is that some days ago I watched on TV a story related to these situations that also concerns me. I think that it needs, without any doubt, a special place on this blog. I’m talking about the Solidarity Fridge initiative. (more…)
Tag: Volunteers
I AM PROUD OF BEING PART OF THE “ORANGE TIDE”
On the 10th of February of 2018, everything had to be prepared to welcome the teams and enjoy a long day surrounded by children and teenagers willing to give everything: the running order, the 8 rooms, the materials for the tests of value, the rubrics for the scientific project, the robot design and the FLL values, the projectors, the Wi-Fi passwords, the software to introduce punctuations, the sandwiches, the PIT tables, the tables of the stage, the breakfasts, the T-shirts, the credentials and a long etcetera a lot of us don’t know. The thing is that the 10th of February arrived, and everything was ready to receive the biggest FLL tournament celebrated in Spain until now.
Do you want to know more? (more…)
A BIKE, A STORY AND A GAMUSINA: THE OPPORTUNITY
I admit that one of the projects this post is based on got to my heart last Tuesday the 26th of September when I was listening to the radio while I was having breakfast. Not only that, but speaking with one of the people who is behind it just made me even more excited. Maybe it’s professional deformation or just “personal deformation”. I only wish (and that’s where I make an effort) that my college students and my own children learn, also, from people like the one I am presenting you today.
I invite you to know this E.P. and some of his projects. (more…)
SCHOOL OF TALENT: AN EXAMPLE OF SOCIAL INNOVATION
Guillermo Dorronsoro affirmed last Saturday (29th of October 2016) that “changing things means getting involved emotionally”. That’s what I think the protagonists of the initiative that I bring to you this week should have thought at the time they designed it.
Do you have time?