tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63172164173000425532024-02-07T02:15:00.351-08:00Finca BlogFinca Project Video Blog 1.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/09021217520074728494noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317216417300042553.post-79892433117104463372007-07-04T08:18:00.001-07:002008-12-09T03:40:15.795-08:00Getting Started in Coopa Buena<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigRECmHXZwpCH6fR96KLxJT-f5h05Ayrxj7Wcckj3FXBff8TVqe_QLCeqiXpl2B_6cIUuN_PzjyCd2y3Qroodc6oGrHjaC0-x9XuHQuVmAVNRz37gMxyJNf0aCxJgxZ77NFv_DoeQXig/s1600-h/CIMG0601.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigRECmHXZwpCH6fR96KLxJT-f5h05Ayrxj7Wcckj3FXBff8TVqe_QLCeqiXpl2B_6cIUuN_PzjyCd2y3Qroodc6oGrHjaC0-x9XuHQuVmAVNRz37gMxyJNf0aCxJgxZ77NFv_DoeQXig/s320/CIMG0601.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5083365800549054610" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Well, here we go!<span style=""> </span>Finca Blog Summer 2007 is now underway.<span style=""> </span>I guess I should introduce myself; my name is Elisa and I am one of nine interns currently working at Finca Project (that's me in the orange shirt). <span style=""> </span>I’m an up</span><span style="color:black;">coming junior at <st1:placename st="on">Claremont</st1:placename> <st1:placename st="on">McKenna</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">College</st1:placetype> and am majoring in Environment, Economics, and Politics (EEP) which as it turns out applies perfectly to the dynamic I’m experiencing here in <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Coopa Buena</st1:city>, <st1:country-region st="on">Costa Rica</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">As of last week all of the interns have arrived, so now the fun really begins!<span style=""> </span>We’re split up into three groups: Community Outreach, Environmental Education, and Film Crew.<span style=""> </span>I am one-third of the Education group and already we’ve already been working up a storm…</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy7KuI7f2VlzPqfaAUxfBB27z3IKa9qZruRcEOdLZBoHY-xFH3yPyDbqZvfbizHFvATlcwWzEDyhFaFjJIA7dGc7CSGe5MDYDKJzCDND842MFxGJc-6rmfe5Bu_vpGffAt89nWPAh1MQ/s1600-h/CIMG0582.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy7KuI7f2VlzPqfaAUxfBB27z3IKa9qZruRcEOdLZBoHY-xFH3yPyDbqZvfbizHFvATlcwWzEDyhFaFjJIA7dGc7CSGe5MDYDKJzCDND842MFxGJc-6rmfe5Bu_vpGffAt89nWPAh1MQ/s320/CIMG0582.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5083363116194494594" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">My group’s big project for the summer, which now takes up the majority of my time, is to develop an experiential environmental education curriculum for schools in the Aguabuena school district.<span style=""> </span>Many of the schools in the area have expressed an interest to include environmental education in their curricula because either none exists or what does exist is minimal, so my group’s job is to create, propose, and run the curricula at the schools as part of a three-week Environment and Conservation unit.<span style=""> </span>The Costa Rican school year follows the calendar year, so right now students are just finishing their first semester.<span style=""> </span>So far I have already started working with administrators at the elementary school and high school in Coopa Buena and will begin working with students after a two-week vacation that ends the week of July 16<sup>th</sup>.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Until next time, <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">¡</span><span style="color:black;">Pura Vida!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Elisa<o:p></o:p></span></p>Finca Project Video Blog 1.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/09021217520074728494noreply@blogger.com0