Articles by Sustainable Summer
Costa Rica Update: Daniel’s Farm
Today is Sunday the 21st and we went to Don Daniel Vega’s organic farm! Breakfast was amazing, as usual, and at 8:30 am off we went to build a mandala garden. We made a sun-like shape, and it only took a couple hours! While we waited for the soil to settle we each took turns… Read More
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Greetings from EARTH University
Welcome to Earth University! Today was our first official full day at Earth U. To start the morning, we went down to the cafeteria to have a heart and delicious breakfast. We then got into a van to visit the first farm of the day. At the farm, a student named Andrea talked and walked… Read More
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Rio Pacuare Rafting
These past few days have been nothing short of phenomenal! The first morning of the program was spent traveling from San Jose to meet our guides for rafting throughout the Pacuare River. They were really welcoming and funny. After a couple hours of fun-filled, thrilling, and sometimes nerve-racking paddling we made it to our ecolodge…. Read More
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Welcome to Costa Rica 2019
Are you getting excited for Costa Rica or what? 22 days of living and learning in some truly awesome places. In just a couple of weeks you’ll be standing on the banks of the Rio Pacuare, preparing to launch on a three-day trip through one of the Western Hemisphere’s most revered river canyons. The first… Read More
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Amaranthus 2018
Here is the 2018 edition of Amaranthus: The Journal of Youth Environmental Leadership, which is a collection of articles and projects submitted by Sustainable Summer alums.
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Cuba In Summation
Greetings America! ¡Dios Mío! The trip is over??? Somehow the last 14 days have felt like an entire year in Cuba yet simultaneously like the flash of a dream. Only in a country this profoundly fascinating, confusing, irresistible, and vibrant could time move so fast and still so slow. We left Havana for a couple… Read More
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Our Cast of Characters in Cuba
Hey folks, Okay, so you heard about the program…but what about the cast of characters?? So…We asked our students to write something they admire and value about specific person in the group (drew names) and this is what they wrote… “Kevin has tremendously grown as a leader on this program. I admire his inclusiveness during… Read More
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Mas Galapagos!
The past few days have been awesome! Meeting new people, trying new things, and being able to participate in extraordinary things has been the highlight of the trip so far. Yesterday we started off the day at 5:30 am. Our day consisted of a bus ride, a boat ride, a hike, and an amazing snorkel…. Read More
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Update from Havana
Hey Families and Friends, Greetings from Old Havana, from the lobby of the historical Hotel Los Frailes, a very old monastery-turned-hotel that is currently filled with relaxing live Cuban jazz and me, hurriedly piecing out a blog for this incredible trip. I apologise profusely for not getting a blog out sooner, but this program has… Read More
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Update from the Galapagos
I’m writing this from our lovely hostel while a group of us is preparing dinner for tonight. We’ve had a long day, starting at the Charles Darwin research center where we were able to see the famous Diego along with some other adorable young tortoises (would anyone notice if we adopted one?). The tortoises are… Read More
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