Patel School of Global Sustainability

Maria Booker

This week has been relatively busy in terms of academic advancements. I had been working with Dr. Alsharif in defining and redefining my proposal, so it was finally a relief to begin working on my research results and discussion. I ascertained in an earlier post that the malaria numbers needed better refining, but wasn’t [...]

Rain, Rain, Go Away???

Joy Ingram

It’s still raining here….

Maryhelen Shuman-Groh

The following morning and everything is looking a lot brighter!

Maryhelen Shuman-Groh

On those rare days I am not working at DOWASCO, I have been trying to get around the island to see how things are done in different towns and businesses.  I happened upon the Manicou River Resort in my web searches prior to arrival and was very interested in their efforts to be low-impact [...]

Maryhelen Shuman-Groh

I feel a lot like this truck making its way through the capital city of Roseau (pronounced row-zo).  There are four guys on top of the truck to hold up the electrical wires in order for the truck to pass.  I took this photo after I’d climbed off the mini-bus for my third of [...]

Well, I made it safely into San Salvador, El Salvador. My first week was spent meeting the people I will be working with at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Ministry of Health. I did not get to spend too much time with them because I came down with the dreaded travelers [...]

Shannee Green

Sorry for the brief intermission in postings, things are finally picking up and I realize each day how special Singapore is, in terms of sustainability.  Well I scheduled two tours for next week, one for the NEWater Visiter Centre and the other is at the Marina Barrage Reservoir. Each of these water supply systems [...]

Maria Booker

Things in Accra are beginning to wrap up, I think. I received the reported cases of malaria that I was hoping for, but I have yet to make sense of it. The information comes with some serious limitations. There is no demographic reporting in the country, each clinic reports its malaria cases regardless of [...]

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Sgt. Gironda and Me

Jo-Anne Swensson

So I am starting my research here at home. I went on my first ride-along Sunday with one of St. Petersburg PD’s Sergeants to track how much fuel is used, how many miles are driven, and to try to determine the amount of carbon emissions released per vehicle per shift. [...]