About Our Experience

Growing a Sustainable Community in Los Andes, Guatemala

When considering sustainable development as a social issue within the context of Los Andes, participants will be asked to observe keenly and openly how the reserve meets the needs of the local coffee and tea farmers and citizens in a cost-effective manner, with minimal negative environmental repercussions. Agro-tourism is advocated for thoroughly to provide outsiders with the opportunity to witness the natural splendor and amazing biodiversity the reserve has to offer, while providing financial gains that help support the reserve economically.

By working with our community partner La Reserva Los Andes and helping with these efforts, we hope that participants will realize the importance of sustainable development within these communities. If there is any lesson to be learned from this trip, it is that local, grassroots efforts to implement change in sustainability are absolutely essential to creating comparable changes globally. The actions and services in Los Andes provide a great example of what can be accomplished by a group of dedicated citizens who choose to not live off the land, but live with the land.