After 2 years, the Duke/UNC Roots & Shoots group finally has a critical mass of members. Our group was formed in April, 2009 by Megan Morikawa (Duke 2012), Chase Pickering (UNC 2011) and Aaron Sandel (me) (Duke 2010). Now we have more members and are working on lots of projects. Two things that come to mind:
We will be starting volunteer work-days at the Duke Lemur Center (lemur.duke.edu) in a few weeks (the first one is planned for Oct 2). At the work-days we go on a tour (see photo to the left of Megan and me leading a tour) of the Lemur Center and then help out with various projects, ranging from pulling weeds to making enrichment for the lemurs.
Kara Leimberger (Duke 2011) and I are co-teaching a 2-week course on primates for 6th graders at Chewning Middle School in Durham. This is part of the Duke/UNC Roots & Shoots group's Primate Conservation Education initiative. We are about to start day 3. Hopefully Kara will post some comments and photos. After the 2 weeks, Kara and I will keep developing lesson plans on primates and primate conservation for elementary-high school students.
There are lots of other projects underway. If you are interested in getting involved, email me (aaron.sandel@duke.edu) or Megan (megan.morikawa@duke.edu). This is mainly for people in the Triangle area (but we are also interested other collaborations, especially with college students).
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