Posts Tagged ‘conservation’

April 26th, 2010 - 6:08 pm § in In the Field, Nicaragua

Water is What Water Does

Last Thursday, Earth Day celebrated all methods to conserve our natural resources and how we as citizens of the world can help do so. One of the surprising facts I’ve learned while volunteering with blueEnergy is how desperate developing nations have become for clean, filtered and pure sources of [...]

March 25th, 2010 - 5:00 pm § in Around Town, Belize, Culture, In the Field

When Doing Good Makes You the Bad Guy

Our organization, the Ya’axché Conservation Trust, has been struggling recently with how best to externally communicate what we do. Are we a conservation group? Are we a humanitarian group? With a mission statement defining us as a community-oriented organization, our position as the manager[...]

March 11th, 2010 - 5:14 pm § in Around Town, Belize, Good Ideas, In the Field, Volunteer

“Don’t get your reading material from the dump.”

This morning while heading into work, we dumped our garbage. Driven by our protected areas manager, Nat, two other volunteers and I assisted in the process by tossing bags and crates of rubbish on top of one of many exposed piles of trash along a road off the highway. Nat, jaded by his time in [...][...]

February 11th, 2010 - 6:45 pm § in Belize, Day in the Life, Tips & Resources, Volunteer

Scorpions and Tarantulas and Rats, Oh My!

One of the main reasons I chose my volunteer position was the free housing provided at the field center.  Prior to making the move, I asked my standard first question: “Are there tarantulas?” The response was just short of laughing in my face. Aside from tarantulas, we are also the pro[...]

August 26th, 2009 - 5:54 pm § in Around Town, Good Ideas, Nicaragua

Resourcefulness and Ingenuity

Feeling inspired by tacogirl’s post on Monday about the children in Belize who are living in a “different, more simpler way,” I would like to elaborate on her insight and talk about how I have been continually impressed with how this simple life often leads to a heightened ability for resource[...]





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