Month: August 2014
Sustainable Summer Featured in the Huffington Post
Sustainable Summer was recently featured in the Huffington Post in an article written by Murray Rosenbaum, one of our 2014 Sustaining the Amazon and Galapagos participants. Thanks for the write-up, Murray! My Trip to Ecuador I was recently part of a program called Sustainable Summer, whose mission is to “cultivate the next generation of environmental… Read More
Sustainable Summer Featured in Saint Johns College Blog
Sustainable Summer co-founder, Anne Fenton, was recently featured in Saint John’s College blog in an article highlighting Sustainable Summer‘s focus on educating for sustainability through travel. The Future of Student Travel Summer travel programs for teens have increased in popularity over the years, as high school students seek to broaden their horizons through exposure to… Read More
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Galapagos Program Photos
Photos from our 2014 Sustainable Summer Galapagos Program. You can download hi-res versions of any photo on Flickr here. [flickr_set id=”72157645838947437″]
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Rafting with the Homies
Yesterday we went rafting down the Jatunyacu River which means giant river in Quechua. Everybody had an incredible time. Many of us were scared at first, but we quickly discovered that rafting is very fun. We all ended up jumping in the river (some involuntarily). We played a bunch of great rafting games, and all… Read More
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Life Changing Experience in Ecuador
Here’s a Yasuni blog post courtesy of Ivana F: It has been 8 full days that I have been in Ecuador, and these 8 days has changed my life completely. It has opened my eyes to so many different issues going on that includes the Amazon Rainforest. It really surprises me that all of the… Read More
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