Since being stationed in the town of Mindo for my service portion of SST, I’ve noticed a big cultural difference between U.S. Mennonites and Ecuadorian “Mindo-nites” – pun intended 🙂 approaches to life. There’s a palpable sense of serenity and…
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Research: Smoke and Swallows and Ants!
Mar 02 2022
Tuesday March 1, 2022 
Today was our first day of collecting data for our individual research projects. Mira is working on bird responses to smoke with Alex while Willow, Amelia, Jesper, and I are working on counting ants as an evacuation response to bucket burning. From this data we hope to gain insight on evacuation rates of RRB and BBR ants in response to smoke in the air. Then in the evening we took our sundowner to Baboon Cliffs. Unfortunately, the drought in the region inhibited us from seeing any water but we were still able to explore on foot to see some amazing views from the edge of the cliffs. On our way back we found a new friend to add to our species list though the first of its kind with so many legs!
– Annalise Nisly
What Mindo Taught Me to See
A Day in the Life: Working on a Flower Farm
For my service, I work in Cayambe with an organization called FACE. Under FACE there are other organizations; Casa Hogar, Sumak, Centro Medico Emmanuel, and Forever Flowers. They work together to help break the cycle of abuse and neglect in…