Ep. 404 Focusing on Environmental Sustainability with Gap Year Alum Ivy Jones

03/16/20 • 20 min

Gap year alum Ivy Jones spent her gap year expanding her knowledge and experience in environmental sustainability. She began her year with a Thinking Beyond Borders semester spent in Guatemala and Costa Rica where she learned about education systems, sustainable agriculture and eco-tourism. Inspired by her experience with TBB, she dove deeper into environmental issues with Ecoswell, a grassroots organization based in Peru. There she assisted the organization in projects to support eco-tourism, reforestation and sustainable living. Her gap year informed her course of study at college and changed the ways she lives her daily life in order to have a lighter footprint on the planet. Find Gap Year Radio on instagram @gapyearradio Find Thinking Beyond Borders at thinkingbeyondborders.org Find EcoSwell at ecoswell.org Find Marion Taylor (gap year counselor) at TaylortheGap.com Full show notes available at gapyearradiopodcast.com

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Ep. 403 Disaster Relief Volunteering with Riley and Josiah, All Hands and Hearts Alums

When disaster strikes, we are all asked to give money to help in the immediate aftermath. But once a disaster zone shifts to a recovery zone, you are also able to donate time and your own sweat. In this episode, we speak with Josiah Johnson and Riley Piva, two incredible gap year alums who dedicated time to disaster recovery with the international relief organization All Hands and Hearts. They open up about the experience volunteering in disaster relief, the mental health benefits of serving others and how you can get involved! Visit allhandsandhearts.org for more information about getting involved with their projects. You can find Gap Year Radio online at gapyearradiopodcast.com or on instagram and facebook @gapyearradio. Drop us a line at [email protected]!

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Ep. 405 Francesca Eremeeva on Taking a Political Gap Year

Franny Eremeeva's political journey started when she received an email from Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign asking "Do you want to be a fellow?" She volunteered and interned on Clinton's presidential campaign during her gap year in addition to traveling to East Africa and Italy. She went on to intern at the Council on Foreign Relations and for Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren (heard of her?). Now, she's about to graduate from Mount Holyoke College with a degree in international relations and a fire in her belly to change the world. In this episode of Gap Year Radio, Franny shares her wisdom for how to secure positions with election campaigns and cause-based organizations and how to make the most of the opportunity once you are there. For more information and resources for how to get involved in Election 2020 as a young person, visit election2020gapyear.com