{"id":52801,"date":"2017-03-16T10:33:25","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T10:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/?p=52801"},"modified":"2017-04-18T14:37:04","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T14:37:04","slug":"auggies-spring-break-in-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/2017\/03\/16\/auggies-spring-break-in-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Auggies Spring Break in Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Augsburg students got the chance to explore Mexico on the 2017 spring break program, &#8220;Food, Justice, and Sustainability in Mexico&#8221;. Photos from faculty member Ann Lutterman-Aguilar.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-52801 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/03\/via_organica_spring_break_trip-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Planting food at farm\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-52805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/03\/via_organica_spring_break_trip-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/03\/via_organica_spring_break_trip-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/03\/via_organica_spring_break_trip-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/03\/via_organica_spring_break_trip.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-52805'>\n\t\t\t\tVia Organica farm\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/03\/via_organica_2-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Students in a greenhouse\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-52804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/03\/via_organica_2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/03\/via_organica_2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/03\/via_organica_2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/03\/via_organica_2.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-52804'>\n\t\t\t\tStudents learn at Via Organica\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/03\/planting-seeds-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Group at organic farm\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-52803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/03\/planting-seeds-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/03\/planting-seeds-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/03\/planting-seeds-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/03\/planting-seeds.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-52803'>\n\t\t\t\tStudents plant seeds at Via Organica\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/03\/Learning-from-Tono-at-Via-Organica-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Outside lecture with students\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-52802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/03\/Learning-from-Tono-at-Via-Organica-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/03\/Learning-from-Tono-at-Via-Organica-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/03\/Learning-from-Tono-at-Via-Organica-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/03\/Learning-from-Tono-at-Via-Organica.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-52802'>\n\t\t\t\tStudents learn at Via Organica\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>From the program brochure:<\/p>\n<p>Environmental Justice and social change take on a local and global perspective in this course that starts in the US, travels to Mexico over spring break, and returns to Augsburg to continue the learning.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. and Mexico have a deeply connected past and a dynamically intertwined future&#8211;in, agriculture, trade, and the flow of migrants. Cities in Mexico and Minnesota face similar challenges of sustainability and environmental justice. How do these connections impact political, environmental, and social systems?<\/p>\n<p>Explore indigenous perspectives on agriculture. \u00a0Learn about urban sustainable practices in Mexico. Listen to the stories of people in Mexico City, Cuernavaca, and Amatlan de Quetzalcoatl. \u00a0Spend time on a cutting-edge organic farm in beautiful San Miguel de Allende. \u00a0Bring new perspectives back to the Twin Cities where we will explore our local connections to these global issues.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Augsburg Students can see the full list of upcoming short-term programs at our application portal, the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/studyabroad.augsburg.edu\/index.cfm?FuseAction=Abroad.ViewLink&amp;Parent_ID=0&amp;Link_ID=61D82A90-5056-BA1F-7222C94F0289DA26\">Global Gateway<\/a>&#8220;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Augsburg students got the chance to explore Mexico on the 2017 spring break program, &#8220;Food, Justice, and Sustainability in Mexico&#8221;. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":236,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auggies-go-global","category-mexico"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/236"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52801"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52857,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52801\/revisions\/52857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}