We’re headed back to Biloxi for the 2025 POCACITO German-American Summer Academy, this year with a special focus on biomimicry – the ways in which nature inspires solutions to the climate and environmental issues we face.
Who: youth ages 14-17, especially from the United States and Germany, but all are welcome to apply; program language is English
What: a weeklong residential summer camp on environmental challenges and solutions
When: July 6-12, 2025; Sunday the 6th is arrival day, departures are on Saturday the 12th.
Where: Camp Wilkes in Biloxi, Mississippi, on the US Gulf Coast (2109 Camp Wilkes Rd, Biloxi, MS 39532)
Why: to have fun, meet new people, and make the world a little bit better
Each day holds a new adventure for you and 39 of your newest best friends. Led by researchers and scientists working on issues including coastal restoration, marine pollution, ecosystem health, and biomimicry, you will learn about nature and the environment by engaging directly with it.
You’ll map our area of study in multiple ways, using drones and kayaks to compare the kinds of information gained from different methodologies.
You’ll identify the flora and fauna that share the coastal ecosystem with us.
You’ll visit barrier islands to see how they protect the coast from increasingly damaging storms and find out what we can do to protect them in return.
With your peers, you'll develop, design, and build a prototype of a nature-based solution to address an issue facing the environment.
You’ll create a podcast and zine with other participants to share with the world what you have learned.
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