Cover Spanish & environmental issues

Our Environmental Spanish Classes bring together our 10 + years of experience of teaching Spanish with our commitment to work alongside marginalized local communities to improve our environment and tackle challenges affecting all of us such as climate change and deforestation. This is a unique combination, offered by no other Spanish school, and providing exceptional opportunities for both individual students and groups from high school & university.

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The course takes into account how global issues affect us locally and how local changes impact the global situation. All this in Spanish at your level (with assistance from our English speaking teachers for complete beginners). Classroom time will incorporate essential Spanish grammar, and practical information on environmental subjects. Learning out in the field offers unique experiences that will introduce you to a broad range of eco systems and relevant vocabulary as you practice your Spanish.

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Time in the classroom will cover:

• Local ecosystems
• Flora and fauna
• Water supply
• Food security versus growing export crops
• Pollution and erosion
• The problem of trash!

Field experiences include:

Walking and horse riding through a stunning variety of different eco systems… including a live volcanic crater, lava flows and crater lakes, dry pacific forest as well as studying the impact of urban development.

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Exploring the nature reserves set up by La Mariposa and learn about the challenges of protecting the local flora and fauna

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Visiting a variety of local farms (including tobacco, coffee, pineapple) – some mixed, some practicing mono culture, some organic and learn about the impact humans have had on the landscape

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Interacting with the most marginalized local communities and learn about their problems – for example with the water supply and food security

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At the same time, you can choose to learn about traditional food and cooking, music and dance, natural medicine, myths and legends, the history of the area.

We also think about what some of the solutions may be and use the experience of La Mariposa as a starting point. La Mariposa takes a holistic approach – so we can look at our solar power systems, eco-buildings, organic farming, and nature reserves as attempts to begin to address the problems.

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