November 3, 2023
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November 29, 2022
New Appreciation for Rice
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November 28, 2022
A Happy Kingdom: SFS...
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June 5, 2022
A Hike through Prayer Flags
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March 20, 2022
Slowing Down in a...
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March 3, 2022
First Impressions of Bhutan
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March 16, 2020
COVID-19: A Student's Perspective
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March 15, 2020
Conservation at Its Finest
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March 10, 2020
Savoring the Moment in...
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February 19, 2020
Valley of Transformation
Bhutan
Himalayan Environment and Development Studies
Student Post
An Elephant Ate My Directed Research Paper: A Final Reflection
by Cooper Dart
In the back corner of the Center, a small, plastic-walled greenhouse sits with its door hanging open on a broken hinge. Soon after arriving, it became my quiet place. I...
December 18, 2019
Bhutan
Himalayan Environment and Development Studies
Student Post
Slowing Down in the Himalayas
by Alex Nazzaro
With only a month left in Bhutan, I hope to take back the sense of slowness and calm I’ve felt here. I’ve gotten used to going with the flow and...
December 3, 2019
Bhutan
Himalayan Environment and Development Studies
Staff Post
Directed Research in Bhutan
by Annika Min
Directed Research in Bhutan: Farms, Roads, Trees, and Trash - with a Side of Milk Tea As our semester draws to a close, the students of SFS Bhutan have been...
November 26, 2019
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November 21, 2019
Cheese, Takin, & Bees
Bhutan
Himalayan Environment and Development Studies
Student Post
The Himalayas at Sunrise
by Olivia Etherton
At my back, a weathered stone meditation hut canted, the flutter of its prayer flags coloring the breeze. At my feet were a spattering of ground-hugging flowers and fragrant, miniaturized...
November 5, 2019
Australia
Rainforest Studies
Staff Post
2019 SFS Photo Contest Winners!
by Lora Doughty
SFS recently announced the winners of our 2019 photo contest, which ran from Fall 2018 to Summer 2019. This year's contest saw more than 600 entries - spanning 9 SFS...
October 18, 2019
Bhutan
Himalayan Environment and Development Studies
Student Post
An Unexpected Lunch
by Oaklea Elfström
We were hot, sweaty, sore, tired, and hungry when we peeked through the monastery gate. Unsure whether we’d be welcome to look around the grounds, we hesitantly tiptoed in. All...
October 8, 2019
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September 19, 2019
Bhutan
Himalayan Environment and Development Studies
Student Post
In Search of Understanding
by Helen Dugmore
At 7,000 feet above sea level, the sun is intense. So intense that I can feel it slice through me with the perfect aim of a Bhutanese master archer, neatly...
July 30, 2019
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June 29, 2019
First Impressions of Bhutan
Bhutan
Himalayan Environment and Development Studies
Student Post
Final Impressions of Bhutan: Hatch, Crack, Fly
by Yuko Nakano
At the beginning of the spring semester, we asked student Yuko Nakano about her first impressions of Bhutan. Now, after a semester in country, we reconnected with Yuko. ...
May 8, 2019
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May 8, 2019
Final Thoughts from the...
Bhutan
Himalayan Environment and Development Studies
Staff Post
Bhutan: A Look Back
by Marta Brill, M.A.
This summer will mark a momentous occasion -- ten years of consecutive programming for The School for Field Studies in the Kingdom of Bhutan. From its inception through the spring...
April 15, 2019
Bhutan
Himalayan Environment and Development Studies
Student Post
From Silence to Noise
by Vishva Nalamalapu
Our plane shudders to a halt on the runway of Paro Airport. I step out, and I am immediately enveloped by an expansive silence that engulfs the valley and everything...
April 8, 2019
Bhutan
Himalayan Environment and Development Studies
Faculty Post
The Hidden Himalayas
by Jesse Lewis, M.S.
Camera Traps Reveal the Hidden Himalayas The forests of the Eastern Himalayas are some of the most biodiverse in the world, and are the last stronghold for many threatened wildlife...
April 8, 2019
Bhutan
Himalayan Environment and Development Studies
Faculty Post
Harmonious Phobjikha
by Purna Chhetri, Ph.D.
I will now continue my story of fascinating Phobjikha valley, about which I said “Every season the valley is in different a mode and mood”. This time I will tell...
March 12, 2019
Bhutan
Himalayan Environment and Development Studies
Student Post
Love Resides in the Bhutanese Flowers
by Kaya Pulz
Ten years ago, I am swimming through a sea of entrepreneurs and aspiring reality TV guest stars. I’m looking up, seeing not one familiar face, and realising that they can’t...
March 12, 2019
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February 26, 2019
Gathering New Hope
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[title] => Lessons in Transit
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February 26, 2019
Bhutan
Himalayan Environment and Development Studies
Student Post
First Impressions of Bhutan
by Yuko Nakano
As the Spring 2019 SFS students begin to settle into their new homes around the world, we asked them to share their impressions of the experience so far. Yuko Nakano...
February 11, 2019
Australia
Rainforest Studies
Staff Post
2018 Photo Contest Winners!
by Kris Pieper
SFS recently announced the winners of the 2018 photo contest, which ran from Fall 2017 to Summer 2018. This year's contest saw more than 650 entries from 78 students -...
January 16, 2019
Bhutan
Himalayan Environment and Development Studies
Student Post
Final Impressions of Bhutan
by Erin Baggs
At the beginning of the fall semester, we asked student Erin Baggs about her first impressions of Bhutan. Now, as the semester comes to a close, she shared her thoughts...
December 6, 2018