Investigate the impact of climate change at the source, traveling from Himalayan glaciers to the Indian plains and examining environmental activism across cultures and landscapes. From the Bay of Bengal to the highest Himalayan peaks, water dictates the lives and livelihoods of millions. As the climate changes, warming temperatures at altitudes result in higher glacial melting in the Himalayas. At the same time, more unpredictable weather patterns leave millions vulnerable to drought and cyclones or other tropical storms born out of the Bay of Bengal. 

Dragons' India gap semester program offers students the opportunity to go beyond tourist trails to live and learn alongside communities on the front lines of this era’s climate crisis. Students navigate from verdant tea plantations to high Himalayan passes and from mangrove forests lining the coast to lush rice paddies fed by the sacred Ganges river. Two extended homestays—one in the Himalayan foothills and another in an idyllic Bengali plains town—allow participation in the daily rituals that underpin the region's rich cultural and spiritual traditions.

College credit is optional for an additional fee.

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