After seeing my friends abroad this past semester I knew that something was missing from my college experience. While a semester couldn’t fit with my schedule and I could not do Plus3 my freshman year, I am very grateful that Plus3 Germany was available and fit for my schedule. There is something that I believe…
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Postcards from Morocco: Trailblazers in Rabat
Day 11 in Morocco! We began with a site visit to ANDD (Association for National Digital Development)! This being my site visit, I was excited to get the ball rolling today! The site visit itself was incredible. It was unique, being able to hear directly from the students that ANDD has impacted how they have…
Last Day – An Unforgettable Experience
This trip has been a life-changing experience. From knowing basically nothing about healthcare in general and nothing about Argentina, I now feel confident enough to inform someone else about the system. Seeing different perspectives in the US, it helped me gain a better insight into how other countries and people deal with healthcare struggles. Argentina’s…
Day 10: Federalism
Today we returned to the downtown campus of Universidad Austral for another full day of lectures focused on Argentina’s healthcare system. The weather was beautiful today, and the city felt very active with cafés, restaurants, and shops busy throughout the morning. It has been interesting spending more time in the downtown area and getting a…
Saying Goodbye to Beautiful Costa Rica!
As I am sitting in the airport and reflecting on my trip, I can’t help but be sad. Looking back at the past two weeks I realized how much fun I had and how much I learned. Before arriving here, I viewed sustainability as a corporate buzzword. Watching Costa Rican entrepreneurs treat the rainforest not…
The Business of Pura Vida
As I write my final blog post from Costa Rica, I am very sad that this experience is coming to an end because I truly do not want to leave. Over the past two weeks, this trip has given me such a wide variety of experiences that made it both educational and unforgettable. We were…
Taking Pura Vida Home
Over the last 2 weeks in Costa Rica I have completely changed the way I think about businesses. Before, I mostly viewed businesses through profitability and being the overall “best”/most popular. However, after visiting so many different organizations and farms, I realized that successful businesses can also prioritize environmental protection and community development. My project…
Goodbye Costa Rica!
Coming into this trip, I did not really know what to expect from Costa Rica beyond the fact that it was going to be warm and that it was going to rain a lot. Leaving it, I have a completely different understanding of what it actually means to build a business around something bigger than…
Wrapping It All Up
Leaving Costa Rica, I have gained so much knowledge and experiences on this trip that I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to learn about or see firsthand back in the States. Costa Rica has built an economy around a set of values that embody their country through community, sustainability, and care for their people which…
Audi: Wednesday
Audi on Wednesday was a great experience. Personally, I wish we had been able to spend another hour or so there. I definitely liked the Audi facility more than the BMW tour, mainly because the path we took through the factory made you feel as if you were actually on the production line. Cars were…
Wrap Up
I’m currently sitting in the Frankfurt Airport as I write this blog, my Plus3 Morocco journey has come to an end! I now have a chance to reflect on what I learned throughout the entirety of the experience, and the best way to begin is by selecting a singular photo to represent my time in…
Tired, Grateful, and Changed – 05/21
Último día… Today is our last day in Costa Rica, with a full day of flying tomorrow. It’s honestly a bittersweet ending. Before coming I thought ecotourism was just nature tours, where you would hike and enjoy the nature and spot out wildlife. While we did go on some hikes where we did exactly that,…
The People and Not The Place
Now that my time in Morocco is over, I can’t help but look back on it fondly. Yes, we did the site visits, saw amazing companies, walked through the souks, tried incredible food, and learned about entrepreneurship, culture, and business. But when I think about the photo that best represents my time here, it is…
Day 1: New Planes, New Places, New Perspectives
This trip has already unfolded in ways that are very different from any trip I have taken before. I have never traveled outside of the country, and I have also never been away for this long without some sort of family around me. Usually when I travel, it feels familiar and routine, but this experience…
AUMOVIO and Regensburg: Tuesday
AUMOVIO as a company is hard to explain, but in short they are an extension of Continental AG and focus on two business units: Safety and Motion, and Architecture and Network Solutions. The sensors in and around your car are probably made by Aumovio. Hearing about the process and then actually seeing it play out…
Day 10: Running Out of Time
We had yet another Vietnamese language class to start our day today. We learned the alphabet and how to pronounce the letters, which was so much harder than expected because of the 6 different tones. We also learned a few phrases to use at the market that we would be going to later in the…
May 20th – Limiting tourism is worth it
Today we hiked the Monteverde Cloud Forest and heard from the Monteverde Institute about how the community manages tourism. On the trail, we could only use one of four paths, which could feel limiting given how far we traveled, but I didn’t mind. Doing all four might have actually been too much anyway because it…
Protecting what Tourists Come to See
When visiting the cloud forest and the Monteverde Institute the complex relationship between tourism and conservation was exposed. In the cloud forest we were able to immerse ourselves in nature while following a designated trail through one of the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world. Nature walks like this are extremely common tourist activities in…
Protecting Nature for the Future
Today we visited the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve and the Monteverde Institute. I learned how hard it can be to balance protecting the environment while also supporting tourism and the economy. While walking the Sendero Corazón del Bosque trail, I noticed that some areas were closed off or had limited access. Monteverde is one of…
Learning to Leave It Better
Across the wide varieties of companies we have visited during our time in Costa Rica, we have heard over and over again how they value sustainability. We have seen it through how they operate at the farms through avoiding pesticides and using natural resources to ward off pests. We have seen how Arenal only uses…