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My name is emily falconer and I've set out to explore the world.

I believe travel is the most essential tool for personal growth and learning. Follow my adventures and tips for getting the most out of your experience.

Also check out my posts from 2016-2017 to read more about my journey as I made sense of the United Nations 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development, and investigate what other individuals and organizations are doing to accomplish the goals across the globe.

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Cow to Tractor, Not So Easy

When I think of farming, I think of big green tractors, huge plows, giant machines, and massive irrigation systems. I couldn't imagine anyone getting the job done without these machines until I walked 4 hours across rice fields in rural Nepal. As I walked through the farms in Nepal, I felt as if I had stepped into a history book. In one direction, I saw farmers hand planting seeds. In another direction, I saw and then joined a woman swinging a knife to harvest the millet and

A small difference in the right direction

Have you ever heard about an idea and wished you had come up with it yourself? Daniel Herrera is from Costa Rica and designs self-driving cars, but somehow he ended up in the small city of Oulu, Finland where he now plans to solve one problem he saw within this city: there's not much to do. When I heard about Daniel's idea to renovate an abandoned water tower into a cafe/ cultural center, I had to check it out. "At the bottom of the waterpower, will be the coffee shop." He ex

A Home For Everyone

Today I got the chance to meet with an amazing woman. Her name is Erzsébet Szekeres (Elizabeth, in english). She shared with me her inspiration for starting an organization to give her son, and many others, a better life. When her son was born, she knew something about him was different. Doctors continued to tell her nothing was wrong, so it wasn’t until later that she discovered that her baby was born with epilepsy. No one wanted to accept him as he was or see his potential.