Practivistas projects

The following are selected projects from the Practivistas Program, an appropriate Technology and Spanish immersion in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. We are a group of U.S. and Dominican students working together with various community members to co-create sustainable solutions. See the current Practivistas Dominicana Program for more.

• Practivistas Dominicana Projects
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  La Yuca ecoladrillo schoolroom (2011)
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  La Yuca schoolroom renovation (2013)
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  La Yuca rainwater catchment (2014) (2013) (2012) (2011)
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  La Yuca small scale renewable energy (2014) (2012) (2011)
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  Las Malvinas ecoladrillo schoolroom (2012)
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  Las Malvinas hullkrete botica popular (2015) (2014) (2013)
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  Las Malvinas botica popular ecoladrillo (2013)
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  Las Malvinas rainwater catchment (2014) (2014 Feasibility) (2013)
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  Ghetto2Garden solar power (2014) (2013)
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  Arroyo Norte waste plastic innovations (2015) (2014)
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  Las Malvinas destacamento (2015) (2014)
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  Las Malvinas community shade structure (2014)
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  Solar workshops (2015)

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  HSU Chiapas improved cookstoves
  Improved cookstoves at Otros Mundos and in a rural community
  (en español)
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  HSU Chiapas micro hydro feasibility study
  Microhydro feasibility study in a few rural communities
  (en español)
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  HSU Chiapas Windbelt ASE
  Windbelts at Otros Mundos
  (en español)
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  HSU Chiapas biodigester
  Biodigester at a demo house in San Cristobal
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  HSU Chiapas rainwater catchment
  Rainwater catchment systems at a demo house and in a rural community
  (en español)

See Parras for more on the 2004 to 2008 projects.