We made it!
Our tour guide standing in front of a model of the plant.
Trash being moved for pickup - smelly.
A closer look at the large amount of trash going into the plant.
The claw!
One of the boilers providing energy to the plant.
One of the energy controls.
Another electronic control panel.
The HUGE tower outside the plant - and no smoke coming out of it!
Friday, June 14, 2013
Friday, June 7, 2013
Field Trip #4: ECHO Farms
We made it!
Some Oranges that haven't yet grown.
Our tour guide, Doug!
The miraculous Morigna tree!
Some Cranberry Hibiscus - Delicious!
Some Chenene fruit about to ripen.
Amberella fruit.
A leaf from the Chia plant - only edible when cooked.
Bamboo!
Yum, Mangos!
A Banana tree.
Worm compost beds.
Rice growing through the intensification method.
Dragon fruit.
A man-made tropical highland!
A cheap, easily made water pump.
The Prickly Pear cactus!
Plants growing in Zai holes.
Pretty!
Jack fruit, yum!
The beautiful Zinnia flower, with a visitor!
ECHO provides food for the whole world!
More grasses for rice intensification!
Pretty Sunflowers!
One of the goats at ECHO - Very sweet.
The water purification process by using Moringa seeds!
Some Oranges that haven't yet grown.
Our tour guide, Doug!
The miraculous Morigna tree!
Some Cranberry Hibiscus - Delicious!
Some Chenene fruit about to ripen.
Amberella fruit.
A leaf from the Chia plant - only edible when cooked.
Bamboo!
Yum, Mangos!
A Banana tree.
Worm compost beds.
Rice growing through the intensification method.
Dragon fruit.
A man-made tropical highland!
A cheap, easily made water pump.
The Prickly Pear cactus!
Plants growing in Zai holes.
Pretty!
Jack fruit, yum!
The beautiful Zinnia flower, with a visitor!
ECHO provides food for the whole world!
More grasses for rice intensification!
Pretty Sunflowers!
One of the goats at ECHO - Very sweet.
The water purification process by using Moringa seeds!
Field Trip #3: Vester Field Station
Other classmates on their journey!
Some native Mangroves!
Two of our group members on a collision course.
The journey continues.
More Mangrove trees!
Monday, May 27, 2013
Field Trip #2: Calusa Nature Center
Turtles!
Our tour guide.
The Sabal Palm.
The Saw Palm - Protected by nasty spikes near its trunk!
The Melaleuca Tree - An unwelcome visitor.
The spiny leaves of the Slash Pine!
Part of our trail boardwalk was constructed from recycled jugs!
The bark of the Cypress Tree.
Ferns!
The large Feather Palm.
The aftermath of a Woodpecker - Or maybe bugs?
So many Alligator Flags!
The beautiful Royal Palm.
Lightning strikes have caused these interesting shapes to form on the tree!
Blood Lichen on one of the trees.
This tree has actually grown onto the boardwalk - It can form a lip-like structure if the board is taken away!
The Rabbit's-foot Fern.
A Bald Eagle!
The Red-shouldered Hawk.
A Raccoon!
A Feral Hog.
Feeding time for the Alligators!
They look hungry!
A huge snake mid-shed!
Our tour guide.
The Sabal Palm.
The Saw Palm - Protected by nasty spikes near its trunk!
The Melaleuca Tree - An unwelcome visitor.
The spiny leaves of the Slash Pine!
Part of our trail boardwalk was constructed from recycled jugs!
The bark of the Cypress Tree.
Ferns!
The large Feather Palm.
The aftermath of a Woodpecker - Or maybe bugs?
So many Alligator Flags!
The beautiful Royal Palm.
Lightning strikes have caused these interesting shapes to form on the tree!
Blood Lichen on one of the trees.
This tree has actually grown onto the boardwalk - It can form a lip-like structure if the board is taken away!
The Rabbit's-foot Fern.
A Bald Eagle!
The Red-shouldered Hawk.
A Raccoon!
A Feral Hog.
Feeding time for the Alligators!
They look hungry!
A huge snake mid-shed!
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