As part of UBS' environmental initiatives, the company generously sponsors the fellowship, making it possible for selected employees--and a teacher from a local partner school--to volunteer to take part in actual field research. The fellowship includes sharing the lessons with a local partner school in a community service project as well as with colleagues upon return.
The mission is arranged through the Earthwatch Institute, a nonprofit that supports scientific research by pairing projects with volunteers. They offer projects all over the world in the hopes of not just furthering environmental research, but also communicating the importance of this work to interested people, who will, in turn, share their knowledge with friends and family (and you, dear colleagues.)
The wildlife experts my team of volunteers will be working with are all from the Teton Science Schools, an educational orginazion based in Jackson Hole, WY.
Read the details of the mission here, and check out the lodging where volunteers on the trip will stay. Check back here to follow the mission with daily updates (connectivity willing) from July 26 through August 2nd.
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