Monthly Archives: November 2010

Cacique Update

Cacique Update November 2, 2010

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by Caciques Margaux Burnham and CJ Easton

This week at The Island School most of the students are participating in a night dive as a part the advanced open water portion of PADI scuba training.  So, Tuesday night I, and the rest of the Limpets scuba group, participated in a beautiful night dive.  Every person jumped into the water at night to see the fluorescent coral reefs of Tunnel Rock.  Our group has visited Tunnel Rock before in the daytime but it was hardly recognizable while wearing this cloak of darkness. After one gets over the fear that some hidden predator is lurking in the darkness you can really enjoy the underwater world’s nightlife.  Continue reading →

Cape Eleuthera Institute, Uncategorized

Congratulations…it’s a cobia!

Augie and Lea checking out the gobies

by: Team Acult Research- Augie Cummings and Lea Luniewicz

Gian Paul happily transfers baby cobia

 

Although we were down 3 scientist, Lea and Augie continued the research on the almighty sharknose goby. Earlier in the week we were on track to dive the cage, but despite Tyler’s heroic effort to save the day, we were without a boat. We recently received a small batch of 400,000  cobia eggs and spent all of Friday’s class separating out 8,500 cobia into a different tank.

The gobies are living it up in the pairing tank while some of those sly sharknoses have found their mates, and have moved on to better, more private real estate. They all seem to be getting to know each other better and some on more levels than others. All the color of the gobies have seemingly returned so physically they are looking pretty too. We believe that the guys indoors have been doing better because of the much more pleasurable environment. Until next time, stay classy South Eleuthera!

Cacique Update

Cacique Update November 1, 2010

by Caciques Charlie Fichtner and Taylor Schendel

Today provided us a chance to go explore a new part of Eleuthera. We got to go to Princess Cays, an island right off Eleuthra dedicated to entertaining cruise ship passengers, a day at a time. We arrived to the sight and were given a tour of the area by the manager. He showed us how the cruise liner transports all the food and workers to the island before the passengers get there. We then had lunch at the buffet then had a chance to explore. It was amazing to me to see how much this island varied from the rest of Eleuthera. Continue reading →

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K4 Underway

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MysxE7j0ix0

On Halloween morning, the K4 group departed the Cape for their eight-day voyage. K4 group paddled through the current cut into the Cape Eleuthera Marina and then onto open seas, where they will make their way around the southern part of the island.  This is the last of the groups to make the trip and they are expected to return next Monday.

Bon Voyage!

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Alumni CONCHtribution Campaign 2010 Starts Today!

It’s my favorite time of year again; pumpkins, fall foliage, warm sweaters and…..CONCHtribution! Today is the first day of the 2010 Alumni CONCHtribution Campaign, an annual giving campaign for Island School alumni to show their support by donating to the Cape Eleuthera Foundation’s annual fund.  Last year we raised over $17,000 with over 30% participation in the two months of the campaign, and we’ve set our goals even higher this year.

There are plenty of reasons to CONCHtribute in 2010.  As always, the alumni classes are competing for the highest participation rate, with the winning class getting a plaque placed on the Golden Conch, which hangs prominently in The Island School dining hall.  Secondly, this year the first $5,000 of the campaign will go toward supporting the journey of one Deep Creek Middle School student during the 2010-2011 school year.  And finally, donors from any class whose participation rate surpasses 60% will receive a FREE Island School alumni t-shirt, featuring the logo to the right.

Need I say more?  Clearly now is the best time to go to the CONCHtribution page and donate!  Thank you for your continued support of the Cape Eleuthera Foundation!

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How to Love Your Dirt

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At the Island School we have a saying: “there’s no such thing as trash, just resources in the wrong place.” This mantra is the guiding force behind our efforts to turn glass bottles into drinking vessels, vegetable oil into biodiesel, and old tires into a walking bridge. It is the reason why we compost; the reason why we take banana peels and pig manure and shredded cardboard and turn this “trash” into productive soil for our farm. The drive towards a more sustainable campus means following the model of a natural ecosystem, in other words, a system that generates no waste. Materials that might otherwise go into a landfill retain their productive capacity. But what about the school’s less tangible byproducts? In an intensely inward-looking and self-reliant community such as ours, social tension is bound to arise. How can disagreements, frustrations, and conflict be among the “resources in the wrong place?”

 

The answer starts at Community Meeting, a weekly forum where Island School students and faculty come together for collective problem-solving, goal setting, and appreciations. It was at a recent meeting—during a discussion of hot issues like dish crew, sorting recyclables, and what happened to all the socks Continue reading →