- Guatemala
About Program
Join our expert green building instructors and sustainability enthusiasts from all over the world for an immersive hands-on green building experience located in the beautiful Guatemalan highlands. For one month, participants will learn how to combine rubbish with conventional materials to raise an entire off-grid home or classroom that benefits local low-income community members. Examples of what we have built are available at lwhomegreen.org. Participants will use this experience as a reference point for permaculture-related endeavors throughout their lives. They will emerge as powerful change agents ready to protect the environment and make a significant impact.
Join us for the whole month or a portion of the time. We can adjust the price!
Scholarships are available.
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Program Highlights
- Learn and apply green building techniques through constructing a home for a family with limited economic resources
- Engage in socially responsible community development
- Learn Spanish, Kaqchikel, painting, weaving, or tortilla making through optional classes
- Go on In-Country Field Trips/Tours in your free time such as: Ruins of Iximche and Mixco Viejo, colonial capital of Antigua, market town of Chichicastenango, and Guatemala City museums
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If you want to spend a trip chasing waterfalls, meandering through lush jungles, and seeing world heritage sites; Guatemala should be high on your list. Guatemala can be easy to overlook when there are more travelled destinations in the area, but don't be fooled, this country is filled with incredible landscapes and culture, all at a great price.
