The Ideas Club presents eclectic news briefs on student map-making contests, a dedicated dancer of many styles, climate change and a forestry training program for unemployed workers.

From a photography exhibit on endangered vultures to students who prefer the beach to the classroom as a manner of studying their environment, a Spanish news channel reviews a plethora of eclectic news briefs.

Our guide introduces us to the Cuzama haciendas, a hidden location in the Yucatan jungle where one can admire the remains of colonial haciendas formerly dedicated to the production of henequen, a type of Central American agave also known as sisal.

Our guide, Claudia, takes us on a tour of the amazing natural wonder, the cenotes of Cuzamá, cave formations with natural springs in which one can experience the rejuvenating effects of immersion.

New York has the Hudson; Paris has the Seine; London has the Thames. Rivers were important in the building of these cities: they were commercial routes and also a source of food. Aterciopelados (in English, literally “The Velvety Ones”) the well-known Colombian band, remind us of the importance of our rivers with the title song of their socially conscious album Río.