During the tour, May 14-May 27, we will build prototypes of the stoves and demonstrate their operation to the community. We will also be doing some indoor pollution monitoring of cook stoves in the village and recommending different forms of abatement. Finally, we will do a SWOT analysis to evaluate the existing hydroelectric system and make recommendations for improvement.
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Lonely Planet Spanish Phrasebook and Dictionary
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| Friday 1/9 |
First class meeting, WHO concerns about indoor air quality, Brief introduction to current cookstove designs, A few notes about preparing for travel (passports, immunizations, registering/paying for trip) |
CDC Health Information for Travelers to the Dominican Republic
Travel Clinic (First Thursday of each month Feb 5 and March 5 would be ideal) Duolingo EF College Study Tours Enrollment Booklet |
| Thursday 1/15 | 5:30-7:30 Price Hall, Dinner/Music/Dance/Getting Acquainted :-) | |
| Friday 1/16 | More detailed look at current cookstove designs, brainstorm goals for the course (Al) | |
| Friday 1/23 | A bit of Dominican History and Culture (Jeanna) | |
| Friday 1/30 | Indoor air quality sensors/data collection (Al) | DEADLINE FOR REGISTERING FOR TRIP WITH EF College Study Tours |
| Friday 2/6 | Basic Spanish lessons, Current news and issues in the Dominican Republic, Relations with the US, Immigration (Jeanna) |
BBC News Dominican Republic Country Profile
Immigrants from the Dominican Republic in the United States 2/2015: Thousands of Dominicans Woke Up This Week Without Citizenship in Any Country The Economist: Dominican Republic A popular president Mr. Vice President, All in Not Well in the DR |
| Friday 2/13 | February Break | |
| Friday 2/20 | Documentary: Black in Latin America (Jeanna) | |
| Friday 2/27 | Cookstove design discussions/draft presentations; Detailed questions to send to hosts (Al) | |
| Friday 3/6 | Discuss current cookstove design proposals (Al) | |
| Friday 3/13 |
Script/vocabulary for visiting homes for data collection (Jeanna)
Discuss ideas for everyone's powerpoints |
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| Friday 3/20 | Spring break | |
| Friday 3/27 | Two air quality monitoring presentations; Discuss plans for getting to JFK | |
| Friday 4/3 | Three air quality monitoring presentations (Samantha and Jocelyn, Ben and Stephen, Christal and Kay); 1 cultural presentation (Aileen) | CleanCookStoves:DR CleanCookStoves: Stoves |
| Friday 4/10 | Cultural presentations (Christal, Zoe, Samantha, Emily, Liz, Jocelyn) | |
| Friday 4/17 | Expectation for final report, take pictures, SWAT Analysis (Al) | |
| Friday 4/24 | Last cultural presentations (Ben, Stephen, Kay), Survival Spanish Quiz, Discuss script for survey | Must pass survival Spanish quiz before end of semester |
| Thursday 4/30 | 11:45-2:45 PM, Final exam slot, Any final presentations, Last chance Survival Spanish quiz, Review of the basics, Dominican dinner (?), More Merengue/Bachata lessons (?), Trip logistics review/discussion | |
| Wednesday 5/13 | Travel to NYC, Meet at hotel near airport | |
| Thursday 5/14 | Fly to Santo Domingo | |
| Friday 5/15 | Travel to Angostura | |
| Wednesday 5/27 | Return to the US |