Today, our fourth day on our Shoulder to Shoulder excursion to Costa Rica, we woke up an hour later than the previous days in order to recover from our first turtle patrol. For our turtle patrol, we split into four groups. Two groups left the house at 10:30 to do the first hour and a...
Today was a beautiful day in Panama! Our group started off with a short beach hike where we quickly became friends with three local dogs. We swam in the blue water which we all really enjoyed. The beach swim was followed by a group reflection in which we talked about our presence on Bastimentos....
Today, we visited the local nonprofit Sustain the Nine and spent time with their team and interns over a BBQ. We loved connecting with one another, and the interns shared their research on the Mississippi River’s path toward their watershed. They discussed how pollution affects their water, and helped the students understand the impacts...