Author: Tom Hudson

When students from the University of Georgia pack their bags and travel to study abroad in Costa Rica, they are a long way from the comforts of home. The journey typically starts with an hour or so drive to the … Continue reading “Redefining Home” →

When students from the University of Georgia pack their bags and travel to study abroad in Costa Rica, they are a long way from the comforts of home. The journey typically starts with an hour or so drive to the … Continue reading “THE HOMESTAY EXPERIENCE” →

When you go to a national park in Costa Rica, the world’s leader in biodiversity, you know that it is going to be a wonderful sensory experience. However, one never knows exactly what they will find. Every aspect of the … Continue reading “Blurred Lines” →

Since January this year everyone in the astrophysics community has been raving about the discovery of a potential ninth planet in our Solar System. But if we’ve never actually seen this planet, how can we be so sure about the … Continue reading “Seeking the Ninth Planet” →

            Paula Turner, 52, is an admirable physics and astronomy professor.             That’s a message that comes from her students at Kenyon College in Ohio, her students on the University of Georgia Costa Rica campus in San Luis and her … Continue reading “Teaching the Stars” →

For Carol Cameron, awaking to the sounds of morning birdsong in San Luis de Monteverde, Costa Rica, is all part of the job. Better known as Carolina on the University of Georgia Costa Rica campus, Cameron has spent the last … Continue reading “Mrs. Cameron’s Costa Rica” →

Jamie Lee Bull attended the University of Georgia, intending to study marine biology, but things changed. It wasn’t until taking a photography class, followed by a painting class, while working toward her undergraduate degree, that Bull realized just how much … Continue reading “Learning to See” →

Fabricio Camacho has a dream that has the potential to change the scope of education in Central and Latin America. Education is at the heart of Camacho’s daily life in his job as the general manager of the University of … Continue reading “Fabricio’s Dream” →

Although most places on Earth have made it on to the map, Ernest Minnema, 34, of the Deventer region of the Netherlands, believes there is still a place for adventurers and explorers in the world. Growing up, Minnema said, he wanted to be a helicopter … Continue reading “An Explorer for the New Age” →

The farming region “Finca la Bela” didn’t always belong to the people of the San Luis Valley in Costa Rica, according to a local farmer familiar with the area. Enviornmental journalist Emily Schoone reports from Finca de Alvaro in San … Continue reading “The Story of Finca la Bela” →

The crops that Costa Rica is best known for could be harming its biodiversity. Environmental Journalism student Emily Schoone joined some ecology students from the University of Georgia as they looked into that issue.   The research the students do … Continue reading “Too Much of a Good Thing” →

Like Bees in America, Butterflies in Costa Rica are important indicators of climate change. Environmental Journalism student Jenn Finch says their role is becoming increasingly important as rainforests are being cleared and turned into farmland. She went on a field … Continue reading “Butterflies: The Bees of the Rainforest” →

Coffee only takes a few minutes to make, but it takes three months for coffee to get from the plant to your kitchen. We got to talk with coffee farmer, Alvaro, in the heart of the San Luis valley in … Continue reading “Coffee: 3 Months to Your Cup” →

A movie star and some Athens groups are proving that sustainable housing isn’t just for the wealthy — that affordable housing can be green, too.  The actor is Brad Pitt and the two groups are the Athens Housing Authority and … Continue reading “Athens Can Make It Right” →