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Global Interests

I’ll Meet You Halfway Round The World…

January 23, 2009

Half a year ago, two adventurous families left their homes behind, and set out in opposite directions around the globe. One family left from Scotland, the other from California. They just met each other for the first time at their halfway point: Australia. The Wide Wide World meets the Family Trippers in Sydney, Australia We [...]

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Spread The Love With Etsy and Citymeals-On-Wheels

January 22, 2009

Yay! Etsy has teamed up with the wonderful organization Citymeals-on-wheels to provide home delivered hot meals along with special handmade Valentines to home-bound elderly New Yorkers on Valentine’s Day. This is a wonderful opportunity for all of us to do a bit of crafting for a good cause. Print by Creative Thursday Cards can be [...]

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Koalas, Long Lost Friends, and The Batman You’ve Never Heard Of

January 16, 2009

It is time for our weekly update with the James Family: Dani and Craig, and their children Caroline and Conor, who are in the midst of taking a Round the World Trip. Let’s see what they’ve been up to… Dani met up with her dear girlhood friend Kara in Alice Springs, Australia (Dani is front [...]

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Blogger Spotlight: Operation NICE

January 13, 2009

Oh my, have you seen Operation NICE? I have been reading it for some time now, and just realized that I must share! Operation NICE is a delightfully optimistic blog, authored by the talented Melissa Morris Ivone. Melissa writes about positive news, reader’s stories of everyday nice-ness, and the little things we can all do [...]

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Green Goals For 2009

January 12, 2009

Good Morning! Amy over at the Crunchy Domestic Goddess has listed her own “Green Goals” for this year (read Amy’s post here), and she has inspired me to do the same. I feel that going green is a gradual process for most people, and encompasses a whole spectrum of possibilities. I encourage you and your [...]

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Where In The World Are The James Family?

January 9, 2009

The James family (you can meet them in this video) are on a Round-The-World (RTW) trip (read more about RTW travel here), can you guess where they are based on these photographs? I’ll give you a hint: stories about this place are a vital part of the Anangu culture…

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Meet The James Family

December 30, 2008

After writing about Round the World Family Travel (you can read the original post here), I knew I wanted to find a family who is traveling around the world right now. A family we could check in with regularly here at Global Mama, to get a little taste of their adventure as they are experiencing [...]

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The Ultimate Family Adventure

December 15, 2008

I don’t know if it’s the winter winds howling outside my window, or the stress of pulling everything together for the holidays, but whatever the reason, winter just feels like the perfect time to plan adventures, and something has entered my radar during my armchair travels that I just can’t stop thinking about: Family Round [...]

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Forest Schools

December 2, 2008

“I don’t go to school – I go to the woods,” These words caught my eye at the beginning of an article in this month’s issue of Mothering magazine. The author describes her family’s experiences in a Waldkindergarten in Switzerland. Waldkindergarten, also known as Wood Kindergarten, outdoor preschool, nature preschool or forest kindergarten, is a [...]

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