Winterim Trips

DETAILS

The Partner

The Winterim Trip for 2019 will be a 10-Day educational immersion experience to work with El Departamento de la Comida (El Depa), a sustainability and food justice collective in Puerto Rico. Because of their commitment to collaboration and intersectional equity, the organization is a respected food justice innovator on the island. 

El Depa has been profiled in Eater, Vogue, and CNN. To see some of their latest work, follow them on Instagram @eldepartamentodelafood.

The Trip

From December 3rd to 13th, students on this trip will take an ecological justice tour of the island of Puerto Rico. Beginning in San Juan, the cohort will visit El Depa’s partner farms and gardens to learn about their work and to contribute to the regenerative design of each site, including through assisting in projects like planting and building compost systems. Through community-building (heart) and project-based learning (soil), students will be invited to carefully analyze the sociopolitical context of ecological sustainability and food sovereignty in both Puerto Rico and the Upper Valley, and their roles in this work at Dartmouth and beyond. 

Key Themes: ecological sustainability, food justice, sovereignty, community-building and dynamics, intersectionality

The trip will leave on Tuesday, December 3rd and return the following Friday, December 13th of 2019.

LODGING

*Immersion trips through DCSI emphasize simple living and sustainability. Therefore, on this journey, students will be both camping and staying in hostels. While camping, all cohort members will have access to quality tents and air mattresses, as well as showers and restrooms.

FOOD

*El Depa originally began as a restaurant and its founders believe that we can better understand the land and our communities through food. As such, food and eating communally is at the heart of this trip. Meals will be prepared by chefs and local community members using as much local and sustainable produce as possible. Most meals will be vegetarian. 

This sounds amazing...am I eligible to apply?

Students interested in attending this immersive educational experience must meet the following criteria for eligibility:

* On-campus the term prior (Fall 2019)

* Able to attend the required weekly pre-education workshops during the Fall term (Wednesday evenings 6:00pm-8:00pm)

* A demonstrated interest in the key themes of the trip, including previous coursework related to the social impact work that will be done in Puerto Rico in the broadest sense. (This can include co-curricular or curricular offerings related to conservation, environmental ecology, equity, etc. or any combination therein).

* Be in good standing with the College

Does it cost anything?

We ask students to pay around 20-25% of the full cost of the trip which for this 11-Day Winterim immersion trip to the Dominican Republic is $700*/student.

This fee will encompass ALL of the following:

- Airfare from Boston, New York**, or Atlanta**

- Ground transportation to/from Hanover to Boston Logan Airport for students on-campus

- Roundtrip transportation from airport to host city

- All meals, snacks, and purified drinking water

- All lodging accommodations

- 1+ excursion to explore other local attractions

- All fees associated with the social impact work on the trip

- A series of 8-9 pre-education sessions in advance of the trip

- Pre-trip preparation and logistical coordination for all of the above

* That said, we do not wish financial means to impede any student's participation in this opportunity and will meet 100% of demonstrated need so if this pertains to you, please complete the (optional) financial aid section of the application and a DCSI staff member will follow-up with you.

**Students are responsible for getting themselves to/from one of these airports

I am in! How can I apply?

The cohort for the 2019 Winterim Trip to Puerto Rico has been identified. However, check back soon for more information on how to join the 2020 cohort!