A few years ago, a few of us ecology, economics, and business graduates founded a nonprofit 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). Our goal is 100% food self-sufficiency within 10 years. So far, were maybe 20% of the way there. Likewise this is a testing ground for appropriate technology, such as off-the-grid renewable energy, water treatment and management, organic pesticide production, etc. We are also in need of various biological research projects and inventories.
The date range for the summer program is May 24 July 22. Priorities for the Summer Internship include: Forest mammal inventory with photo trap cameras (on-going project) Data collection in preparation for regional camera trap survey of wild cats Organic agriculture/gardening for home vegetable production Organic pesticide research and development (on-going) Low-tech mushroom propagation system on natural logs (to see a demo, visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMreaSglYog) Wild mushroom identification and photo inventory If you would like to learn more, please visit our Internship page on our website, where you can download a PDF file which includes a detailed program description, at: http://www.3malliance.org/index.php?id=320 To get a better idea of what the project is like, you can view a 2-minute filmed by former interns at: http://vimeo.com/39561585 You can also check out our new blog at: https://3malliance.wordpress.com/ But most important is the program description. After reading the PDF file, if you would like to apply, send an email to the address listed in the program description. We hope you work with you! Sincerely, Bryan Criswell, Isabel Dávila, Jerry Toth Directors, Jama-Coaque Reserve Third Millennium Alliance Jama, Ecuador www.3malliance.org
