1hr 1min 17sec | Documentary | Peasants, Rural Wellbeing, Identity | February 10, 2022 Buried Seeds (2022) looks at the life experiences of twenty peasants in Southern Costa Rica, their sense of identity, their daily struggles, the threats to their ways of life, and what sustains them. The stories told in their own words reveal
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1hr 2min 21sec | Documentary | Social Determinants of Health, Nicaraguan Migrants, Wellbeing | June 10, 2021 More than Migrants (2021) follows the lived experience of nine people striving to make a new life for themselves and their families in Costa Rica. The stories told in their own words reveal the strength and resilience needed
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The Grounded Project endeavours to contribute to the profound understanding of the contradictions of socioecological wellbeing in the Global South. Through a transdisciplinary, participatory approach engaging academics, students and key stakeholders around community-relevant issues, the Grounded Project combines film creation with grounded research methodology to create and support knowledge mobilization related to public discourse about
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Adjective Middle English, from Old English grund; akin to Old High German grunt ground:1. Connected to the earth2. Confined to stay inside3. Not allowed to fly (in aviation)4. Based on empirical data (as in Grounded Theory)5. Mature, sensible with well-considered priorities Grounded is an approach to bringing awareness to issues concerning environmental sustainability, biodiversity conservation,
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James Love Lecture on Environmental Conservation The James B. Love Lecture in Environmental Conservation is named after James (Jim) Love in recognition of his tremendous support for the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change (EUC) and York University Martha and Murray Sr. Fisher Lecture on Rural Wellbeing The Martha and Murray Sr. Fisher is named
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The Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change offers a 10-day program for high school students at our EcoCampus and other locations in Southern Costa Rica. This field course is intensive and rich in experiences that range from food production, forest ecosystems, indigenous issues, Costa Rican history and rural culture and biodiversity conservation. If you would
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Overview The Study Abroad Program at Las Nubes EcoCampus offers several courses during the academic year, though which students are given an unprecedented opportunity to interact with and learn from the local rural Costa Rican communities through first-hand lessons on tropical ecology, sustainability, indigenous education, arts, health, and conservation. The emphasis of our programs is
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Las Nubes Project has dedicated a great part of its efforts to educate Canadian and Costa Rican students, as well as local communities within the Alexander Skutch Biological Corridor (COBAS – Spanish Acronym), on environmental issues and sustainable practices. By the mid-2000s, Las Nubes Project had established a field course focused on tropical ecology, sustainability
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