University of California, Los Angeles
ER-12: Sustainability Immersive Experience

Thailand Travel Study program: UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability students aided Thailand's tsunami-affected villages, restoring the water onion (Crinum thaianum) as part of their fieldwork and community service in the 2004 tsunami-affected villages. The students were part of a work group, which included the Youth Conservation Club of Kuraburi City, Phang Nga Province, that assessed the water quality of streams with the water onion vis-à-vis those without, and also transplanted specimens from on stream with an abundance to a more protected area. It was a five week program that consisted of academic fieldwork and community service in the beach and coastal communities on Thailand’s North Andaman Seacoast. http://www.environment.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=5711 African Studies: Senegal - Sustainable Community Development: Offered by the UCLA African Studies Center and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, this program is focused on sustainable community development in Senegal, West Africa. The program will build on existing projects based in Dakar and Guede Chantier, Senegal. Students will commit to a rigorous program combining academic coursework and language training with fieldwork in selected Senegalese villages. Appropriate for students working in international development studies, African studies, environmental science, global studies, public policy, public health, or others in the social and human sciences committed to a greener and more equitable future. www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=115919 www.ieo.ucla.edu/TravelStudy/AfricanStudies-Senegal/overview.htm