by denizbertuna001 | May 28, 2015
On Friday, Anamarija and I met up with one of her former students to discuss his recently completed capstone project. The student, Mihovil Turcinov, developed his project on the history of Brodarica Cove, focusing on the development of community involvement with...
by denizbertuna001 | May 25, 2015
Croatia has so many natural wonders to explore when the hustle of the city becomes a bit too much (especially with the tourists!). I recently had the pleasure (thanks to Claudia’s willingness to act as my shuttle!) of travelling to Paklenica National Park, which...
by denizbertuna001 | May 21, 2015
Bringing the Kids to the LivingLabs Everyday brings new and fun activities here in Zadar. For example, in order to help advance the ecoliteracy initiative we met with a group of 25 elementary school students from a local school Simun Bozicic Benje (don’t ask me to...
by denizbertuna001 | May 18, 2015
Bok! We landed in Zagreb, Croatia this past Thursday afternoon and immediately hopped on a bus for a 3.5 hour ride to Zadar. Even jet-lagged, I still couldn’t keep my eyes from darting left and right outside the window at the amazing Croatian countryside! The...
by Rrezarta Hyseni | May 4, 2015
A small seed grant from UMass Boston’s Office of Global Programs will make it possible for three members of our Coasts and Communities team to visit University of Zadar (UNIZD) on the Croatian coast this May. This expedition will be led by our one and only Dr....
by Rrezarta Hyseni | Apr 21, 2015
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