University of Chichester in Lanzarote 1999-2009
January 2009 marks the tenth anniversary of University of Chichester field courses on Lanzarote. So why do we keep coming back?
Over the years, some four hundred University of Chichester students have fallen in love with the island. It is a spectacular real world classroom says Dr Duncan Reavey, ecologist, university teacher and passionate enthusiast for the island. Students of Adventure Education and of Environmental Science as well as trainee primary school teachers have been challenged to ask and answer their own difficult questions that need them to research some of the subtleties of the island. But enough of that! The students have fun too - in some special places that few visitors find time for. Here are their top ten images from the first ten years - and an extra one to show something special that the students have decided to do once back in the UK.
Text and images come from Lancelot, Lanzarote's quarterly English-language magazine.
Click on the images to see them larger.
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Peak of success celebrations on the highest point on the island of La Graciosa
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Blown away by a volcanic bomb on the two-hour Tremesana walking trail led by the excellent team of environmental educators at Timanafaya National Park
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Tug of war a metaphor for the diverse pressures for change on people and places in Lanzarote
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Close up on science students ponder the diversity of plants and animals that somehow thrive in the driest of environments
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Deep thinking, poolside some students cant leave their course textbooks at home
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Blindfolded and more aware than ever of the sounds and scents of the lava fields
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Turtle rescue removing fishing lines and plastic bags from the mouth of a loggerhead turtle washed up on Famara beach
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Understanding some of the issues students discover where the trash goes
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Star struck away from the light pollution at home, students are overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of stars up there
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Wish you were here quiet corners of Lanzarote are inspiring places for students to learn without them realising it
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And afterwards students choose to offset the carbon dioxide emissions from their flights by tree planting. In the last three years they have planted a 70-tree apple orchard and a 300-tree native hedge at a centre for adults with learning difficulties, and a memorial woodland
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