What Time is it?

by Stephanie Biery, AWC Berlin

I love to travel. I also love a good night’s rest. How do you combine these two experiences? According to the National Sleep Foundation (NSF), jet lag occurs when our biological clock is disrupted. The NSF believes our bodies work on circadian rhythms, our internal 24-hour clock. Our sleep-wake cycles...

by Suzi Tart, AAWE Paris

When talking about oceans and the environment, the first image that often comes to mind is that of plastic bags and other debris that has ended up there. But even though we can’t see it, the oceans are silently being degraded by the climate. 

In a few days the world’s attention will be on Spain,

by Valerie Garforth, FAUSA

Humankind has always generated household waste. Archeologists learn a great deal about ancient – and not so ancient – populations by investigating their middens. Future archeologists will probably have a lot to say about us when they investigate our landfills and the great garbage patches in the oceans, and it is not likely to be very complimentary! According...

Stayin’ Alive

by Danielle Kuznetsov, AWO Moscow

Out of sight, out of mind. Isn’t that how much of life works, when the issue is not a quick fix? You will be reading this in October, after National Suicide Prevention Month in the United States has ended. September 10 was Worldwide Suicide Prevention Day, so for a brief moment this year, a...

by Arandeep Degun  

Tanzania is a country in East Africa, including the three spice islands of Zanzibar, Mafia and Pemba. Tanzania is located immediately south of the Equator. The country is the site of Africa’s highest and lowest points: Mount Kilimanjaro (5,895 meters) above sea level and the Bed of Lake Tanganyika (352 meters) below sea level, respectively. The literary...

Heart Pillow Project

by the Health Team with reports from Georgia Kallis, AWO Greece and Ann de Simoni, AIWC of Genoa

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and several FAWCO clubs participate in the Heart Pillow Project; here is news from two of them.

Georgia Kallis reported that AWO Greece has been sewing, stuffing, and delivering their AWOG Heart Pillows since...