Hours Log

Week 1: In class, prep for trip.  Meetings, in class, and writing ILC.

Post made: Expressing the Terroir of Costa Rica through Medicinal Herbs.

Hours Cumulated: 40 hrs

Week 2: Finca Inti Internship/ Volunteer.

Hours per day volunteering for 5 days: 8 hrs

Hours per day cooking, harvesting, and learning about healthy diets for 5 days: 1 hr

Hours helping at local farmers market on Saturday, 1 day -5 hrs

Hours during week: 50 hrs

Hours Cumulated: 90 hrs

Week 3: Finca Inti Internship/ Volunteer.   

Hours per day volunteering for 5 days: 8 hrs

Hours per day cooking, hearvesting, and learning about healthy diets for 5 days: 1 hr

Hours helping at local farmers market on Saturday, 1 day -5 hrs

Hours during week: 50 hrs

Hours Cumulated: 140 hrs

Week 4: Writing, travelling, researching, tasting

Posts made: Cacao Crazy in Costa Rica:

1st draft: 1 hr

2nd draft: 1 hr

Visiting and touring, talking with Emmanuel: 3 hrs

Research: 1 hr

Post Finca Inti:

Field notes: 2 hrs

1st draft: 3 hrs

2nd draft: 2 hr

Photo taking, uploading,  and editing on blog: 3 hrs

 Post Superfoods and Medicinal Herbs from Finca Inti:

Research: 2.5 hrs

1st draft: 2 hrs

2nd draft: 2 hrs

Reading for course: 1.5 hrs

Hours during week: 24 hrs

Hours Cumulated: 164 hrs

Week 5: Tasting and field work at carabeans- 5 hrs

Posts made: Self evaluation- 2 hrs

Working on organizing website: 3 hrs

Reading books for course: 2 hrs

Hours during week: 12 hrs

Hours Cumulated: 176 hrs

 Week 6: Posts made: Bananas in Costa Rica:

Research: 4 hrs

1st draft: 3 hrs

2nd draft: 2 hrs

Reading for course: 2 hrs

Hours during week: 12 hrs

Hours Cumulated: 188 hrs

Week 7:  Posts made: Terroir Looking In- Taste and Health

Research: 4 hrs

1st draft: 2 hrs

2nd draft: 2 hrs

Post Cacao Ginger Truffles:

Making the truffles: 2 hrs

Writing: 1 hr

Reading text for course: 2 hrs

Hours during week: 13 hrs

Hours Cumulated: 201 hrs

Week 8: Tropical Medicinal Plant Course

Working on farm per day, 5 days a week: 4 hrs

Class per day: 3 hrs

Reading per day: 1hr

 Teaching yoga once a week- 1.5 hrs

Visiting local market: 1 hr

Hours during week: 45 hrs

Hours Cumulated: 246 hrs

Week 9: Tropical Medicinal Plant Course

Working on farm per day, 5 days a week: 4 hrs

Class per day: 3 hrs

Reading per day: 1hr

Teaching yoga once a week- 1.5 hrs

Visiting local market: 1 hr

Visiting and touring Finca Amrta: 6 hrs

Hours during week: 51 hrs

Hours Cumulated: 297 hrs

Week 10: Tropical Medicinal Plant Course

Working on farm per day, 5 days a week: 4 hrs

Class per day: 3 hrs

Reading per day: 1hr

Teaching yoga once a week- 1.5 hrs

Visiting local market: 1 hr

Tasting chocolate at Finca Amrta: 3 hrs

Hours during week: 48 hrs

Hours Cumulated: 345 hrs

Week 11: Reflection and writing on the course:

Posts made: Tropical Medicinal Plant Course notes week 1

1st draft: 3 hrs

2nd draft: 3 hrs

Picture uploading and editing: 3 hrs

3rd draft: 3 hrs

Post Tropical Medicinal Plant Course notes week 2:

1st draft: 1 hr

Uploading and editing pictures: 2 hrs

Post Tropical Medicinal Plant Course notes week 3

1st draft: 2 hrs

2nd draft: 2 hrs

Picture taking and uploading: 3 hrs

Post Five elements theory and terroir

Research and reading: 3 hrs

1st draft: 2 hrs

2nd draft: 2 hrs

Bibliography 1st draft: 2.5 hrs

Bibliography zotero: 2.5 hrs

Final Self Evaluation 1st draft: 2 hrs

Final Self Evaluation 2nd draft: 2 hrs

Trying to problem solve camera issues with upload pictures and editing video- 5 hrs

Configuring logged hours: 2 hrs

Final draft of ILC: 2 hrs

Final Editing of blog: 3 hrs

Hours during week: 50 hrs

Cumulated: 395 hrs