Professor Troy Abel from Huxley College of the Environment and his students share their insights on ecological citizenship, political biogeography, and immersions in one of the most biologically intense places on the planet. Costa Rica is translated as rich coast, a name originating from Spanish conquistadors who mistakenly thought the land was filled with gold. Many now recognize that Costa Rica’s riches are more green than gold with more than 4 percent of the world’s estimated biodiversity. Costa Rica has universal health care, a longer life expectancy than the U.S., and no military. Only by expanding our attention to all of these facets can one begin to see “Ecotopia’s Prism,” or Costa Rica’s intersections of ecology, economy, and culture fostering and inhibiting sustainability.

Thursday, July 2, 2009

hi friends! a note from sarah catudio

The education team got to visit and teach a lesson at Escuela Capulin, a small elementary school in Costa Rica on Monday. There was one teacher for 20 students in grades K-6. After spending the morning at the school we went with the students and Adrian, a park ranger from Carara, to plant trees near the community water source to help filter sediment and remove unwanted nutrients from the ground water. I teach at an elementary school in Bellingham and am very excited to hopefully set up some global connections between the students at Escuela Capulin and Wade King Elementary in the fall.

Coming from a non-environmental studies/sciences background I´ve been very interested in both the novel coursework as well as the fieldwork that other teams are completing. I took a tour of the botony plot yesterday and was very impressed with how well Khai, Megan, Sara and Masa were able to explain thier research and answer all of my questions.
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