PAST FIELD TRIPS
Summer 2017: China’s Environmental Challenges: Summer Course in Beijing
In August 2017 thirty Harvard students participated in "China’s Environmental Challenges: Summer Course in Beijing," a two-week intensive summer program on China's environmental challenges. This program, sponsored by the the Harvard-China Project and the ESPP program, offered students a unique chance to explore various environmental and climate change issues in China, including clean energy, air pollution, waste water management, and urban sustainability, through: site visits to clean tech companies, water and power facilities, and a government climate institute; guest talks by local environmental actors; and academic lectures and discussions led by Tsinghua and Harvard faculty.
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Winter 2015: Sevilleta Field Station, New Mexico
Graduate School of Design professor Richard Forman led the January 2015 trip to the Sevilleta Field Station, operated by the University of New Mexico and located in central New Mexico (60 miles south of Albuquerque). Concentrators spent a week exploring the diverse ecological and biological landscape of the American Southwest. The station lies at the junction of several major ecosystems, and researchers have access to a broad diversity of habitats, including the Chihuanhuan Desert grasslands and shrublands; Colorado Plateau shrub-steppe; juniper savanna; the riparian Rio Grande corridor; and more.
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Winter 2014: Archbold Biological Station, Florida
In January 2014 concentrators traveled to the Archbold Biological Station, located seven miles south of Lake Placid, Florida, for a week of ecological studies on human-imprinted areas and land-use planning. Led by Professor Richard Forman and Professor James McCarthy, the students visited a variety of habitats; evaluated competing land uses; and developed a land-use plan for a changing Highlands County, Florida landscape, which was later presented to a group of local townspeople.
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Winter 2013: Sailing School vessel Corwith Cramer, Florida
In January 2013 Concentrators were given the opportunity to spend J-Term aboard the Sailing School vessel Corwith Cramer, operated by the Sea Education Association (SEA) in Woods Hole. Participants met the ship in Key West, Florida and sailed across the Gulf Stream and back to Key West.
During their experience, students took advantage of the state-of-the-art research tools, processing oceanographic samples, standing round-the-clock shifts and delving into navigation, science, and becoming members of the crew. All costs of the trip (including roundtrip transportation from Boston to Key West) were covered. Please see the slideshow above for photos from the experience.