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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