From now, I will try to share an ecological innovation each week. Today, I would like to talk to you about Rainforest Connection, which is an American start-up fighting against deforestation by detecting chainsaws noises to stop the felling on site. Illegal deforestation is a fact, and it already has destroyed up to 40 % of the Amazonian total surface. What I especially like about their approach is the use of old Smartphones to fill its mission.
I am not very surprised if you do not know about Tilikum’s death, and even if you don’t know who he was at all. However, Tilikum was a star being one of the most famous captive orca worldwide at Seaworld Orlando. This orca lived most of his life in captivity, staying for 25 years at Seaworld, before dying on January 2017 from a pulmonary infection. When I heard about his passing, I felt so sad as I really hoped he could be free one day.
Everybody knows someone who practices yoga as it has become very popular these past years. Everyone has its owns reasons for practicing: Reducing stress, having a physical activity, meditating or simply changing your mind for a while. I will not tell you about yoga history as there are several websites specialized on that topic (you will find a few links at the bottom of this post), but I will share here my own experience through the years and how it has been helping me a lot lately.
Yoga class on the beach this april 1st.
Boston is a big city with a lot of attractive places to get a nice coffee and pastries. Here are two coffee shops that I especially liked and recommend if you are going to visit the city.
We spent a weekend up north in a town named Mount Dora, at approximately 4 hours from our city.
John Hargrove, who is a previous Senior Killer-Whale trainer at SeaWorld, wrote the book Beneath the Surface, which was published in 2015. After 14 years in the job, he decided to quit in 2012. But why did he make that big change?
Cape Cod was a great discovery while we stayed in Boston. I did not know much about this place, and I was quite excited to go there for our second time in the Boston’s area (we already visited Boston a few years ago and we told our trip in french here)
Everybody knows Miami Beach, at least by its name. When you think about this place, the following words might come to your mind: beach, parties & bling bling. These are truthful clichés, but the city also offers great surprises to its visitors. I am sharing my own experience with you after living for 3 years in one of the most famous places worldwide.
This is summertime and you might want to travel to a country where you would be able to see and touch wild animals. However, most of of the time, these animals are abused for our entertainment. You will find here a list of the 10 most cruel activities with wild animals to absolutely avoid and some alternatives instead.
Drawing with felt-tip pens, Bertille.
I love lemons and I am using them a lot! This cake has clearly been our favorite lately:)
