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In the summer of 2013, students returned again to Santo Domingo. Students and community members worked together to design and construct:
In the summer of 2013, students returned again to Santo Domingo. Students and community members worked together to design and construct:
* Rainwater catchment for all the water needs of an urban school ([[La Yuca rainwater catchment 2013]]) and a rural community center ([[Las Malvinas rainwater catchment system 2013]]).
* Rainwater catchment for all the water needs of an urban school ([[La Yuca rainwater catchment 2013]]) and a rural community center ([[Las Malvinas rainwater catchment system]]).
* Solar power for lighting an urban schoolroom (La Yuca) all of the electricity for an off-grid stray animal shelter ([[Ghetto2Garden solar power]]).
* Solar power for lighting an urban schoolroom (La Yuca) all of the electricity for an off-grid stray animal shelter ([[Ghetto2Garden solar power]]).
* Natural plaster from clay, sand and flour, and other improvements to an urban schoolroom we built from plastic bottles in 2011 ([[La Yuca schoolroom renovation]]).
* Natural plaster from clay, sand and flour, and other improvements to an urban schoolroom we built from plastic bottles in 2011 ([[La Yuca schoolroom renovation]]).

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This category is for Humboldt State University's summer immersion in Appropriate Technology and Spanish taking place 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. You can see more program details or see projects from past summers at HSU Chiapas and HSU Parras.

In the summer of 2011, students studied appropriate technology and Spanish while working with community members of La Yuca to build a schoolroom from plastic bottles and concrete, lit with solar and homemade wind power from bike parts and newspaper press waste, that catches its own rainwater for cleaning and drinking.

In the summer of 2012, students returned to Santo Domingo to continue our learning and community collaboration. Students worked with community members of La Yuca to make the renewable energy system from bikeparts and newspaper press waste more hurricane safe and durable, and to make the rainwater catchment more potable and tested. In addition, students worked in Las Malvinas II to build a classroom from plastic bottles, concrete, sawdust, papercrete and industrial wood waste for 25 young students.

In the summer of 2013, students returned again to Santo Domingo. Students and community members worked together to design and construct:

This program is open to all skill levels, but does require some ability to do manual work and move around. Expect to work hard, learn a bunch, build lasting projects and friendships.

In 2014, we will be working in La Yuca and in Las Malvinas. See Practivistas Dominicana Program invitation for more.

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