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Dabbling with Soy
One of my new year's resolutions for 2013 was to eat healthier. Most people who know me are aware that I am already a healthy eater and I live a healthy lifestyle. I walk my neighborhood as much as possible. I sleep well. I exercise my mind and my body. I enjoy the company of friends. Though I am not a vegetarian, I tend to eat many of the same foods because they taste good and because they are healthy for my body. But there is always room to grow.
Seeing the world from above
I was recently flying across the country and gazing out the window at the beautiful landscapes. I thought about how lucky we are to have this perspective. No bird has ever flown as high as today's commercial airliners. There is no tree high enough for a bear, snake, or monkey to climb to the top to see our world this way either. We as humans are blessed with this vantage because of our technology. If you ever fly in an airplane, be sure to sit by the window so you can see the glory of our Earth from an entirely different perspective.
Video, a way of communicating or the words from the heart
This past week I have been focused on editing our audiovisual content from the SEED Event organized and held in Quito, Ecuador.
I am very grateful for the wonderful people met there as well as the important messages conveyed by each participant.
Video is to me a very good and simple way to communicate with you all despite the distance.
Email storms and cyber waste
The mainstream digital age has only been upon us for a short time -- about 25 years. That's not even a blink of the eye in term's of Earth's lifetime when you consider that the dinosaurs walked around our planet for 135 million years! But still, it's enough time to accumulate waste and develop digital practices that are wasteful. While it may be true that cyber-waste is cleaner than the toxins emitted by our cars and the junk that we toss into the trash each day, but all of it is starting to build up in one big digital garbage dump.
SEED around the world
In 2012, we hit a milestone at SEED: we granted the first SEED school in Bangladesh, which means we now bring the program to SEED schools in 44 countries. I am continually amazed by the eagerness of my colleagues at Schlumberger to bring our program to more students and teachers in their locations.
Letter of Acknowledgement
Greetings of a prosperous 2013!
We are blissful to inform you that we went to the Division of City Schools Superintendent, Dr. Corazon C. Rubio last January 3 together with our School Principal, Dr. Levita U. Ramos and the Si-SEED-lan Officers to present SEED (Schlumberger Excellence in Educational Development - Philippines) to her.
Opening doors in Quito, Ecuador
Since we started the SEED program in 1998, I have always dreamed of the doors that our program could open - for students, teachers, volunteers, countries, and communities. Now that I am in Ecuador for the first National Teacher Conference, it has never been clearer that we are achieving that dream.
On one level, this workshop is giving teachers resources and support to bring innovative science techniques to their schools. It provides the tools and the confidence teachers need to use technology in their classrooms.
