In furtherance in his role as a lecturer, the university’s continuing education program (EDUCON) took advantage of Chris Jones’ water education specialty to provide teacher training at the Saturday morning Universidad para Todos program. Click on image to enlarge.

Chris Jones on Sabbatical Leave

Other Activities

Project WET en español and Monitoring on the lake
I was invited to participate in providing teacher training classes at the Universidad para Todos program. Armed with the Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) curriculum in Spanish that Kerry Schwartz gave me before leaving, I provided hands-on water education activities to local teachers on two occasions. Each class was attended by over 45 participants each, most of whom were women of Mayan descent.

Another exciting day was spent monitoring water quality and collecting samples with the Lake Atitlan Sustainable Watershed Management Authority (AMSCLAE). Abroad an outboard motorboat, we collected samples and took reading from over a dozen points around the lake to monitor lake’s trends. One unfortunate trend I learned is that the lake’s clarity has been declining since Hurricane Stan occurred.

Chris joined the Autoridad para el Manejo Sostenible para la Cuenca del Lago Atitlan y su Entorno (AMSCLAE) personnel during a monitoring activity on the lake. Click on image to enlarge.