Sea Day Snapshots
The Center for Marine Resource Studies in Turks & Caicos recently welcomed over 80 South Caicos community members for “Sea Day,” which featured interactive touch tanks and various marine education stations. Watch a time lapse video of Sea Day activities at the Center Read more about Marine Resource Studies in Turks & Caicos
Hard, But Extremely Rewarding
Name: Ruby Stanmyer School: Dickinson College Major: Environmental Science Program: Sustainable Development Studies, Costa Rica During the past two weeks, our 34 person group has been split up into four different projects addressing sustainable development in Costa Rica. After returning from our respective spring break trips, we immediately began prepping for Directed Research. One [...]
Forests, Beaches, and Reefs: A Photo Tour of Panama
Name: Ellen Reid Position: Admissions Manager Location: SFS Headquarters An SFS staff team representing academics, admissions, and research visited Panama last month to advance development of the Tropical Island Biodiversity and Conservation Studies pilot program launching this fall and spring in Bocas del Toro. Ellen Reid’s photographs from the trip give us a glimpse [...]
Earth Day Road Race
Name: Ana Contessa Aguilar Position: Intern Program: Sustainable Development Studies, Costa Rica SFS Alum: Costa Rica Summer ’11 April 22nd was Earth Day, and both our students and the community of Atenas celebrated. One of the town’s gyms, Gym CAFI organized an eight kilometer race to celebrate the beautiful place we live in, both [...]
Sea Day in Time Lapse
The Center for Marine Resource Studies in Turks & Caicos recently welcomed over 80 South Caicos community members for “Sea Day,” which featured interactive touch tanks and various marine education stations. This time lapse video by spring ’12 student Daniel Ferons, of the University of San Diego, captured some of the activity!
Building a Solar Oven in Costa Rica
Name: Ana Contessa Aguilar Position: Intern Program: Sustainable Development Studies, Costa Rica SFS Alum: Costa Rica Summer ’11 Sun is the main source of energy for Earth, and here in Atenas, during the dry season, we are lucky to have it shining strong and bright every day. The problem is, like in lot of [...]
Data Collection in the Wet Tropics
Name: Siggy Heise-Pavlov, Dr. rer. nat. Position: Lecturer in Rainforest Ecology Program: Rainforest Studies, Australia During the last two weeks, students were busily engaged in their Directed Research projects. In the first week they had to complete their data collection. This meant for many to be out in the field working along steep slopes [...]
The “Demonstration Effect” Production Unit
Name: Eduardo Guevara, Ph.D.Ed. Position: Lecturer in Environmental Policy & Socioeconomics Program: Marine Resource Studies, Turks & Caicos Locals in South Caicos recall times when vegetables such as tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers, okra, corn, etc., were vastly grown using organic fertilizer, rain water and existing soil. Currently, few locals still cultivate their vegetables, keeping [...]
Maasai Homestay
Name: Laura McHenry School: Kenyon College Major: Biological Sciences Program: Wildlife Management Studies, Kenya We all know in theory that the world is chock full of different people and cultures. The concept is painfully obvious – of course. But this idea, no matter how obvious, tends to reside in the abstract head-space of scholarship [...]
An Incredible Opportunity to Learn
Name: Carlee Snider School: Gonzaga University Major: Biological Sciences Program: Sustainable Development Studies, Costa Rica What better way to spend your spring break than in the mountains and beaches, and amongst the culture in Costa Rica? Pura vida. Many SFS students’ families traveled down to experience a bit of the vibrant life that we have [...]
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