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Cartoons as an education tool Mini Workshop @ 12/3
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Cartoons as an education tool Mini Workshop @ 12/3
A TCD student, Farah Carrasco Rueda, has graciously agreed to share what she learned in a Workshop provided by Rohan Chakravarty (www.greenhumour.com), at the past 2018 Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation meeting, with the TCD community. Farah will provide the basics of generating cartoons of your study / favorite organism very informally to those
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Coffee & Development Workshop and Tasting
Do you want to know more about how coffee transforms from a humble bean, to a delicious drink in your mug? Do you want to know how to taste coffee? Are you curious about the livelihood of coffee farmers?Then come join us for our panel discussion on coffee production from farm to consumption. Our panel
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Trueke Market Exchange Event
What? A take on a Latin American tradition of alternative exchange markets where vendors are more than sellers, they are participants and community members. Bring goods or offer services to exchange and a willingness to connect with others. When? 3:30-5:30 PM- Friday, November 16 Facebook Event Where? Ethnoecology Garden 2799 SW 7th Pl, Gainesville, FL
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2017 Schmink Innovation Award winners present their work on cross-cultural learning and indigenous pedagogy
Click here to see the video of their Tropilunch’s presentation entitled “Basket of knowledge”: Weaving networks, connecting multiple ways of knowing and technologies through the creation and use of alternative didactic kits in indigenous pedagogy in Amazonas, Brazil
2017 Schmink Outstanding Dissertation Awardee presenting special Tropilunch on Indigenous mobilization and livelihoods in Brazilian Amazon
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Thaissa Sobreiro, the 2017 winner of the Marianne Schmink Outstanding Dissertation Award will be in Gainesville to present her dissertation “Indigenous mobilization and multi-local livelihood strategies in the Middle Rio Negro, northwestern Brazilian Amazon” during a Special Tropilunch in October. Dr. Sobreiro received her PhD in Interdisciplinary Ecology
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Nature art activity available for TCD community
Would you like to take a break and let nature inspire your creativity in a different way than to study for courses, read papers and write grants? TCD is offering two activities for you to choose from: Mandala coloring (from UF counseling and Wellness Center) and rubber stamp carving for printmaking (see images and descriptions
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