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)

Waitlist

We're thrilled you'd like to join this trip. Unfortunately, it is currently at maximum capacity. Join this waitlist to have secure a spot if a registered student drops out. The waitlist includes the full registration form so that you can easily secure your spot by paying a deposit if there is an opening.

U-Miami x RFI 2026 Waitlist

Meet the campus representative making this possible!

Contact us at: umiami.regeneration@gmail.com

Aranza Ortega

I’m thrilled to be joining RFI in Ecuador and taking part in this incredible opportunity. This trip means a lot to me as it allows me to engage with real sustainable architecture in practice, beyond the classroom. I’m excited to learn, collaborate, and contribute while gaining hands-on experience in creating meaningful, environmentally responsible design.

Alo74@miami.edu

Sofia Gonzales

Hi!! My name is Sofia Gonzalez and I am a second-year architecture student at uMiami. I’m so excited for this opportunity to get to gain hands-on experience in sustainable architecture, regenerative farming, and so many other environmental practices. I can’t wait to learn more about and to collaborate with everyone on this trip!

smg2015@miami.edu

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@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

 

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