Community Program, Culture, Mentawai

Protecting the future of Mentawai

14/03/2016 · Leave a comment

Whether we choose to ignore it or not, tourism does impact local communities and their native environment in a big way – sometimes positively, sometimes negatively. What is important, however, is that we do have control over the decisions we

Community Program, Culture, Mentawai, Research

Developing the program’s curriculum

11/07/2015 · Leave a comment

Together with August Sikatsila, Suku Mentawai’s program manager, we’ve spent the past month gathering cultural and environmental-based research in the Sarereiket regions of Siberut Island. August headed our previous community research and survey activities and is indeed right at home