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Spiny Lobster Symposium

On Saturday June 19th,  Guaruma was invited to attend a symposium organized by the Spiny Lobster Initiative at the Quinta Real Hotel in La Ceiba.   The Spiny Lobster Initiative promotes sustainable fishing practices and biodiversity conservation in Honduras and Nicaragua.   The Initiative connects and supports different stakeholders, encouraging collaborative work to sustain the spiny lobster [...]

Photography Workshop at La Ceiba Vocational Center

Saturday, June 19th, Guaruma’s assistant director and photography instructor, Chris Poliquin, held a photography workshop at Centro Vocacional (Vocational Center) in La Ceiba with their students studying to become nature guides.

The workshop focused on camera operation and the use of cameras as a basic tool for nature guides.  The students learned how to use the [...]

Trip to Sambo Creek

Saturday, June 12th a group of Guaruma’s students and volunteers took a trip to Sambo Creek, a Garífuana village on the north coast of Honduras.  The trip was a reward for excellent participation in class and last week’s photo workshop.

The kids spent the day playing in the waves and taking pictures, which you can see [...]

Photo Workshop in the Cangrejal Watershed

This week Guaruma’s students had the pleasure of receiving photography classes from two professional photographers and friends of Guaruma’s founder, Nancy McGirr.  Stu Estler, an architectural photographer from the United States, and Eric Lolkema, a photographer from the Netherlands, taught a five hour workshop in Las Mangas and El Pital with the advanced students from [...]