Playas Sin Plasticos

Galapagos is not exempt from the issue of plastic pollution, especially on the island of San Cristobal. Sara Medor explains how 'Playas Sin Plasticos' helps us to better understand the rate at which plastic accumulates at one of the desolate beaches on San Cristobal.

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Discovering Galapagos Homeschooling Resources

We’re currently in a time where parents are required to be teachers, and children are learning everything at home, and we’re here to help with Discovering Galapagos.

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Proposed protected swimway between Galapagos and Costa Rica declared a Hope Spot

A vital underwater migration highway that connects the Galapagos Marine Reserve in Ecuador and the Cocos Island National Park in Costa Rica has been declared a Mission Blue Hope Spot.

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Connecting with Nature: 2019 Project Updates from GCT’s Santa Cruz based Outreach Coordinator Anne Guezou

In 2019, Anne Guezou has continued to bring the beauty of Galapagos to life for young islanders, international students and teachers, and engaged the local community as she has driven significant progress with GCT’s educational outreach across the Galapagos Islands.

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Connecting with Nature: Join Science

One of the goals of the Galapagos Ocean Outreach part of our wider Connecting with Nature programme is to enable engaged young people in Galapagos to get quality work experience placements linked to conservation science programmes.

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Connecting with Nature: Gills Club

Started by shark scientists Dr Diana Pazmiño (Universidad San Francisco de Quito), Lauren Goodman, (University of North Carolina Chapel Hill) and Yasuní Chiriboga, Gills Club aims to engage more girls in shark science, as part of our wider Galapagos Ocean Outreach goal to empower young people to generate and deliver conservation and sustainability projects.

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Connecting with Nature: engagement opportunities with ocean conservation for the San Cristobal island community, schools and tourists

GCT and Galapagos Science Center were thrilled to welcome Leidy Apolo to the team as the new San Cristobal based Oceans Outreach Coordinator in 2019.

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Connecting with Nature: Outreach on Santa Cruz with GCT’s Outreach Coordinator Anne Guezou

Anne Guezou is GCT’s Outreach Coordinator on Santa Cruz – she delivers our extra-curricular environmental education opportunities, and supports teachers and their classes with engaging outreach sessions in the field.

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Signals of ‘Hope’ in unprecedented times

In our most recent blog, we updated you about the Galapagos Whale Shark Project’s latest trip to Galapagos. Deploying new…

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