Sustainability
A hands-on experience exploring the relationship between people, place, and the natural environment.
Understand a place by learning how people care for it.
Sustainability becomes more tangible when you can see how the environment connects with everyday life, livelihoods, communities, and the coast itself.
These experiences introduce participants to local people, organizations, landscapes, and initiatives while exploring environmental questions within the context of the Dominican Republic.
It's an opportunity to observe, participate, ask questions, and better understand both the challenges and the work already happening here.
Explore
Experience the coast, land, and natural environments that shape life on the North Coast.
Learn
Meet local people and organizations working within the environmental realities of their own communities.
Participate
Take part in hands-on experiences shaped around local initiatives, priorities, and partners.
What the experience can include.
Coast
Explore coastal environments and learn about the relationship between the ocean and surrounding communities.
Land
Learn about natural resources, food, agriculture, and the landscapes that support everyday life.
Projects
Participate in hands-on activities connected to local initiatives and community priorities.
Community
Learn directly from people working within the places and environmental systems being explored.
Culture
Explore sustainability within the broader context of Dominican culture and everyday life.
Reflection
Consider questions of stewardship, responsibility, consumption, and our relationship with place.
A sample 7-day experience.
Airport arrival · Transportation to lodging · Orientation · Welcome meal
Community introduction · Local environmental context · Cultural activity · Reflection
Sustainability activity · Local partner experience · Community time
North Coast ecosystem experience · Cultural activity · Reflection
Hands-on local initiative · Environmental learning · Shared meal
Community experience · Outdoor activity · Closing conversation · Final reflection
Breakfast · Final conversation · Airport transportation · Departure
This is a sample itinerary. Activities are shaped around local conditions, seasonality, partner priorities, and the interests and goals of each group.
What's included.
La Marea coordinates the logistics, local partnerships, programming, and experiences that bring the program together.
Accommodation
Lodging throughout the experience.
Transportation
In-country transportation and scheduled airport transfers.
Meals
Meals and shared dining experiences throughout the program.
Programming
Coordinated sustainability and environmental experiences.
Experiences
Cultural, community, and outdoor activities throughout the program.
La Marea Support
On-the-ground coordination throughout the experience.
Explore the place.
Understand it more deeply.
Tell us what your group is curious about, what you want to understand, and how you want to engage with the environment and communities around you.
We'll build from there.
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