Many of our workshops are open to any eco-tourist interested in amateur birding, orchid and plant diversity, environmental conservation, archaeology, cultural diversity and adventure. Those workshops marked with an asterisk (*) are open to all.
2010 - Preliminary Schedule of Workshops
WCU Spring Break Workshop *
March 5th - 14th, 2010
Field Studies in Peru: History, Culture and Environmental Conservation
Cost: $2,300 (From Lima - International Airfare extra)
Itinerary
Registration Forms
Registration Deadline: December 1, 2009
Academic credit available from WCU.
For more information contact: Mary Ann Robinson mrobinson@wcupa.edu
PSU Spring Break Workshop
March 5th - 17th, 2010
Environmental Issues Across the Americas - "From the Andes Mountains to the Amazon Basin"
Cost: $3,400 (From Philadelphia)
Registration Deadline: December 11, 2009
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For more information contact: Dr. Joseph Bishop jab190@psu.edu or Dr. Denice Wardrop dhw110@psu.edu
Aquatic Ecology Workshop *
May 25th - June 4th, 2010 with Optional Extension to Cusco and Machu Picchu June 3rd - June 7th, 2010
Water, People, and Climate Change: Future of the Amazon Rainforest
Sponsored by Stroud Water Research Center in association with the ACEER Foundation and West Chester University
Cost: $2,590 (From Lima - International Airfare extra) Optional Extension: $730
Itinerary
Registration Forms
Registration Deadline: February 22, 2010
Information Session: Thursday, November 19, 2009 from 3:15 to 4:15 PM in Room 301A Sturzebecker, West Chester University
For more information contact: Mary Ann Robinson mrobinson@wcupa.edu or Sue Herbert sherbert@stroudcenter.org
King's College Workshop
May 25th - June 10th, 2010
Biology Workshop to the Rainforest and Cloud Forest of Peru
For more information contact: Garrett Barr garrettbarr@kings.edu
College of Charleston Workshop
June 3rd - June 23rd, 2010
Introduction to Tropical Ecology: Natural and Human Ecology of Amazonia
For more information contact: Dr. Phil Dustan dustanp@cofc.edu
Girl Scout Senior 243 Troop
June 21st - June 23rd, 2010
Senior girl scouts and their leaders explore the cloud forest at Wayqecha and visit the newly completed canopy walkway in the Andes!
For more information contact: Mary Ann Robinson mrobinson@wcupa.edu
WCU Summer Workshop to Peru *
July, 2010
Field Studies in Peru: Geology and Environmental Studies of the Amazon Rainforest, the Andes, Lake Titcaca and Arequipa
Itinerary and Registration Forms coming soon!
Academic credit available from WCU.
For more information contact: Mary Ann Robinson mrobinson@wcupa.edu or Dr. Daria Nikitina dnikitina@wcupa.edu
Environmental Education Workshop in the Amazon Rainforest and the Andes *
August, 2010
An environmental education experience for students, teachers, and the adventurous.
Itinerary and Registration Forms coming soon!
Registration Deadline: April 26, 2010
Academic credit available from WCU.
For more information contact: Mary Ann Robinson mrobinson@wcupa.edu
Botanical Medicine Workshop *
Sept./Oct., 2010
An exploration of traditional and modern uses of plant-based medicines from the Amazon and Andes.
Sample Itinerary from 2009
CMEs available from WCU.
For more information contact: Mary Ann Robinson mrobinson@wcupa.edu
Orchids of Peru Workshop *
Fall, 2010
Sample Itinerary from 2009
For more information contact: Mary Ann Robinson mrobinson@wcupa.edu
2009 – SCHEDULE OF WORKSHOPS Remaining
Orchids of Peru - Registration Closed!
November 5th - 14th, 2009
Visit the Manu Cloud Forest at Wayqecha, the Sacred City of Machu Picchu, and Alfredo Manrique's nurseries in Lima.
Itinerary
Registration Forms
Contact: Mary Ann Robinson mrobinson@wcupa.edu
Completed 2009 Workshops
Geology and Environmental Studies of the Amazon Rainforest and Andes, West Chester University - Feb./March 2009
Itinerary
Moravian College Workshop - May/June, 2009
Itinerary
College of Charleston Workshop - June, 2009
Botanical Medicines from the Amazon and the Andes - Oct., 2009
Itinerary
Completed 2008 Workshops
Artminer’s Gold Project Group – March 2008
Ecology of the Amazon rainforest and Andes – March 2008
Orchids of Peru – April, 2008
Where There Be Dragons, Spring – April 2008
King’s College Faculty Workshop – May/June, 2008
College of Charleston – June, 2008
Student Rainforest Fund Workshop – June/July, 2008
Where There Be Dragons, Summer – July, 2008
Yoga and Mediation in Sacred Places of Peru – July, 2008
Edgewood College Faculty Workshop – July, 2008
University of Hohenheim, Germany – August, 2008
Botanical Medicines from the Amazon and the Andes – September/October, 2008
OTS - October, 2008
Orchids of Peru - November, 2008
OTS/MAST - November, 2008
Environmental Issues Across the Americas – Penn State University - Dec. 2008/Jan. 2009
For full details and registration materials contact: Mary Ann Robinson at 610-738-0477 or mrobinson@wcupa.edu
Notes:
Prices vary – some workshops are priced from Lima, others are all inclusive (international airfare, transportation, hotels, food, guides.) Price adjustments are available for departures from other cities. Academic credit is available from West Chester University (unless indicated otherwise,) and WCU will PREPAY any Amazon Workshop for WCU students who may repay in easy installments.
All prices are subject to change until booked and ticketed.
Academic Credit, CEUs and CMEs are available for workshops
as warranted.
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