By Adam Blachly of Middlebury College I’ve always been a believer that education is one of the best ways to connect with the natural world. Education is a tool for appreciation, for questioning, for research. While there is fundamental beauty…
By Anna Bosco of Oberlin College On a dreary and windy weekday morning, (I’d long lost track of which day it was) I found myself bushwhacking through thorny scrub on a steep hill face, scanning my surroundings for signs of…
By Max King of University of Vermont While not everyone in the group might have felt the same, or at least not in the moment, I enjoyed the 4am wake up and the quiet shuffle of students eating breakfast and…
By Michaela Francesconi of University of Vermont Running, running, running. Fast and hard, from what I can only imagine. But I do not want to face the possibility of what I could be running from. Finally, I stop, feeling I…
By Madison Busacco of University of Vermont Here in Mababe, we’ve spent our first days learning how to navigate life in the bush. We are at this camp, Dizhana, for 19 days, so we’ve done our best to make it…