Reading week is just around the corner and some students are heading to Alabama and Florida to participate in Carleton’s Alternative Spring Break (ASB) program instead of freezing in Ottawa.
The group is run by the Student Experience Office. It consists of Carleton students who take what they’ve learned at university and apply it by assisting communities.
Several students will help with environmental and sustainable activities in the Everglades and Biscayne National Parks in Florida City from Feb. 13-20, with two days spent at the Everglades National Park.
They will be removing an invasive grass species to improve wildlife scenery for park visitors. Students will also help plant a variety of native plants around newly constructed facilities.
They will get a chance to “work in Biscayne National Park removing marine debris from the shorelines of islands in the park, including wildlife habitats such as the nesting areas of sea turtles,” said Joe Lipsett, Service Learning and Leadership Coordinator.
Carleton students will have “an exciting opportunity to share information and learn from other engaged students,” said Lipsett, when they collaborate with biology and marine students from Miami Dade College.
Students will also be in Mobile, Al. working with Habitat for Humanity, either finishing a home or starting to build one for a ten-member African refugee family who have been living in poverty.
Photos from the trips will be on display in the Atrium March 10.