Category: Location

Tonga Coral Education Program Blog (from October 30, 2015) Our trip has ended and it’s time to make the long journey half way across the world. Looking back, it has been an amazing trip to Tonga. We have collected follow-up

Tonga Coral Education Program (from October 26, 2015) As the Foundation’s education team left Maryland, fall was settling over the area in its rich orange and yellow hues.  Crossing over the International Dateline and the equator on our way to Tonga,

Tonga Coral Education Program Blog (from October 21, 2015) In Polynesia, an island group that includes Central and South Pacific island archipelagos, people have been passing down myths or legends by word of mouth for thousands of years. These oral

Tonga Coral Education Program Blog (from October 20, 2015) After meetings with different ministries and bouncing between schools to set up appointments to meet with the students we previously tutored on coral reef ecology, I finally get to set foot in a

Tonga Coral Education Program Blog (from October 19, 2015) Landing in Tongatapu for our Coral Reef Education Program, my first impression was how very flat the island is.  When I lived in Hawaii, I basically had a 3000 ft (900 m)

Expedition Log: Tonga – Day 3 Hi there! Melinda Campbell here. I am the Foundation’s new Education Programs Specialist. I was hired as an additional writer of our Coral Reef Ecology Curriculum and to generally help out our Director of

Expedition Log: Tonga – Day 2 This is my third year coming to Tonga to wrap up a coral reef education program, and I’m excited to be back in the “friendly islands.” We started our pilot coral reef education program

Expedition Log: Tonga – Day 1 Malo e lelei! This means hello in Tongan. I’m very happy to announce that I just arrived in the Kingdom of Tonga. This island nation consists of over 170 islands and it is located