Botswana placement
Posted by Larissa Duma on January 18th, 2010
Hello,
My name is Larissa Duma and I am currently finishing the last semester of my degree while studying at Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre on north Vancouver Island, British Columbia. I am majoring in Environmental Sciences with a focus in biology and have minors in Dialogue and Environmental Education as well as a Co-op Degree from Simon Fraser University.
As a child I developed an extreme passion for international travel, conservation, environmental education, humanitarianism, science, and the outdoors which together has led me on my current career path. I aspire to foster positive change daily; whether for someone, something else or myself, doing this aids my own personal growth. These aspirations have guided me towards international work as I aspire to use education and dialogue to foster hope, understanding, and change.
I am very excited to work for the Bostwana Predator Conservation Trust as the Conservation Centre-Educator and Curriculum Developer in Maun, Botswana. There, I hope to learn the local language, the local cultures, traditions, values, and ways of life, all of which I hope to incorporate into the creation of place-based environmental education and stewardship practices that cater to the needs of my students. I am very excited to share my knowledge about conservation, the environment, and the world with my students and the lessons that I will learn during the time I spend with them. I also look forward to seeing and learning about the ecology, traditional ecological knowledge, and local stories about the animals living in Botswana. Overall, I look forward to the opportunities and the challenges that I will face in Botswana and feel that this placement will be a great opportunity for me to learn about a new place and provide me with more tools and knowledge on how to be an agent of positive change.
