I felt a strong connection to an article I just read on adventure.com — ” ‘Degrowth’ is the most powerful solution to overtourism” by Shirley Nieuwland. It looks at overtourism through the lens of cities — which immediately pulled me in. When I read about overtourism and the idea of “degrowth,” it feels less like […]
I was invited to write a small note for the ABRD 20th anniversary book — and here it is. I’m genuinely grateful for the invitation, and for the chance to add my voice to a story that has been unfolding for two decades now. Thank you, Anupam, for opening this door and letting me be […]
I had the opportunity to interview a young woman working as a helicopter pilot at Gogo Station, located in Fitzroy River Crossing, Northwestern Australia. Her primary role is to help muster cattle into the yards. Gogo Station spans an impressive 370,000 hectares and is home to approximately 70,000 head of cattle. Summary of the interview […]
The Nomad is a series of stories, fascinations, encounters, observations, experiences, joy of the moments by me, Ulrike Reinhard – all around my travels. Stay tuned! Ulrike Reinhard is The Nomad 🙂 In The Zone I’m about ten or eleven years old when Gudrun, a girl from our neighborhood, introduces me to basketball. She’s quite […]
Looking back on my work in Janwaar in India, I consider the fact that I never took anything out of this village or from the villagers as one of the pillars of the success story we’ve created. I was giving – and so were the villagers – without expecting anything in return. Giving wasn’t transactional, […]
This is a guest blog post I recently worte for aidbees. aidbees is a platform that enables acts of social kindness and builds a community of people doing kind deeds at just a click. Headed by Zamrooda Khanday, aidbees is the one-stop platform for donations, community building, and volunteering. With the focus of growing as […]
Saturday, 14. September 2024 – South Framantle, West Australia. Morning meditation session with music. During this session it became obvious to me: Life is a circle. We are born naked with an empty mind. On our journey towards death our mind gets “filled up.” (BTW death is not the opposite of life, birth is the […]
For Datentreiber’s 10th anniversary, I’ve written a guest article in which you will learn about the nine principles that enable the successful implementation of data strategies and, consequently, the transformation of business models. The new Datentreiber philosophy is “train. think. transform.” It is a holistic approach which defines data-driven strategies as the trigger for corporate […]
hkjasdhJK It was Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. I had arrived in El Paso, Texas the night before. I cam in from Chihuahua, Mexico. My final destination was Santa, Fe, New Mexico. And my plan was to go by bus. I called the bus company in the morning to assure that the bus was running. They […]
hkjasdhJK … at the brink of mass tourism It was in the mid eighties when I first took the train “El Cheppe”. I entered Mexico in Tijuana and made slowly my way down to the southern edge of Baja Calfiornia. There was a ferry in La Paz crossing the Bay of California and reaching “mainland” […]