Posted on June 13, 2010 by Rizky
Today we continued our journey to Buntu Batu, but unfortunately, today will be the last day of our upcountry sustainability tour. But it’s ok. Everything that we experienced together is so awesome! Well, I guess it’s fair enough. So here, we visited another cocoa clinic and got an explanation of the development process created by the cocoa...
Posted on June 12, 2010 by Jesse
Today marked the end of our group sustainability tour and the beginning of work on my individual microfinance project, the goal of which is to facilitate access to capital for cocoa farmers and fishermen to provide the up-front funds needed to launch sustainable businesses (which provide Mars with raw material inputs for our consumer products)....
Posted on June 12, 2010 by Joe
Following the trip to the islands, our tour continued with a trek upcountry to visit Mars cocoa farmers and their ongoing sustainability initiatives. In this case, “upcountry” means an 8 hour drive from Sulawesi across bumpy, potholed roads and stunningly beautiful scenery. Along the way to Palopo, our central location, we encountered ocean...
Posted on June 07, 2010 by Joe
Indonesia has been great so far. It’s a little of what I expected and I a lot of what I hadn’t. We spent the last two days overcoming jetlag and enjoying Denpasar, and between the cultural introductions, surf lessons (I even managed to ride a wave of two) and a paper making tour the experience has been amazing. Tomorrow we depart for
