Affiliations

University of Michigan
    College of Engineering
    Multidisciplinary Design Program
    Taubman College of Architecture   
    School of Art & Design
    Ross School of Business  
    Barger Leadership Institute
    English Language Institute 
    Ginsberg Center
    International Institute
    Davis Foundation
    E-MAGINE
    International Project Collaborative
    LS&A Honors Program
Community partner organizations
    Jaguar Ecological Reserve
    SESC Pantanal 
    SEDUC (Secretary of Education of Mato Grosso)
    Mato Grosso Secretary of Health
    Instituto Federal de Educação Tecnologia e Ciência - Mato Grosso
    Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
    Colégio de Nazaré
Other Partners
    Focus Conservation Fund
    Focus Tours

Founders

Ethan Shirley is interested in integrating science, technology, and sustainable community development in third-world countries. Ethan is fluent in Portuguese, and has been going to this area in Brazil for eight years. 
He graduated from the University of Michigan with an Anthropology and Zoology major, and a minor in Paleontology.
 
Julie Bateman is interested in the exchange of ideas, opportunities, and services between rural and urban areas. And especially how this exchange can ameliorate a region's environment and its population's well-being. Julie studied Civil Engineering and Natural Resource Studies at the University of Michigan; she is conversational in Portuguese.

Recent site activity

May 18, 2013, 9:46 AM Ethan Shirley created Workshop planning week - 5/18
May 11, 2013, 12:36 PM Ethan Shirley created SPRING NEWSLETTER - In case you missed it
May 11, 2013, 12:26 PM Ethan Shirley created In Brazil! 5/11/13
May 11, 2013, 12:21 PM Ethan Shirley created Back in Brazil! 5/11/2013
May 9, 2013, 8:37 AM greg ewing edited Home
May 2, 2013, 8:03 AM Ethan Shirley created Music Program Featured on Michigan Radio
Mar 25, 2013, 2:33 PM Alex Carney edited Pantanal Music Exchange
Mar 25, 2013, 2:33 PM Alex Carney deleted attachment The Victors Nazaré.m4v from Pantanal Music Exchange
Mar 20, 2013, 11:22 AM Alex Carney deleted PME Newsletters
Mar 20, 2013, 11:20 AM Alex Carney edited Pantanal Music Exchange
Mar 16, 2013, 3:33 PM Simon Trask created Blog Post 3
Feb 10, 2013, 1:44 PM Simon Trask created Blog Post 2
Feb 10, 2013, 1:43 PM Simon Trask edited Alternative Energy Blog
Feb 10, 2013, 1:43 PM Simon Trask edited Alternative Energy Blog
Feb 10, 2013, 1:42 PM Simon Trask created Blog Post 1
Feb 6, 2013, 10:48 PM Julie Bateman edited Video
Feb 6, 2013, 8:51 AM Ethan Shirley edited Student Blogs
Feb 6, 2013, 8:47 AM Ethan Shirley edited News
Feb 6, 2013, 8:46 AM Ethan Shirley edited Student Blogs
Feb 6, 2013, 8:36 AM Ethan Shirley created Alternative Energy Blog
Feb 6, 2013, 8:35 AM Ethan Shirley created Waste Systems Blog
Feb 6, 2013, 8:34 AM Ethan Shirley edited Student Blogs
Feb 6, 2013, 8:32 AM Ethan Shirley created Student Blogs
Feb 5, 2013, 8:38 PM Julie Bateman edited Arb Run IV
Feb 5, 2013, 8:37 PM Julie Bateman edited Arb Run IV

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