Environmental Studies

Academics

Home > Academics > Departments & Programs > Environmental Studies > Study Abroad

OFF-CAMPUS STUDY

International

The Amazon Yarapa River Lodge in Peru

The Amazon Yarapa River Lodge is open to students from anywhere for long-term studies, field trips, and research projects. The Lodge also offers 4-day and 7-day itineraries for voyages.

Cornell University has built and maintained a research station adjacent to the Amazon Yarapa River Lodge. Since the completion of the field lab in 2001, multiple groups of students and scientists have studied and researched the flora and fauna of the rainforest. Ethnobotanical studies and medicinal plant research is currently being done at the facility.

The Amazon Yarapa River Lodge is dedicated to protecting the environment and has agreed with the local tribes to set aside a huge natural preserve. The Lodge uses earth-friendly resources, including full solar powering, composting, and flush toilets with a waste management system.

Please click here for more information.

Australia Study Group

The University of Wollongong, located on the coast of New South Wales, approximately 50 miles south of Sydney, is the study site for the Australia Study Group. This study-abroad program is designed for students who have demonstrated a strong affinity for broad-based, interdisciplinary exploration of environmental studies.

The academic offerings and extensive resources of the University of Wollongong, as well as the living and studying opportunities with Australian students, allow study-group participants a unique means to broaden and deepen their understanding of the historical, cultural and biological diversity of Australia.

The overall goal of this study group experience is to acquaint students with the historical events and environmental issues that have shaped the modern state of Australia. This experience will immerse students in a foreign culture, exposing them to contrasting ways of thinking about and configuring the world, which will deepen their understanding of their own beliefs and identity.

Please click here for more information.

Within the U.S.

Greenpeace Organizing Term

The Greenpeace Organizing Term is an action-packed semester of travel and training. It’s a hands-on training program designed to give students the skills to be an environmental leader. Students will learn about current environmental issues and solutions while being trained by experts in grassroots organizing, leadership, media, and campaign strategy. Students will travel internationally with Greenpeace to work with activists abroad. Students will also learn how to engage in peaceful direct action, climb, and drive Greenpeace boats.

The semester is offered in the Washington, D.C. and San Francisco offices. Applications for the spring 2010 term are due October 12, 2009.

Please click here for more information.

Semester in Environmental Science at Woods Hole, Massachusetts

This semester-long program is offered at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass., and is especially suited for environmental studies majors and minors by offering a focused semester on ecosystem-level science. Students will receive four course credits toward graduation.

At least two of the courses will count toward their ENST major or minor, but as many as all four courses may count toward the ENST major or minor depending on the affiliated department and the elective course a student selects.

Please click here for more information.

The Maritime Studies Program of Williams College and Mystic Seaport

Williams-Mystic, the Maritime Studies Program of Williams College and Mystic Seaport, is a unique semester-long program based in Mystic, CT. For English, American Studies, and Environmental Studies majors, this is the ideal off-campus semester. The semester is packed with travel, learning about our own country as well as the global ocean and coastal environment. Students go to sea on a tall ship for more than a week out of sight of land and travel in vans along the coasts of central California, the Pacific Northwest, and southern Louisiana. Their home base is in Mystic Seaport, where students, in addition to their four courses, also take a skills course, such as blacksmithing, small boat sailing, or sea music. Students receive a William transcript.

Please click here for more information.