The Geo Communities semester is open to students nationwide. Students receive 12 credits through the University of New Hampshire's Department of Natural Resources. Students who are not from UNH receive transferable credits. Robert Eckert decides on the final grade. For them, coming back to the U.S. after living in the Third World is shocking.
Some students change majors.
Some take a year off. One student stayed in India. They all globe-trotted. The trip began in New Hampshire, where students met Living Routes faculty. Later, they all flew to a Buddhist monastery called Plum Village in France, run by Buddhist author Thich Nhat Hanh.