Mangrove Education and Restoration Program Blog Sometimes as an educator it is difficult to inspire students, even if we are passionate about an issue. No matter what I do in the classroom, I still feel like I can’t reach some youth.
Jamaican high school student, Javar Barnes, chronicles his JAMIN experience learning about Jamaican mangroves through participating in the Foundation’s Jamaica Awareness of Mangroves in Nature (J.A.M.I.N.) program. Mangrove Education and Restoration Program Blog My experience with the J.A.M.I.N. (Jamaica Awareness of Mangroves
Mangrove Education and Restoration Program Blog It is hard to believe that the first week of the Mangrove Education and Restoration program is complete. In partnership with FRIENDS, we have successfully implemented phase two of the B.A.M. program. Today, I arrived
Mangrove Education and Restoration Program Blog A guest blog by Donte James Richard, a high school student in The Bahamas, who is participating in the Foundation’s Bahamas Awareness of Mangroves (B.A.M.) program. I am an eleventh grade student at Forest
Mangrove Education and Restoration Program Blog As I exited the airplane on Abaco Island in the Bahamas, I felt the warmth of the sun and a cool breeze hit my face. It is spring in the Caribbean and according to locals, it
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)
