Easter Island joins Rosmini's TOTCUS project
Rosmini’s TOTCUS project has added another location to the collection of collaborating teams from across the Pacific.
Each team (made up of four students in one country, matched by a similar number in another country) is examining an aspect related to an impact of climate change. Over the past week three new groups have paired with a similar number of students in Rapa Nu (Easter Island).
Students Zavier Sofia, Izack Faonevai, Patai Tearil and James Boyle have opened an investigation on how climate change has and will impact on the loss of cultural identity in Rapa Nui and New Zealand.
Examining ocean acidification between the two locations is Te Wharekowai Paora-Chamberlain, Japanese student Ryota Hojo and Kaiser Foreman.
A third group made up of James Vaughan, Japanese student Tomohiro Shiba, Victor Newman and David Maher is investigating international climate treaty compliance with their Rapa Nui counterparts.
In addition to digging into their group inquiries the students will be sharing insights on their respective homelands.
Currently over 80 Rosmini students are now engaged in the TOTCUS project across nine countries/territories (Rapa Nui is technically part of Chile). Students are working to share their findings in the TOTCUS Symposium schedule for December 1.
