RAINFOREST EXPLORER

The impact of global warming on the Arctic poles is well documented and easy to see. But scientists are just now beginning to understand the impact of

2014 Educator Academy in the Amazon Rainforest is a cross-curricular professional development workshop for educators to use and learn innovative instructional approaches and protocols, and work side by side with scientists while exploring one of the world's most important natural resources -  the Amazon Rainforest.

Here's what past participants are saying about the Educator Academy in the Amazon!

"The instructor led activities were exceptional. The extensive knowledge of the guides and other members of the Amazon Workshop faculty was incredible. Linking those things with the wide range of backgrounds and experiences of the other participants in the program, made it the absolute best program with which I have ever been involved."

- Ken Goree, 2013 Academy participant 

“It was probably the most unique travel experience I've ever had and a biologists' dream come true. One can't help but grow and expand your world view, both professionally and personally.”

– Diane Duffus 2013 Academy participant

The trees and vegetation of the Peruvian Amazon are adapting to a warmer, drier future—but can they adapt fast enough?

National Geographic Rain Forest Plants Race to Outrun Global Warming National Geographic From a 13,000-foot peak of the Andes Mountains in southern Peru, gazing east over the dense rain forests of the Amazon basin, all you see is undulating...

Loreto authorities had not authorized the project nor granted a logging concession in the area. (Satélite revela 1000 ha de dendê "escondidas" na Amazônia peruanaSatélite revela 1000 ha de palma de aceite...

50 Astounding Facts About Rainforests (INFOGRAPHIC)
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Rainforests play a critical role in the maintenance of our planet's good health.

The average American eats about 12 pounds of chocolate per year. I am pretty sure I mentioned that I love chocolate before... dark chocolate to be specific but that is not the "greenest" thing I co...

New research has found rainforests that have been logged several times continue to hold substantial value for biodiversity and could have a role in conservation.
Rainforest destruction in Thailand.

About 40,000 hectares of Amazonic forest, not 18,000 as the government thought, has been destroyed by illegal mining in Peru.

From sinkholes and snake oil to echoes of Eiffel and Herzog, the surreal is simply real in the “Capital of the Amazon” — and you don’t even need a local hallucinogen to experience it.

Madigosky of Westtown Honored for Teaching Excellence at Widener University
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CHESTER, PA (09/05/2013)(readMedia)-- Dr. Stephen R.