Appropedia Travel Interns visit organizations and/or communities in a particular region to document their work, as wiki pages on Appropedia.
Many communities and organizations around the world are doing amazing work, and others could learn from what they are doing. However, part of being a community, activist or non-profit organization is tackling enormous tasks with limited resources - meaning they are too busy doing great work to have time to document that work. Appropedia's Travel Internships help to fill this gap.
The community or organization's duties:
- Provide projects or engagements for our intern to document
- Provide time to answer some of the intern's questions about what makes your project so impactful
- Make sure the intern has a safe place to stay and eat (covering food and lodging is optional, but greatly appreciated)
The intern's duties:
- Document the best projects and engagements of the organization or community
- Help share the work with others
- Be a professional and valuable presence
Get involved[edit | edit source]
If your community or organization has a project for us to document, and a place for our intern to stay for the days it will take to document those projects, please contact the Appropedia Foundation at travelintern
appropedia
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Past Travel Interns[edit | edit source]
- Liz (Isabel) Kimbrough - Contributions
- Carrie Schaden - Contributions
- Dominick Triola - Contributions
- Justine Cook - Contributions
Current Travel Interns[edit | edit source]
- Maybe you.
Applications[edit | edit source]
If you'd like to become a Travel Intern, follow the instructions at Appropedia:Interns#Application, mentioning that you are specifically interested in the Travel Internship.
News[edit | edit source]
Recent blog posts by and about our travel interns:
Projects visited and pages made by past travel interns[edit | edit source]
Liz[edit | edit source]
- Affordable aerial photography
- Bamboo boards
- Bamboo drying
- Bamboo planter
- Bambu Tico bamboo factory
- Bocas Sustainable Tourism Alliance
- CCAT MEOW
- Cocoa hecho a mano
- EARTH University
- Finca Amrta
- Finca Amrta's worm bin
- Floating drum biogas digestor
- Green tips for travelers in Bocas del Toro
- Hand crank barrel washing machine
- Living Mandala
- New Dawn composting toilet
- Operation Safe Drinking Water
- Rancho Mastatal
- Regenerative Design Institute (RDI)
- Solar Energy International
- Terrasophia
- The Rainbow Hostel
- The Rainbow Hostel rainwater catchment system
- The Rainbow Hostel solar energy
- Vetiver
- Yestermorrow design build school
- New Dawn composting toilet
Carrie[edit | edit source]
- UABJO Demonstration Wetland Wastewater Treatment, Reclamation, and Outreach
- Oaxaca Water Quality Forum
- Terraces and Ditches at Pedregal
- Ecological dry toilets at Pedregal
- Micro filter dams at Pedregal
- Rainwater catchment at Pedregal
- Reforestation at Pedregal
- Ceiling insulation out of recycled Tetra pack at Pedregal
- Rainwater catchment at Isla Urbana
- Hydroponic Vertical Garden at Sembradores Urbanos
- Raised Beds at Sembradores Urbanos
- Worm bin at Sembradores Urbanos
- Mini urban greenhouse for seed germination
- Polyculture Planting at Sembradores Urbanos
- Merkaba Trueke Barter Exchange at Semillero Romita
- Biodigester Effluent Testing with IRRI
- Biodigester Effluent Water Quality Testing with IRRI
- Rainwater quality testing with Isla Urbana
- Parameters for rainwater quality testing at Isla Urbana and the Ajusco Lab
- Testing synthesized components of rainwater harvesting systems with Isla Urbana
- Testing water quality, surveying water access, and mapping high risk areas in Mexico City with Isla Urbana
- Biodigester follow up and maintenance with IRRI
- Biodigester Effluent Fertilizer Quality Testing with IRRI
- Process for testing biodigester effluent fertilizer quality in lab with IRRI
- Biodigester effluent fertilizer quality parameters for testing with IRRI
Justine and Dom[edit | edit source]
Haiti Communitere is a non-profit resource center located in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. They provide a space for organizations and communities to experiment with and learn about appropriate technologies and community development ideas. Below is a list of some of the projects that exist or have existed at Haiti Communitere.
- Haiti Communitere aquaponics
- Haiti Communitere 3D printing
- Haiti Communitere biodigester toilet
- Haiti Communitere composting toilets
- Haiti Communitere earthship living space
- Haiti Communitere ecoladrillo house
- Haiti Communitere pallet houses
- Haiti Communitere cob plaster
- Haiti Communitere shipping container structures
- Haiti Communitere straw bale house
- Haiti Communitere tire benches
- Haiti Communitere the Elephant Foot
- Haiti Communitere Ubuntu Blox house
Rancho Mastatal is an environmental learning and sustainable living center located in Mastatal, Costa Rica. Below is a list of some of the projects that exist or have existed at Rancho Mastatal.
- Rancho Mastatal Starboard Cork house
- Rancho Mastatal Ceiba lounge
- Rancho Mastatal the Hooch bamboo house
- Rancho Mastatal the Hankey House
- Rancho Mastatal showers
- Rancho Mastatal earthen rocket oven
- Rancho Mastatal rocket stove
- Rancho Mastatal biochar stove
- Rancho Mastatal composting toilets
- Rancho Mastatal biodigester toilets
- Rancho Mastatal manure biodigester
- Rancho Mastatal aquaponics
- mortise and tenon