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. 

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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

Ep. 405 Francesca Eremeeva on Taking a Political Gap Year

Gap Year Radio is a podcast that brings you information and inspiration to plan a life-changing gap year adventure. 

We focus on bringing you interviews from people from across the gap year spectrum - people who run or lead gap year programs, gap year alumni who can tell you about adventures and travel experts who can give you advice on how to turn your dream of a year out into a reality.

Intro music credits:
Quasi Motion Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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