Shenandoah EcoVenture 2009 Travels to Promote Environmental Awareness, October 3 –31
Follow the group through daily blogs and news updates on the web and social networks as they traverse the Appalachian Trail through Shenandoah National Park and then paddle back down the Shenandoah River
Beginning on Saturday, Oct. 3, Shenandoah EcoVenture 2009 will send three students and one faculty leader from Shenandoah University along with a field crew from The Downstream Project on a month-long trek of over 200 miles as the Appalachian Trail and the Shenandoah River become a classroom.
The group will hike the Appalachian Trail through Shenandoah National Park and then paddle back down the Shenandoah River from October 3 to 31. Departure is planned for 12 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 3 from the National Zoo’s Conservation & Research Center in Front Royal, Va.
The group will use the latest in Web-based technologies —including video feeds, Webcasts, online GPS tracking —to chronicle the adventures in “real time.”Anyone with access to the Internet can share in this compelling and educational EcoVenture. To find information about the Shenandoah EcoVenture and access the latest updates, go to http://www.thedownstreamproject.org/ or join the group “Shenandoah EcoVenture 2009”on Facebook.
Along the way, the group will learn from professors and experts in a wide range of fields: zoologists, conservationists, climate experts, park rangers, arborists, historians, botanists, river keepers and water-quality experts.
The Downstream Project, a non-profit organization founded to inspire solutions to ecological issues that threaten communities, and Shenandoah University collaborated to launch Shenandoah EcoVenture 2009 to help raise public awareness and conduct research on the environmental problems and public health issues facing the region.
The Downstream Project’s Creative Media Director and Filmmaker George Patterson will capture the Shenandoah EcoVenture 2009 in high-definition video for use in the creation of a new documentary, which will follow last year’s successful release of “Shenandoah: Voices of the River.”
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