Archive for the tag: "member"
Meet a Sandbox Member: Ashley Ellis
Sandbox member Ashley Ellis is a 24 year old freelance writer, filmmaker, and philanthropist living in Los Angeles, soaking up the sun, and seeking new experiences. Ashley on facebook and twitter.
Tell us the story of your latest project / occupation.
My latest project will hopefully become my full-time occupation. It’s a production company that I started [...]
Kudos of the day
Two Sandboxers made us especially proud today: Lucian Tarnovski was named the youngest European Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum and Tori Hogan was featured with her project “Beyond Good Intentions” in today’s Wall Street Journal. Wow!
Meet a Sandbox Member: Kyra Choucroun
“Kyra Choucroun is one of the editors of The Gopher Illustrated and a political fiend. Her interests range from International Political Economy to Development and Conflict resolution. Fresh out of a Masters from the London School of Economics, Kyra is hard at work in London.” That’s how Michu Benaim, co-founder and co-editor of The Gopher Illustrated [...]
Meet a Sandbox member: Malin Berdette
Malin Berdette, 28, describes herself as a “global dreamer, traveling the world turning my visions into reality”. She is originally from Sweden but currently traveling the world for 610 days for her project “Win Win World Tour“. Her goal is to raise enough money to spend $100 000 per month to projects empowering millions of [...]
Meet a Sandbox Member: Patrick Boström
Patrick Boström is 24 years old and was born and raised in Sweden. He is currently studying in Hong Kong. Besides beeing responsible for coordinating a volunteer project with Light for Children he and his team just won the Hong Kong Social Entrepreneurship Challenge competition.
Patrick on facebook and twitter.
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President Once and Future: The Spirited Inauguration of Evo Morales
Nate Loewentheil recently moved to Cochabamba, Bolivia, and publishes occasional pieces on Bolivian politics as well as his personal adventures on the Sandbox blog. Nate can be reached by email at nate.loewentheil [at] gmail.com.
The shimmer-red helicopter bearing Evo Morales towards the Temple of Kalasasaya last Thursday was a strangely modern twist to the morning’s ritualistic [...]
Meet a Sandbox Member: Sandra Diana Troegl
Sandra Diana Troegl, 28, is currently based in Berlin and one of three Co-founders of Nest, an Agency for (eco)social causes. Before co-founding Nest, she worked for armedangels, an eco fashion label in Cologne. Sandra on facebook and twitter
Tell us the story of your latest project / occupation.
Beginning of 2009, I met Daniel Kruse and [...]
The Rural Edge: Sandboxer Zhihan Lee in India
Sandboxer Zhihan Lee is currently taking part in a three month long project, supported by his university in Singapore, to support “The Rural Edge“, an Indian-led project which works towards reducing rural poverty sustainably. During their one month stay in India he and his colleagues supported them in creating an online presence and by raising [...]
Meet a Sandbox Member: Mariam Georges
Mariam M. Georges is Egyptian and was born and raised in Cairo. She is currently studying Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE) and Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) at the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia. She will be doing her masters in MSE next year with a concentration in Nanotechnology.
Mariam on facebook
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One Llama’s Great Incan Adventure
Nate Loewentheil recently moved to Cochabamba, Bolivia, and publishes occasional pieces on Bolivian politics as well as his personal adventures on the Sandbox blog. Nate can be reached by email at nate.loewentheil [at] gmail.com.
“We dedicate this animal to Pacha Mama, and ask for a year filled with health and prosperity,” the mayor prayed. Four men [...]
