Advanced Topics in Environment and Health: Ecosystem Approaches in the Field (ENVS4800A)

Course Code: ENVS 4800A
Course Date: February 18, 2023 to February 26, 2023
Course Instructor: Martin Bunch

Course Description

This course is an introduction to the ecosystem approach to health and well-being (ecohealth); an applied approach based on principles of systems thinking, transdisciplinarity, participation, gender and social equity, knowledge-to-action, and sustainability. The course will be a 10-day intensive course at York University’s Eco Campus in Costa Rica. In order to provide participants with a more concrete experience of ecosystem approaches to health, the course has been designed around the themes of EcoHealth and Watersheds and EcoHealth and Food. Both of these will focus on the case study of “linking health, environment and community” in the Alexander Skutch Biological Corridor.

Course Gallery

Winter 2023

This course ran from 18 to 26 February 2023 and was taught by Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change professor, Dr. Martin Bunch.

Quizarrá, Alexander Skutch Biological Corridor, Perez Zeledón, Costa Rica

Rivas, Perez Zeledón, Costa Rica

Montecarlo, Alexander Skutch Biological Corridor, Perez Zeledón, Costa Rica

Peñas Blancas River, Alexander Skutch Biological Corridor, Perez Zeledón, Costa Rica

Santa Elena, Alexander Skutch Biological Corridor, Perez Zeledón, Costa Rica

Las Nubes EcoCampus, Alexander Skutch Biological Corridor, Perez Zeledón, Costa Rica

Santa Elena, Alexander Skutch Biological Corridor, Perez Zeledón, Costa Rica

San Isidro, Perez Zeledón, Costa Rica

Las Nubes EcoCampus, Alexander Skutch Biological Corridor, Perez Zeledón, Costa Rica

Reading Week (Winter) 2020

Peñas Blancas River, Perez Zeledón, Costa Rica

The course ran from February 15-23, 2020. The instructor was Dr. Martin Bunch from the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change.

Rivas, Perez Zeledón, Costa Rica

Rivas, Perez Zeledón, Costa Rica

Rivas, Perez Zeledón, Costa Rica

Rivas, Perez Zeledón, Costa Rica

Reading Week (Winter) 2019

The course ran from February 16-24, 2019. The instructor was Dr. Martin Bunch from Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change.

Rivas, Perez Zeledón, Costa Rica

Rivas, Perez Zeledón, Costa Rica

Peñas Blancas River, Perez Zeledón, Costa Rica

Peñas Blancas River, Perez Zeledón, Costa Rica

Reading Week (Winter) 2018

The course ran from February 17-25, 2018. The instructor was Dr. Martin Bunch from Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change. (Photos courtesy of N. Ahmed)