By Grady Jakobsberg of University of Vermont Patagonia Student Program – Spring 2020 Editor’s Note: RRCS – Patagonia students begin their Humans and the Environment class by reading William Cronon’s influential article “A Place for Stories: Nature, History, and Narrative”….
By Allegra Klein of the University of Vermont Botswana Student Program – Spring Semester 2020 Hello everyone! Or should I say, “Dumela!” in Setswana, one of the primary languages spoken in Botswana. Our first week here has felt like a…
By Elyse Ruthenbeck of University of Vermont When arriving in Botswana I was excited to continue to have warm weather and escape the Minnesota tundra back home. However, after weeks of relentless heat, I now find myself avoiding the sun…
By Gracie Little of Carleton College Patagonia Student Program – Fall 2019 Semester As with many encounters with Mother Nature, our time in Entrada Mayer was a lesson in humility. Those five days of slightly haphazard research, rain, and farm…