Imagine yourself overlooking the canopy of the Rainforest!

AMAZON RAINFOREST WORKSHOP
Specially Designed for Travelers Interested in Natural History, Canopy Research, and Ethnobotany
DEPARTURE DATE: JUNE 24 – JULY 2, 2008
Group Leader – DR. MEG LOWMAN

Unique, active, and fun! This expedition is an eye-opening introduction to the environmental and cultural aspects of the Amazon
Rainforest and River System. The program is a third world experience that is safe, comfortable, and accessible. The itinerary
offers travelers a window on scientific discovery. Intercultural interactions are coordinated to be engaging and meaningful.

PROGRAM FEATURES
“This is a non-stop workshop full of once-in-a-lifetime experiences.”
You’ll be immersed in field experiences at four rainforest lodge facilities in the Amazon basin of Northern Peru:

• Ascend over 115 feet on a 1/4-mile Rainforest Canopy Walkway, one of the few of its kind in the New World.
• Visit indigenous communities and contribute to the well being of people who live on the Amazon River.
• Identify the many ecosystem partnerships of one of the most biologically diverse environments on our earth
• Engage all of your senses to observe the unique flora and fauna of the Amazon Rainforest.
• Use hand lenses, binoculars, maps, taxonomic keys for identification, and simple field equipment with the help of Dr. Lowman and our experienced Naturalist Guides to learn about:
  • Insect Camouflage & Mimicry
  • Neotropical Butterflies
  • Rainforest Canopy Research
  • Rainforest Conservation
  • Neotropical Birds & Migration
  • Ethnobotany
  • Rainforest Ecosystem Comparisons
  • Amazon River System, Geology and Soils
  • Medicinal Plants
  • Orchids & Bromeliads

The 2008 land cost for this workshop is $1898 and the international flight roundtrip Lima ~ $950- $1050.
Space is limited, so reserve your place early! Contact: Dr. Frances Gatz,
Environmental Expeditions, 9335 Fraser Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
Phone: 301-585-7027 or toll free at 1-800-669-6806 FAX 301-585-4899 Email: frances@ee-link.net
For general information see the website http://www.travel2learn.com/4students.htm

For more information view the printable PDF Flyer

Dr. Lowman will be speaking on Jan. 15th at Calvin College.
Jan. 15 - “It’s a Jungle Up There: Exploration of the Treetops,” Margaret Lowman, tropical rain forest canopy biologist and educator at New College.

Full Calvin College lecture series is here.

From the Bradenton Herald:

Manatee County residents will be able to catch her speech - and those of other notable speakers through the college’s January Series - live through broadcasts at Bradenton Christian School starting today.

The college, a Christian liberal arts school in Grand Rapids, Mich., has conducted the January Series lectures for more than 20 years.

For the first time, the series will be broadcast live to a dozen locations in the United States, including Bradenton Christian. The series won the International Platform Society’s Silver Bowl Award for best campus lecture series in the nation three times in the 1990s, and the award has since been retired.

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If you go

What: Bradenton Christian School will be broadcasting Calvin College’s January Series, featuring speakers on a variety of topics

When: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., between today and Jan. 23 (see dates and topics)

Where: Bradenton Christian School’s auditorium, 3304 43rd St. W., Bradenton

Admission: Free

Information: 792-5454