Learning Center Announces Formation of International Board of Directors to Expand and Integrate Community and Environmental Programming

Learning Center Announces Formation of International Board of Directors to Expand and Integrate Community and Environmental Programming

(PRWEB) January 22, 2005

Members are selected for a variety of characteristics, including personal and professional abilities and geographical representation. The SCLC Board of Directors consists of:

Amos Bien – President, Rara Avis Rainforest Lodge, Director of International Programs, The International Ecotourism Society, and Founding Member, Costa Rican Ecotourism Association

Christa Dillabaugh – Consultant, Environmental Education

Pamela Donovan – Director Communications & Marketing, Sweetbriar Nature Center

Martha Honey – Executive Director, The International Ecotourism Society

Andrea Holbrook – President, Holbrook Travel

Polly Margaret Hunt – Student Groups and Community Programs Coordinator, Hacienda Pozo Azul

William Rojas – President, The National Ecotourism Board (CANAECO)

Lidia Murillo Sanchez – Community Development Member, SCLC, and President, Indio Chorotega Ceramics

Paulo Valerio C. – Sales & Marketing Director, Best Adventure Travel

“As one of the founders of the SCLC, I feel that huge strides have been made by implementing this Board,” said Andrea Holbrook, SCLC International Board President. “For over 10 years we have been working on what Dr. Martha Honey, Director of the International Ecotourism Society and world-renowned expert on ecotourism and sustainable development, accurately terms as an experiment – the process of finding innovative ways to integrate ecotourism, community development, and environmental education. This effort will benefit immensely from active board members who are involved in guiding the Center and helping to obtain much needed resources. Through leadership and legal status, we will be able to better connect with local institutions—an important goal for the Center.”

“The new board will be a huge asset to the SCLC as we look to strengthen existing environmental and community programming and to expand into grassroots reforestation, water monitoring, and sustainable micro-enterprise support,” explains Greg Basco, Executive Director of SCLC. “Board members offer expertise in ecotourism, conservation, environmental education, public relations, and the local community. The SCLC now is poised to make great strides in promoting a greener Sarapiquí region.”

Since its inception in 1995, SCLC has focused its mission on linking local communities and conservation through education and ecotourism in the Sarapiquí region of Costa Rica. The Center has become a resource for the Sarapiquí community by providing and coordinating activities that will both enhance education and support sustainable development in surrounding areas. For additional information on SCLC and its programs, please visit the website at http://www.learningcentercostarica.org

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