We are really getting down to the last two weeks here; it is so crazy how fast time goes. Sometimes I feel like I have not done enough with my time here, but then I also look through my photos and realise that this has been a completely mind-blowing experience. I have truly done so…Continue Reading Sustainability Week
Our last week at IBERO was short but very busy! It was a week of lasts – last classes, last lunches, last bus rides. The final projects that we had been working on during our time here were due on Thursday. My project discussed the power imbalances in environmental management, particularly focusing on the different…Continue Reading ‘A sustainable future has to be just’
Our time in Brazil is officially coming to a close. After three and a half weeks, I feel like I have finally settled into the Brazilian way of life and now have to prepare myself to go home. This trip has been incredibly educational, and I am excited to compile this information for our final…Continue Reading Leaving Brazil!
I am sitting at Houston Airport, and it’s hitting me now that the trip is mostly over. And this will be my third and final blog of the journey. Lagged much, but still ticking, I get to return home to whaanau and some Hockey before getting back into the swing of all things, work, whaanau,…Continue Reading Team Pickles
wo weeks have passed since I arrived in the vibrant city of São Paulo, Brazil. Is it what I expected? Did I suffer jet lag? I’ll answer these questions and more. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the video….Continue Reading My First Impressions of Studying Abroad in São Paulo, Brazil
When you find family outside of your bloodline, your heart sends extensions and messages to new places within yourself that are complicated designs of nature. When things are complicated, they tend to be h a r d to describe. I’m having difficulty writing this. To describe love devotes itself to more than just words. It’s…Continue Reading Comforting Cocoon
Visiting the indigenous communities and bearing witness to the resistance against continued colonisation has been oxygen to the fire in my puku (belly) and also extremely heavy. It has been unsettling and also a time of celebration of how the indigenous hold space and will not be moved by the pressure from modern-day colonisation. I…Continue Reading Privilege Check
After eight days in São Paulo, we travelled to Ubatuba, a coastal town about four hours away, by bus. While in Ubatuba, we had free time to relax and enjoy the beaches. We were also privileged to visit two local communities during this time. Our first visit was to the Boa Vista Indigenous community. This…Continue Reading Olá, Ubatuba!
Arrival in Sao Paulo I have currently been in Brazil for a total of 5 and a bit days, and WOW, there is much to talk about. There have been many cultural differences I could easily say I was, or wasn’t expecting, and both in equally negative and positive ways. I’d like to specifically cover…Continue Reading The City From The Outside
The idea of being tightly compressed in an aircraft for almost 24 hours isn’t appealing, but long-haul flights seem to be my thing, seeing as I developed the gift of successfully sleeping through most of the flight journey. We approach the lush greenery and specs of copper that coloured several buildings and homes below us….Continue Reading My First Impression of Brazil