Posts in Duke University and Environmental Conservation & Sustainability

I’ve never really been the reflective type. I had a journal during the summer of 2023 hoping to start a…

My time in Gandoca, Costa Rica offered an immersive cultural and sustainability-oriented experience. I was welcomed into local Costa Rican…

The yucca cutting stared up at me defiantly with its ojitos or "little eyes," daring me to plant it incorrectly.…

Try new things. That’s been my theme this summer, and ACE has been the driving force behind it. Coming into…

As I boarded my first flight to Costa Rica, reality finally hit me: I was en route to one of…

Community. This is a word I had used in the context of groups with similar beliefs, physical characteristics, experiences, etc.…

This image shows ACE participant Connor Krug shark diving on a previous vacation!  When I stumbled upon the 2022 ACE…

I didn’t think I’d still be struggling to breathe after over 2 weeks in Colorado. But carrying surprisingly heavy, awkwardly-shaped…

In a world where news headlines convince us that the world is warming at an alarming rate and climate change…

“Beware when life gets too easy,” our guide at the Ute Mountain Tribal Park told us on the hot July…