In the rural community of Totogalpa, located in northwest Nicaragua, you can witness a wave of environmental change based on renewable energy and perhaps see a transformation in yourself. This 11 day course allows you to be immersed in the daily life of rural Nicaraguans by living in homestays and working alongside locals in their vision to a create a sustainable community based on the sun´s energy. This is a chance to engage your head, heart, and hands in the real work of the developing world. Discuss the theory behind both solar energy and the challenges of sustainable development with your instructors and other course participants over lunch. Spend your days learning from local community members how to construct solar cookers and install photovoltaic systems. Laugh along with your homestay family as you try to recall your High School Spanish or balance water on your head.
The living arrangements are simple and representative of the way Nicaraguans live throughout the countryside. At the end of the course you will have the chance to relax and do some hiking at an ecolodge near Estelí.

The total cost of the course is $995, which includes housing, meals, in-country travel expenses, all materials and tools needed, translation services, and the course manual. Transportation to and from the airport or bus station in Managua is provided.

Please visit our website at www.grupofenix.org or contact us at thegrupofenix@gmail.com for more information.