University of Georgia
ER-12: Sustainability Immersive Experience

UGA Global Programs in Sustainability The UGA Global Programs in Sustainability offers programs abroad in the South Pacific that take a multidisciplinary approach on how humans interact with the environment; implementing courses and field activities that focus on sustainable development, conservation, and human populations. The Sustaining Human Societies and Natural Environment program recognizes the combined environmental, societal, and economic aspects of sustainability and was developed to incorporate all majors. Nine total programs are offered in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Antarctica, Hawaii, and the United Kingdom during Spring, May, Summer, Fall and Winter semesters every year. http://pacific.uga.edu/index.php Sustainability In Action, Costa Rica campus Integrating lectures and fieldwork to explore various facets of conservation ecology, organic agriculture, environmental ethics, sociology, and climate change, UGA Costa Rica's new Sustainability in Action program follows acclaimed conservation scholars into the tropics on this collaborative exploration of sustainability. Sustainable Natural Resource Management in Brazil The Sustainable Natural Resource Management program in Brazil focuses on the relationship between agricultural production and the environment, specifically agricultural development in Brazil and how it affects the sustainability of areas such as the Amazon Basin. On this 21-day study program during June and July, students gain perspective on natural resource management issues that face large countries through field activities, courses, and interaction with students and professors from local Brazilian universities. http://www.global.uga.edu/students/brazil.html Sustainable Beef and Grain Production & Marketing Systems- Argentina/Uruguay The Sustainable Beef and Grain Production & Marketing Systems program in Argentina and Uruguay focuses on the similarities and differences in beef and grain production systems between Argentina and the US, specifically foreign economic policy and the effects on producers. In Uruguay, students learn about sustainable food production through the context of production of beef and other horticultural crops. https://www.oie.uga.edu/ViewProgram/2807 Conservation Biology and Conservation Medicine- Costa Rica This month-long program is designed to immerse students in the field of conservation biology and medicine, interdisciplinary subjects that combine the fields of animal health, environmental health, human health, economics, ecology, natural resources, sociology and more to maintain biodiversity. It uses the ecology, flora and fauna of Costa Rica as a template to explore these topics. In addition to courses, students also provide service/outreach to local communities and complete research projects to better understand how the interaction between humans and the environment have changed the Costa Rican landscape. http://www.externalaffairs.uga.edu/costa_rica/index.php/site/program_detail/conservation_biology_conservation_medicine/students Tropical Watershed Management in Costa Rica This is a tropical field course focusing on watershed management strategies, focusing primarily on the Tempisque Basin in northwestern Costa Rica. Students start with a two-day course in Georgia then for 21 days visit eight sites that have different land uses and management systems. It is taught in conjunction with the University of Costa Rica and combines the subjects of geography, environmental services, resource management, human impacts, climate change, and public policy to examine different watershed management systems. http://www.externalaffairs.uga.edu/costa_rica/index.php/site/program_detail/tropical_watershed_management/students