From Andes to Amazon: An Environmental Exploration Seminar in Peru
August - September 2015
I had assumed I would never study abroad during college. As with many other experiences, it was the connections I made through the Honors Program that refined that idea. My freshmen Honors 100 students, though they may not know it, were in large part responsible for finally encouraged me to consider the possibility that I could, and wanted to, study abroad while in college.
I traveled to Peru with a group of 15 students that consisted entirely of Environmental Studies and Biology majors--many of which were more outdoorsy people than me. Our program was hosted through the Program on the Environment with a focus on Biodiversity, Conversation, and Sustainability. Despite our high-energy and nature-friendly group, the month we spent in Peru was mentally, physically, and emotionally taxing.
What going to Peru taught me, more than anything, was that the world is huge and I know so little of it. But it also taught me that I love and value where I come from, that family and home are incredibly important to me, and that I can make a difference in the place that I am from.
I traveled to Peru with a group of 15 students that consisted entirely of Environmental Studies and Biology majors--many of which were more outdoorsy people than me. Our program was hosted through the Program on the Environment with a focus on Biodiversity, Conversation, and Sustainability. Despite our high-energy and nature-friendly group, the month we spent in Peru was mentally, physically, and emotionally taxing.
What going to Peru taught me, more than anything, was that the world is huge and I know so little of it. But it also taught me that I love and value where I come from, that family and home are incredibly important to me, and that I can make a difference in the place that I am from.
Some rules of the rain forest:
1) Don't touch anything if you haven't taken a good look at it first.
2) Don't ever leave camp without a flashlight, full water bottle, and a map.
3) Practice Constant Vigilance: with regards to putting on shoes and throwing things in the tent.
4) Learn to coexist with bugs. There is no other option.
1) Don't touch anything if you haven't taken a good look at it first.
2) Don't ever leave camp without a flashlight, full water bottle, and a map.
3) Practice Constant Vigilance: with regards to putting on shoes and throwing things in the tent.
4) Learn to coexist with bugs. There is no other option.