EcoClub 3: Birds with a Side of Ham-and-Cheese Sandwiches

This Friday we took EcoClub on a special field trip to the Jocotoco Bird Reserve in Ayampe. It was a blast hiking through the dry tropical forest and playing in nature with fourteen elementary and middle school kids. We learned about the Esmeraldas Woodstar, the world’s...

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EcoClub 2: Kids, Turtles and the Race to the Sea

Today we took the kids to Playita for a special Sunday EcoClub. We were planning to excavate three nests, and I thought it would be cool for the kids to see the dead fetuses and the bacteria and fungus inside the unhatched eggs. In fact, the kids got to see so much more!All...

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EcoClub 1: Blue Paint Gets Everywhere

Every Saturday, Equilibrio Azul welcomes between five and thirty kids to the house for EcoClub. The kids show up in motorcycle taxis or walking, from next door or across town, holding a parent's hand or a little sibling's hand or all alone. One thing all the kids have...

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Turtle Captures

Once a week we capture both green and hawksbill turtles for tagging and monitoring.To catch green turtles, we hang carnada, or bait, over the side of a boat right here in the harbor. For bait we use fish heads from the morning market. The big, oily forehead of the dorado...

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