Here is the revised internship schedule for 2013: spring Tuesday, April 02, 2013 - Tuesday, May 28, 2013
summer Saturday, June 08, 2013 - Saturday, August 03, 2013 early fall Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - Wednesday, October 09, 2013 late fall Sunday, October 20, 2013 - Sunday, December 15, 2013 ---- Here´s a little about the program. Also see our website for more details: http://3malliance.org/index.php?id=320. And please understand that, as we spend most of our time off-the-grid in the forest, our internet time is extremely limited. We've made the website as thorough as we can, so please check there before emailing with questions. ---- We are working towards a sustainable future in the rainforest of Ecuador and we need help! A few years ago, a few of usecology, economics, and business graduates founded a non-profit organization called Third Millennium Alliance. We raised some money and bought a lot of land in a critically endangered rainforest and established an ecological reserve. There was a small patch of previously degraded land right in the middle where we have built an innovative and surprisingly comfortable research station out of bamboo, by hand. Immediately surrounding the house we are designing/growing/building a living laboratory of sustainable resource management (i.e. permaculture). Here, and in the neighboring community of Camarones, we are working for a locally appropriate model of sustainable living. Our goal for ourselves is 100% food self-sufficiency within ten years. For the surrounding communities we seek economically and ecologically sustainable alternatives to logging, hunting, and cattle ranching, which are the major threats to this endangered habitat. Interns are encouraged to take on high-impact and dynamic projects; we are a young organization forging our path as we discover it. There is a tremendous amount of work to be done and experience to be gained for interns and for us. Above all, creativity and innovation are the fuel of our intern programs.
