Building a Yurt: Learning Structure, Culture and Collaboration
In the open desert of Qinghai, wind sweeps down from distant mountains and stirs the soft sand. Students learn about structure, culture and teamwork by building a yurt…
Exploring Art and Culture: Thangka Painting
The summer research program explores diverse expressions of art and culture, combining ecological experiences such as planting saxaul trees and harvesting cistanche with thangka painting…
Creative Encounters with Nature: Ecological Printmaking
As golden afternoon light casts long shadows across the desert, our students come together for a workshop that combines art, ecology and imagination…
ResilienSEED Summer Desert Research Program
Bringing young people together across borders, ResilienSEED connects students from China, Canada and the United Kingdom through an extraordinary research program…