Environmental Solutions Come Slowly

"The True Cost of Coffee" is a story written by Joan Heberger about her experience while serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in a mid-sized town in the middle of a coffee-producing region in Honduras.

"In the Aftermath of Hurricane Georges" is written by Mary Bosy, who served as Peace Corps Volunteer in the Dominican Republic. The story is read by Lynette Bouchie who served in Niger from 1995-1998.

"Reduce, Re-use, Recycle" is written and read by Nina Porzucki, who served as Peace Corps Volunteer in Romania from 2002 to 2004. Nina taught at a high school in Ramnicu Valcea, a medium-sized town tucked into the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains.

Ancient Navigators of the Pacific is written and read by returned Peace Corps Volunteer Sarah Klain who worked with a community in Palau on natural resource conservation and development.

Once a year, a few U.S. classrooms get to talk with a Peace Corps Volunteer by telephone because they've been communicating throughout the year with a Volunteer in the field. Today, students from Bitburg Elementary School, an American school in Germany, speak with Erin Jenkins, in Western Samoa, about coral reef management.

Environmental Solutions Come Slowly is written by Peace Corps Volunteer Keba Fitzgerald who served in Suriname from 2000-2002. "The greatest environmental problem that threatens my site, the Suriname Rain Forest Nature Park, is illegal gold mining."

One Day in the Rainy Season is written by Peace Corps Volunteer Noah Jackson who served in the Philippines from 1999-2001. "I awoke to a clap. It was a big, hard clap and I sat upright—confused, disoriented, unaware. The clap sounded again. An explosion. My thoughts were still lost in sleep. But once again, the Earth rumbled."

"Reduce, Re-use, Recycle" is written and read by Nina Porzucki, who served as Peace Corps Volunteer in Romania from 2002 to 2004. Nina taught at a high school in Ramnicu Valcea, a medium-sized town tucked into the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains.