It was amazing to learn about nature. I have never before thought that in nature there are successful stories about living together in balance. The metaphor about multicultural forest is definitely something that I'm going to use with my students.

Today was the most impressive day so far. It was amazing to see the plants and animals and waterfalls.

I found the question of whether further training in Guadeloupe is necessary, or whether the carbon footprint of such a trip is far too large and cannot be offset by anything, very exciting, because I discussed this question with my colleagues in Germany in advance. We were of the opinion that the trip is only "worth it" if you not only stay for the time of the training, but also add a holiday to it, so that you kill two birds with one stone. Triggered by the discussion in the group, I now think differently about it: the world economy is becoming ever more intertwined and faster. On a social and communicative level, we are only slowly catching up. This creates problems - last seen in the Ukraine war. Only if we communicate with each other and get to know each other we can we solve these problems. Guadeloupe is a prime example of the “thinking global-acting local” controversy. One could almost say that one can feel the roots of globalization here based on its slavery past. And with it the question of how to deal with - let's say for the sake of simplicity - two cultures that collide: black and white. Especially in a Europe in which a shift to the right can be observed, it is all the more important to sensitize Europeans to the topic of globalization: thinking global - acting local. Against this background, Erasmus' efforts to only subsidize train journeys are counterproductive, since Guadeloupe can only be reached by plane.