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| About Us |
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| A Committed Team |
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| Key Team Members |
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| Catriona Akana |
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| Founder of blue planet multicultural, Cat is driven by a passion for languages
and a personal mission to 'save planet earth'! Whilst not claiming total
fluency in any one language, she continues to study and attempts to
communicate in as many languages as possible including English (her mother
tongue), Catalan, Spanish, Japanese, French, German, and more! With an
honours degree in Modern Languages, Cat's professional background is in
business management, sales and marketing (logistics, publishing and
exhibitions) and since 1993 has taught languages, trained teachers in
TESOL techniques, and worked as a professional translator in Italy, Japan
and Catalunya, Spain, where she now lives. Through blue planet multicultural,
Cat would like to share her vision of a harmonious planet where courteous
people make the effort to learn and practise other people's languages and
culture, thus promoting mutual understanding, cooperation and peace. She
would like to raise awareness, through information, education and
communication, of the very real peril our beautiful blue planet finds
itself in and to encourage people to play some part, however small, in
preserving that planet for future generations. By choosing to use blue
planet multicultural, you choose to play a part. |
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| “The Earth was small, light blue, and so touchingly alone,
our home that must be defended like a holy relic.” Aleksei Leonov,
USSR. |
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| “Before I flew I was already aware of how small
and vulnerable our planet is; but only when I saw it from space, in
all its ineffable beauty and fragility, did I realize that humankind’s
most urgent task is to cherish and preserve it for future generations.”
Sigmund Jahn, German Democratic Republic. |
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| Eddy Michaels |
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Originally from London , Eddy has lived in Barcelona for 5 years and brings a wide range of experience to blue planet multicultural. Before moving to Spain , he was a marketing manager for Hilton Hotels, where he was responsible for helping the International Sales Team promote the company. He has travelled around the world, learning about many cultures and working at an educational NGO in Asia. |
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| Currently Eddy is a business English teacher in Barcelona and has worked for a diverse selection of companies and organisations, including The Generalitat, Abertis, Estibarna (The Port of Barcelona) and Incasol. Eddy also designs web pages and has designed leaflets for a Catalan charity ‘Aasara'. He is interested in teaching through the web and this year is studying the opportunities that this field can offer. In his free time, Eddy does a lot of trekking and climbing and feels quite at home watching a good Barça game! |
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