Month: November 2012
Meet Our Organic Agriculture Instructors!
Sustainable Summer’s Seeds of Change program would not be possible without our unique partnership with Rio Muchacho Organic Farm. Our group of high school students will spend eight days at Rio Muchacho, located on Ecuador’s Pacific Coast, engaging in a combination of classroom learning about organic agriculture, and practical, hands-on experience working on the farm…. Read More
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Sustainably Thankful
This morning I heard on the radio that the average American will travel something like 500 miles for Thanksgiving. That may seem like a considerable distance, particularly for those people braving the pre-holiday traffic today, but it’s quite likely some of the items on your Thanksgiving menu have traveled even further to reach your table…. Read More
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Ecuador, Correa, and Hydropower
Well, we’ve finally turned the corner on one of the most divisive presidential elections in U.S. history. In my opinion, the victory went to the better candidate on our important issues – the environment and education. But instead of discussing U.S. politics, let’s head south to Ecuador, where we run Sustainable Summer adventure travel programs… Read More