Exposure to Real Environmental Issues
Name: Achim Häger, Dr. forest Position: Resident Lecturer in Principles of Natural Resources Management Program: Sustainable Development Studies, Costa Rica The semester is almost over now, and as always around this time, students are about to turn in their Directed Research papers. This semester we are working on four different projects: • Assessment of community [...]
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 [...]
Greetings from Costa Rica!
Name: Will Thompson School: Saint Michael’s College Major: Environmental Studies Program: Sustainable Development Studies, Costa Rica Greetings from Costa Rica! It has been a wonderful semester, packed with traveling and plenty of adventure. Recently, we traveled to El Sur, a small town of ten families to learn about rural sustainable development. In El Sur, we [...]
Immersed in the Tropical Cloud Forest
Name: Sergio A. Molina, Ph.D. Position: Lecturer in Environmental Policy and Socioeconomics Program: Sustainable Development Studies, Costa Rica A couple of weeks ago we were immersed in the tropical cloud forest of the Monteverde Reserve, which happens to be the most visited private reserve in the country and is known as the most famous cloud [...]
