A World, Once Unknown: Bonaire!
“No one will protect what they don’t care about, and no one will care about what they have never experienced” -David Attenborough I remember in April of 2024, I went to my first interest meeting for the Bonaire 2025 study abroad trip. I instantly became obsessed. While I had been to beaches growing up, I hadn’t ever necessarily been interested in the marine world any deeper than that. But, I love all things natural to this world, so I felt called to this trip in particular. And, not only could I experience a part of the world I never have before, I got to do so by SCUBA diving?! It sounded like the coolest thing ever! We spent the semester before the trip learning about the island's history, ecology, geology, culture, and identifying nearly every single critter that lives there. Fast forward to being on the island. For those who don’t know, Bonaire is a municipality of the Netherlands, just off the coast of Venezuela. It is a small island, being only ~24 miles long. For ref...
