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Restore ecosystems, build bamboo structures, and implement regenerative agriculture while immersing yourself in the vibrant communities and lush jungles of Ecuador.

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THE EXPERIENCE

  • Live in a bamboo dorm with up to 30 students

  • Eat 3 meals per day of Ecuadorian cuisine cooked by local staff

  • Daily hands-on workshops and activities to learn about and directly contribute to regenerating ecosystems and communities

  • Topics: environmental design, sustainable architecture and engineering, agrifood systems, regenerative agriculture, ecology and conservation, socio-environmentalism, natural resource management, and more.

  • Learn from local field experts

  • Build a bamboo structure (start to finish) to support local communities

  • Be surrounded by the biodiversity and beauty of natural, native Ecuador which RFI is working to protect and regenerate

This is where you’ll be staying! (click if the video doesn’t play)

Registration

If you’re ready to make memories, friends, and a difference, register for the program below!

UC Davis x RFI 2026 Registration Form

Payment

Submit your payment today to secure your place on the 2026 UC Davis Summer Break program!

 
 

Meet the campus representative making this possible!

Contact us at: ucd.regeneration@gmail.com

Ella Herndon

Hello, I’m Ella! I’m a third year Sustainable Environmental Design Student and I can’t wait to represent RFI at UC Davis. I’m passionate about incorporating sustainable practices in design and this exciting opportunity allows me to do so firsthand. I’m looking forward to learning more about bamboo architecture and regenerative through this incredible program.

efherndon@ucdavis.edu

Yousseff Yassin

Hi, I’m Youssef, a Sustainable Environmental Design major at UC Davis! I joined RFI because I’m passionate about exploring how design can actually work with nature instead of against it. To me, sustainable design isn’t just about buildings or landscapes, it’s about creating spaces that make life better for people and the planet.

Yayassin@ucdavis.edu

Follow us on Instagram to stay connected!

@raiisitatorres carrying some of the tools of the trade of #agroecology. Raisa is a bilingual environmental engineer who wears many hats for both RFI and @losarbolerosfarm: operations manager, accountant, communications, and in general looking out f
RFI invites you to join our team👥 ✨ Our programs will be hosted at @losarbolerosfarm in Ecuador🇪🇨 this December and January.📆 If you have experience with construction, group leadership, and are passionate about regenerative design then we would l
An overdue update on progress at the Institute! We finished our professor’s quarters and lookout and the bamboo is as high as an elephant’s 🐘 eye. Our Guachapeli forest is staked to grow nice and straight. Welcome to see the progress f
Great progress on building and earthworks projects last week. We worked together with Ecuadorian and United States students to teach keypoint mapping techniques and bamboo building to make a chicken coup and the lookout pictured here. #sustainabletec
Very interesting visitors today from the team of Tourism department of the Municipality of Chone! Let’s spread good ideas💡🚀🌎🙏🏽 • • #ecotourism #ecoinfrastructure #customerservice #internationalcollaboration #regenerationfieldins
Honey the 🐈 up on our new lookout terraces. The next two photos are of the design of the structure - within a week it will be built and ready for enjoying the view! A big thank you to our collaborator @dogmos_404 whose lovely architectural designs
We feel at home in the community of Ricaurte, Manabi Ecuador. As thanks to our beautiful neighbors, we built this bus stop as part of our last bamboo building workshop. 🎍🏗🚞#busstop #bamboo #bambooconstruction #bamboobuilding #bambooarchitecture #c
Explore the craft of bamboo building: cuts, joints, and new and traditional methods. At Regeneration Field Institute we teach the fundamentals of design with regenerative materials. Getting to intimately know the properties and fibers of bamboo opens
Students from University of Alabama and CU Boulder mixing up the treatment solution for our bamboo construction project! This mix of Borax and Boric Acid will cure the bamboo used to build the next part of our institute and make sure it stays stronge
Course participants learning about the steps involved in bamboo timber production: from harvest to treatment with borox and boric acid to ensure long life for the material. #bamboocourse #sustainabletechnology #regenerativeeducation#

CONTACT US

INFO@REGENERATIONFIELDINSTITUTE.COM

DIRECTOR                                                                      Lucas Oshun I lucas@regenerationfieldinstitute.com

OPERATIONS MANAGER  Raisa Oshun I raisaoshun@gmail.com

PROGRAM DIRECTOR  Beth Huggins | beth@regenerationfieldinstitute.com

 

YOUR UNIVERSITY? Interested in starting an RFI program at your university? See the Campus Representative Internship position HERE and send us a resume and cover letter today!