3 Ways to Lower your Carbon Footprint *Covid-19 Edition*

By on November 12, 2020   /   Center of Development, Education, Empowering Women, Final Thoughts, Global Neighborhood, Health & Wellness, Natural Resource Management, Reflections, Social Enterprise, Social Fund, The Grand Masala   /   Leave a comment

Throughout our lives, we’ve all (hopefully) been taught practices that help to reduce our harmful impact on the environment. Using public transportation, carrying reusable bags, and shopping locally and sustainably have been just a few of these approaches to lowering our carbon footprint. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some of these methods have been abandoned completely due to the concern of contracting the severely contagious virus. Public transportation is now feared upon, reusable grocery

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Conversation with Director Lukka

By on November 11, 2020   /   Agriculture & Farming Cooperative, Center of Development, Education, Empowering Women, Final Thoughts, Global Neighborhood, Life in India, Reflections, Social Fund, The Grand Masala   /   Leave a comment

Mr. Lukka Thurayil is Profugo’s new director at the Center of Development in Wayanad, India. Below is an in-depth interview to get up close with Lukka, his personal mission and background, how and why he is involved in sustainable community development. Profugo is excited to welcome him and we look forward to renewed efforts in working with community members, local partners, and global neighbors for a better quality of life! Can you give us a

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Q & A with Field Fellow Julianna

By on October 23, 2020   /   Agriculture & Farming Cooperative, Center of Development, Education, Empowering Women, Final Thoughts, Global Neighborhood, Life in India, Reflections, The Grand Masala   /   Leave a comment

Julianna Joss is one of Profugo’s current field fellows in Wayanad, India. Julianna has been in the field since September 2019 and will be staying for another year. She’s passionate about sustainable development and grassroots community building. Prior to journeying to Wayanad, Julianna told our team she wanted to go to Wayanad because “meaningfully contributing” in regards to sustainability and social justice in “a place like Wayanad would be a dream come true.” She hoped

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The Wonderful World of Zero-Waste

By on November 6, 2019   /   Center of Development, Education, Final Thoughts, Global Neighborhood, Health & Wellness, Natural Resource Management, Reflections, Sustainable Tourism, The Grand Masala, Water for Life   /   Leave a comment

In April, I left my Program Development Internship at Profugo to embark on a wild, wonderful, and transformative summer journey: working in Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve. Denali is a rugged land, and without a doubt the truest wild I’ve ever experienced. The park consists of six million acres of rolling tundra, craggly peaks, and nameless rivers. It is home to moose, caribou, foxes, lynx, arctic ground squirrels, grizzly bears, and dall sheep. Denali

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Marine Debris & Tourism

By on August 7, 2019   /   Center of Development, Education, Final Thoughts, Global Neighborhood, Health & Wellness, Natural Resource Management, Reflections, Sustainable Tourism, The Grand Masala, Water for Life   /   Leave a comment

The idea that human pollution is damaging the Earth has lost all novelty. Since the advent of the First Industrial Revolution almost three centuries ago, smog and waste have slowly but surely begun to deteriorate our planet. Among those areas affected are our oceans, home to some of the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world. Recent research has linked an increase in ocean debris with declining tourism among tropical beach destinations. Marine debris includes any

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