“After the COBI meeting with local fishermen we all met for supper at a family-owned local restaurant in Puerto Libertad. Almost immediately after I walked in, the owner, Emilia, invited me into her kitchen toContinue reading
Category: Gulf of California – 2012
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Environmental Education and Conservation in Fishing Communities
During our trip, there were several occasion in which the importance of children education presented itself to me as an evident fact when dealing with conservation and the way communities interact with the environment andContinue reading
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Between Two Worlds
Spending two days with the Seri was an enlightening experience concerning the cultural transitions they are undergoing. On the first day, we entered the village built by the Mexican government for the indigenous group inContinue reading
conservation, Duke Marine Lab, environmental policy, Gulf of California - 2012, marine studies, students, travel, Video Posts
Diversity
As I put this video clip together, I tried to capture the vast ecological diversity that the Gulf of California contains. Throughout the trip I was amazed by the stark contrast of the harsh desertContinue reading
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Cosme the Great
Several pounds and hundreds of tortillas later we’re back in North Carolina fondly remembering our trip to Sonora, Mexico. I’ve been contemplating the topic on which I’d like to blog and while those excellent twoContinue reading
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Why are we talking about Lewis Carroll in the Sonoran Desert?
By the time we approached our campsite near Puerto Libertad, it was already too dark to see anything. Xavier kept going on and on about how we were going to see a “disjunct population” ofContinue reading
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Trip Destinations Google Map
Who doesn’t love a good map? Especially when it shows all the amazing places we went during our time in Mexico. Below is a link to the Google Map I created to do just that.Continue reading
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Mother of Pearl, SO MUCH FOOD.
There is only one way that I will voluntarily wake up at 5:30 in the morning, and that is when there is promise of a day of great food. This morning we rolled out ofContinue reading
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7 Not-so-easy Steps for Growing Pearls in the Gulf of California
As part of our visit to the city of Guaymas, Sonora, we had the opportunity to visit the only pearl oyster farm in North America (Perlas Del Mar de Cortez).