Alexis Grillo, Author at Chewonki

A Better Big Eddy Campground

Campus Updates, Chewonki's Big Eddy Campground, Sustainability / By Alexis Grillo

Before you know it Big Eddy will be open. As the days get longer I wanted to let you know of some updates that we will be working on in 2021 and beyond. We are always looking at ways to reduce the run time for our diesel generator. In May we will install a new …

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Off The Map with Chewonki LITs

Alumni & Friends, Camp Chewonki Leadership Expeditions, Foundation / By Alexis Grillo

“We ate at least three sticks of pepperoni at every meal,” recalls Aaron Altabet in a recent text message to Karen Blakelock. “…and, there was a suspicious amount of cheese blocks left over at the end of the trip!” This is what happens when you put ten teenagers in charge of planning a ten-day leadership …

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🎥 Watch “The Route of It,” Featuring Greg Shute

Alumni & Friends, Camp Chewonki Leadership Expeditions, Foundation, Staff News / By Alexis Grillo

The Route of It: Reflecting on People, Place, Wildlife and Environmental Change in Remote Landscapes Originally Recorded on Thursday, March 25th, 7:00 pm est Watch the Recording Join Greg Shute, Vice President for Lands and Waters, in conversation with Willard Morgan, for a campfire-style chat highlighting Greg’s 37 years leading Chewonki trips. Greg will share …

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Agriculture: A Girl Culture? Studying Female Farmers in Morocco

Alumni & Friends, Farm and Food Systems, Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki / By Alexis Grillo

“When we think about improving food systems, workers often get sidelined,” says Tasnim Elboute. “I want to narrate the lives of those at the center of food production.” In her native Morocco, these are most often the stories of economically precarious women and girls. An alumna of Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki (semester 48), Elboute …

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Camp Leader Honored With Golden Lens Award

Camp Chewonki Leadership Expeditions, Staff News / By Alexis Grillo

A huge congratulations to Emmy Held, winner of the American Camping Association (ACA) 2021 Golden Lens Award. The award recognizes exceptional photographs that illustrate the camp experience. The ACA chose Held’s photo from hundreds of entries and plans to publish it on the cover of their May/June 2021 issues of Camping Magazine. Held has been …

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Whitewater Wanderer Follows The Flow

Alumni & Friends, Camp Chewonki Leadership Expeditions / By Alexis Grillo

“When you’re on the river, problems go away,” says Tom Shwartz, a former Chewonki camper, tripper, and leader. Shwartz was introduced to whitewater kayaking during our Umbagog leadership expedition in 2011. Since then, he’s pursued his passion for rapids all over the Americas, including Oregon, Idaho, and Patagonia, Chile. “The river is always home,” Shwartz …

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Peace Through Paddling: A Russian Teacher’s Legacy

Foundation / By Alexis Grillo

Vladimir Abrosimov, a dedicated teacher who spent more than two decades building friendship between the United States and Russia in partnership with Chewonki, passed away on November 8th, 2020, at the age of 71. Abrosimov organized summer trips to Chewonki for more than eighty Russian children between 1990 and 2005 through the Komi Peace Fund. …

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From Polyps to Policy: A Marine Biologist Finds Her Niche in D.C.

Alumni & Friends, Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki / By Alexis Grillo

“There need to be more scientists working on policy,” says Lauren Linsmayer. “We are analytical thinkers who do things in methodical ways.” Linsmayer is an alumna of Maine Coast Semester 35 and a staff member to the United States House Science, Space, and Technology Committee. Her Ph.D. research on coral metabolism recently appeared in Scientific …

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Watch: Salt Marsh Farm: The Last Five Years

Alumni & Friends, Farm and Food Systems, Foundation / By Alexis Grillo

Join Megan Phillips and members of Chewonki’s farm crew to learn about how the farm has both evolved and remained true to our roots over the past five years. We will share how farm production has ramped up to meet increased on-campus educational programming and, in the midst of the COVID pandemic, pivoted towards food …

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Operation Owl: Partnering with the National Guard

Traveling Natural History Programs / By Alexis Grillo

The Chewonki Traveling Natural History Program isn’t exactly jet-setting around Maine this year. But, even though our small fleet of vehicles has hardly left the Neck, our wildlife educators have continued to delight kids and families with the help of an unlikely partnership – the Maine National Guard Child and Youth Services (CYS).