Pacific Climate Justice TREK
10 students & 2 faculty exploring the intersection of religion and climate justice in the Pacific
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Basil Keck – Saturday, June 20, 2026 We were picked up by the President of the church youth at around 9:00 AM and taken to a pavilion on the east side of the runway.There we participated in some Tuvaluan ceremonies until we were taken outside to play volleyball with our respective church groups. It was…
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Nate Hanson This is one of the blog posts you’ll see today, but is the post for yesterday, June 19th. We spent the day on the island of Fualopa, one of Tuvalu’s nine atolls – which is how many stars they have on their flag. The day was spent with tuCAN, aiding environmental projects on…
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Sara Moore Today is Thursday, June 18, and we had the opportunity to meet with two men who are doing very important climate work in Tuvalu and surrounding islands. Our first meeting was with Reverend Doctor Tafue Lusama. He works as a Climate Change Officer at the Pacific Theological College in Suva, Fiji and is…
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Today is Wednesday, June 17th, our second day in Funafuti! After finally settling into our rooms here at the Esfam Hotel in Funafuti, we had an early breakfast to get our day started. I tried Vegemite for the first time on my toast, and it wasn’t too bad (but not my first choice for a…
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The day started off with a talk from Wilfur about the Center for Sustainable Futures (CSF) at the University of the South Pacific (USP) lower campus, where we attended the beach cleanup on World Ocean Day. CSF provides degrees from bachelor’s to PhD’s in topics such as marine science, marine management, and island and ocean…
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Brock Sivon Hello everyone! Today is Sunday June 14th, 2026 and what a great experience it has been so far! We started off the day by going to a church service at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church about a 15 minute walk from our hotel. We began by singing a few choruses, followed by an opening…
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Basil Keck (Saturday, June 13, 2026) What a week! We didn’t have any scheduled academic programs, so ten of us went river tubing on the Nabua river. We took a bus ride from the hotel at around 8:00 AM to a gateway to the river. We put our stuff away in a locker and got…
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Today is Friday, June 12th, our 7th day in Suva! Today was such an incredible learning experience. We started today off with heading to the PCC (Pacific Conference of Churches) office to meet with Ani, a representative from the AFG, or the Alliance for the Future Generation. She explained that the AFG was not formed…
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Hello Everybody! We have just finished our 6th day in Fiji and what a day it was. Today was all about traditional sailing methods used by Pacific Islanders. We started off the day with a lecture from a representative of the Uto Ni Yalo Trust, Penioni Kuinikoro. The Uto Ni Yalo Trust is an organization…
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Anna Mapes (June 9th 2026) Hello! Today is Tuesday June 9th and today was a packed day filled with a lot of interesting and important information. We started off the morning by walking over to the PCC (Pacific Conference of Churches) headquarters for our 3rd and 4th lectures of the trip. First we had the pleasure of talking…
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Sofia WolkenHappy World Ocean Day! Today is Monday, June 8th and we had the amazing opportunity to celebrate world ocean day in Fiji! Our day began with a trip to the lower campus of the University of the South Pacific (USP). They had a program called the Pacific – European Union Marine Partnership Program (PEUMP),…
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Naomi Kaczor (June 7th, 2026) It was a beautiful Sunday in Suva, Fiji. Many of us woke up before dawn due to lingering jetlag and enjoyed hearing the chorus of birdsong and church choirs as the day began. In our newly acquired traditional garbs of sulus (black wrapped skirts) for men and sarongs (colorful wrapped…
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Sara Moore Bula from Fiji! Today, Saturday, June 6, we arrived in Nadi, Fiji at about 6 AM local time. Fiji is 16 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time, meaning we were technically travelling for two days over the course of a ten and a half hour flight. When we touched down in Nadi, we…
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Hello, and welcome to the official blog site for The College of Wooster’s Pacific Climate Justice TREK. Between June 4 – 25, 2026 a group of 10 students and 2 faculty will be traveling to Fiji and Tuvalu as part of a Wooster course called “Climate Justice and Religion in the Pacific.” (Click here to…
Pacific Climate Justice TREK 