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I must have seen the same Blue-Crowned Motmot more than three dozen times … /// Debo haber visto al mismo pájaro péndulo (bobo) más de tres docenas de veces...

June 29, 2015  /  Monteverde Institute

I must have seen the same Blue-Crowned Motmot more than three dozen times as I ventured through brush and thicket.../ Debo haber visto al mismo pájaro péndulo más de tres docenas de veces mientras me aventuraba a través de espeso bosque y matorral..

por Luis Beltran

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tags / motmot, bobo, luís carlos beltran, lake forest, pasantes, interns, instituto monteverde, monteverd einstitute, bellbird biological corridor, randy chinchilla, carpintero, muciélago, bats, costa rica, study abroad, estudie, expirience, experiencia, community, comunidad

Student spotlight: Shelby Bates --- Foco estudiantil: Shelby Bates

February 04, 2015  /  Monteverde Institute

If you stop by the Monteverde Institute’s biogarden, you will notice a special touch that was not there previously: interpretive signs that explain and give importance to conserving water and treating grey water. --- Si pasas por la biojardinera del Instituto Monteverde podrán notar algo nuevo: letreros interpretativos que explican y le dan importancia a la conservación del agua y el manejo de las aguas grises.

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tags / education, educacion, aguas grises, grey water, biogarden, biojardinera, monteverde, costa rica, monteverdeinstitute, instituto monteverde, study abroad, pasantia, internship, intern, shelby bates, orlando calvo, expirience, community, comunidad, experiencia, investigacion, research, interpretative signs, letreros interpretativos

Monteverde: A one-of-a-kind teacher ---- Monteverde: Un maestro único e inimitable

October 29, 2014  /  Monteverde Institute

It is an opportunity greater than I had ever imagined it would be, getting to be an intern and yet still gain coordination experience with internships. 

--- Es una oportunidad más grande de lo que yo la había imaginado, todo esto de ser pasante y de aun así poder obtener experiencia en coordinación de pasantías. 

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tags / Monteverde institute, instituto monteverde, study abroad, internships, intern, monteverde, costa rica, spanish, pasantia, ashley gora, lake forest, community, learn, nature, comunidad, teacher, maestro, unique, unico

MVI interns on an online symposium with the ACS

August 13, 2014  /  Monteverde Institute

Interns on an online symposium with the American Chemical Society (ACS) --- Pasantes en un simposio en línea con el (ACS) Sociedad Química Americana.

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tags / ACS, American Chemical society, global climate change, cambio climatica, climate change, luis carlos beltran, ashley gora, felicia vargas, coffee rust, monteverde institute, instituto monteverde, costa rica, sociedad quimica americana, san luis, monteverde

Emma and Molly's internship on births in Costa Rica

June 03, 2013  /  Monteverde Institute

​Emma and Molly's experience during their internship on birthing in the zone.

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tags / birth in costa rica, midwives, study abroad, costa rica, internships, babies, birth, partos, homebirth, homestay, costa, Costa Rica, monteverde, monteverde institute, instituto monteverde, pasantias, spanish, learn, education, research, community, cloud forest, trabajo de campo, field work, experiencia

The Institute and Living Routes Program- El programa del Instituto y Living Routes

May 08, 2013  /  Monteverde Institute

​About the Living Routes program of the Monteverde Institute- sobre el programa de Living Routes del Instituto Monteverde

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