Documenting Our Changing World: Ecuador

Documenting our Changing World: Ecuador is a six-week field experience summer course that includes a two-week trip to Quito, Cotopaxi, Maquipucuna and the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Students capture stories from Ecuador through photo essays, mini-documentaries, short films and a TV show.

Liam O'Sullivan operates a camera in front of a mountain.

An adventure

By Liam O'SullivanSenior Liam O'Sullivan vlogs about his two weeks in Ecuador.

Students on a mountaintop in Ecuador

There and back again

By Liam O'SullivanSenior Liam O'Sullivan settles back into the U.S. and reflects on a short but meaningful chapter in his life.

A beach

The sea lion, the beach and the college kid

By Liam O'SullivanSenior Liam O'Sullivan resists the temptation to pet sea lions, which is illegal.

Kicker Rock in Ecuador

Kickin’ my fins at Kicker Rock

By Liam O'SullivanSenior Liam O'Sullivan snorkels with sharks off the coast of the Galapagos.

Students climb the snowy slopes of Chimborazo in Ecuador.

Climbing Chimborazo

By Zoe MartindaleA 20,000-foot hike up the Chimborazo volcano puts the short-lived human experience into perspective for junior Zoe Martindale.

A fruit market

Mercado de Iñaquito

By Zoe MartindaleJunior Zoe Martindale visits a market to learn more about the local people.

A stray dog stands on some grass in Ecuador.

The dogs of Ecuador

By Liam O'SullivanSenior Liam O'Sullivan says hi to local canines on the streets of Ecuador.

Students climb the snowy slopes of Chimbarazo in Ecuador.

Closer to the Sun God

By Liam O'SullivanSenior Liam O'Sullivan shares the humbling feeling of climbing Chimborazo in Ecuador.