NEW SUMMER PROGRAM FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
Bamboo Construction/ Agroforestry/Engineering / Earthquake Relief /Sustainable Design Opportunity/ Summer Break (May 20th -May 30th)
NEXT UPCOMING INTEREST MEETING FOR NEW PROGRAM MONDAY MARCH 19th @ 6:30PM in DLC 170!
Are you interested in architecture, sustainable design, environmental studies, agroforestry, engineering, volunteer work, and/or traveling? Do you want to make an impactful difference in a community in coastal Ecuador? Are you interested in taking long walks on the beach, salsa dancing or campfires on the beach over Summer Break? Join other CU Boulder and UC Berkeley students this Summer Break to build a bamboo structure and learn about sustainable eco-farming practices!
BACKGROUND: In April of 2016, a disastrous earthquake struck coastal Ecuador that cost thousands of people to lose their loved ones, livelihoods, and homes. It is our mission to donate beautiful, economically viable, and seismically safe homes to families and to demonstrate/promote ecologically regenerative architecture with local, sustainably sourced bamboo. Additionally, we are now in the process of building a new bamboo agriculture campus in Chone, Ecuador!
SUMMER PROGRAM: This Summer Break, a CU student is organizing a travel team, specifically to harness the power and strength of bamboo to rebuild the community of Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador, and to learn about agroforestry/sustainable agriculture in Chone, Ecuador. On the first half of the trip students will receive lessons and instruction from Ecuadorian architectural professors, carpenters, and bamboo farmers who have been actively forming coalitions and rebuilding since the earthquake. The second half of the trip will be spent in beautiful Chone, Ecuador, where student will help to build and expand our new agriculture campus. In Chone, students will also work on agroforestry projects, treat bamboo/cacao, and make chocolate. The benefit is mutual; while Bahia gains a new, seismically sound structure, CU students will receive a unique academic opportunity combining resilient design/construction solutions, international relations, and sustainable farming practices. Also, for students pursuing their architecture license, receive accredited APX hours.
HOW TO GET INVOLVED: We welcome students of all backgrounds, interests or related fields—Architecture, Sustainable Environmental Design, Environmental Studies, Engineering, Business, Entrepreneurship, Public Health, Construction, Global Studies, and more. Since this is an earthquake response, it is the third trip of its kind from CU following in the footsteps of other other universities including UC Berkeley, Cal-Poly, and UT Austin; become eco-action pioneers!
If you are interested contact Elijah Gonzales or Lauren Sharpe:
Email: bbc.cuboulder@gmail.com