We began our adventure at Rancho Mastatal a few days ago by diving into some of the principles of permaculture, the art of fermentation, and getting muddy with some different natural building techniques. A typical day has consisted of harvesting and eating delicious food, hiking to a nearby waterfall and enjoying a swim, and learning […]
Daniel Vega is an organic farmer from Costa Rica. We went to his farm last week to learn about his work and how Costa Rican farmers can become organic and sustainable. We harvested and shelled peppers (Tejas ate 100 at one time!), made compost, fed pigs, planted vanilla, and transplanted cacao trees (13, so one […]
We’ve wrapped up an incredible three days with student teams launching 7 different social venture starts up in just under 60 hours. Modules on ideation, lean canvas methodology, customer discovery, rapid prototyping, and pitching — with lots of feedback and mentorship thrown in — guided the development of each concept into polished and professional pitch […]
7/17 Today we woke up at 5:30 to get on a bus at 6:00. The bus ride was bountiful with laughs and great views. After the bus ride we got on a large boat with 6 other people. The boat ride was two hours long and te entire time we sate on the bow. We […]
July 15: Our “lazy Sunday” ended up being not so lazy! After a delicious breakfast of homemade yogurt, granola, scrambled eggs washed down with tree tomato juice & coffee, we all settled in on couches in the lounge to watch the last game of the World Cup! Sipping amazing fresh coffee & chatting with the […]
July 13th: We started off our day in front of our hostel getting on our helmets and adjusting our bikes. Then, we rode through the town of Puerto Ayora before starting our ascent up a GIANT hill. We were all sweating like crazy trying to keep up with Paul, our guide. After making it up […]
Buenas Noches a todos! Friday was our full day at EARTH University. We began our day with gallo pinto, huevos, y piña and then headed to the Organic Farm with the fourth year students. We were able to examine the differences in the variety of cacao that the farm is growing while Fernando talked about […]
Week 1 of the program kept up a brisk pace from Monday morning right up through Friday afternoon when we took our foot off the gas and settled into a casual weekend routine. Saturday morning we visited the Dartmouth Organic Farm to learn about some of the food production systems and research taking place there. […]
Greetings from Galapagos! It’s day 5 on our trip and we haven’t stopped. Today we started with a delicious breakfast and a short walk to a beach near Charles Darwin Research Center. There, we snorkeled in the bay and saw rays, fish and other marine life thriving in the crystal blue water. Then we ventured […]
We all arrived in San Jose on Saturday night. We spent the night at Hotel Brilla Sol, where we all quickly got to know each other and soon went to bed after a long day of travel. The next morning, we all got up super early to get on our bus to go whitewater rafting […]