With the arrival of 2009, we begin our tenth year of "This Week at
Hilton Pond" photo essays that describe natural happenings in the
Carolina Piedmont and beyond. We hope these musings--of which there
are now 423--have provided information and enjoyment for our Web site
visitors.
Our first in
Ecology, Behavior & Conservation of Manatees & Dolphins
A Unique Field Course in the Drowned Cayes, Belize
May 30 - June 12, 2009
Instructors: Caryn Self-Sullivan, Ph.D.(1, 2) and Bruce A. Schulte,
Ph.D.(1)
(1)Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University
(2)President & Co
Ecolog:
Might it be that "sustainable development" is more than a paradox, that it all
too often is an oxymoron at best and an opportunistic buzz-phrase, a
smoke-screen for business as usual at worst? This is not to say that there
aren't sincere people more interested in moving away from a perc