Operation Wallacea
So this is along the lines of my E and N posts. Operation Wallacea is a program that offers biological and research conservation opportunities across the world. And it is the next program I want to be involved with. OpWall is great because they have many location options as well as length of time options. Some locations cater more to one area or another, and you can chose a location based on what you want to do. They offer programs in 11 countries: Indonesia, Honduras, Egypt, Cuba, South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, Peru, Guyana, Romania, and Mexico.
I personally have my eyes set on Indonesia for summer 2013, hopefully participating for the full eight weeks. This means, however, that I need to raise over $5,000 to cover the program costs, travel costs, and extras. I was making a fair amount of progress on that until today when I walked into the Bursar's Office and gave them a check worth $1,518.00 to pay for my summer class. Man that was painful. However, if that means I will definitely be graduating next spring instead of the following fall, I guess I'm okay with it.
