{"id":410,"date":"2018-10-16T17:15:22","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T09:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/division\/as\/?p=410"},"modified":"2018-10-16T17:15:22","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T09:15:22","slug":"eco-education-nature-adventure-camp-green-camp-bali-indonesia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/division\/as\/2018\/10\/16\/eco-education-nature-adventure-camp-green-camp-bali-indonesia\/","title":{"rendered":"Eco-Education Nature Adventure Camp \u2013 Green Camp, Bali, Indonesia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Eco-Education Nature Adventure Camp \u2013 Green Camp, Bali, Indonesia<\/span><\/p>\n

1 \u2013 8 June, 2018<\/span><\/p>\n

Tour Coordinator: Dr. Stephen Cartwright<\/span><\/p>\n

Intrinsic characteristics are forged by adversity \u2013 stepping out of your comfort zone. An indomitable spirit to face the challenges of an ever changing world is a core value we expect of our graduates to persist and achieve their goals. Novel experiences shape our lives showing us diversity as opposed to mundane, prepare us to overcome adversity instead of avoiding it, and change our perceptions \u2013 liking what we thought we wouldn\u2019t. For a third time in the past few years, the Division of Applied Science, College of International Education has led students to Bali Indonesia for an outdoor experience with Green Camp Bali \u2013 learning about the ethos of sustainability at a community level, and pitting themselves in a variety of situations that consolidated friendships, developed teamwork, overcoming certain anxieties and showed some personal growth in confidence.<\/p>\n

Through a range of activities that tested the mind and physical endurance, students built bamboo rafts which they had to navigate down a river, hike up a mountain, camp overnight in the wild, climb a coconut tree, develop and present ideas about sustainable development and probably the most signature event being the mudpit wrestling.<\/p>\n

Immersion into a different culture albeit for a brief moment, one becomes more acutely aware of one\u2019s own limitations, and more aware of the things we may take for granted. For instance, how happy the locals can be embracing a healthier lifestyle in a healthier environment, disconnected from a more hectic self-fulfilling existence. The confidence that the locals had speaking to foreigners even though English was their second language and not commonly used was not a barrier, but an opportunity to engage, and that sentiment bled through into our often more reserved students as well.<\/p>\n

Everyone had a good time overall. The value of the tour is not what we overtly did \u2013 but how we have intrinsically changed ourselves, the values we take away from that experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cNothing ventured \u2013 nothing gained\u201d, will you join next time?<\/p>\n

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