Dr. Thomas Klak -- Dominica Project


Dr. Klak takes students to the island of Dominica during spring break to study Civic Engagement
Home Civic Engagement International:Dominica Course info Student projects Local: Southwest Ohio Course info Student projects Dr. Klak bio Contact us	The Dominica Project One of the ways Dr. Thomas Klak at Miami University puts civic engagement and sustainability into practice is through the Dominica Project. In this project, he combines research and scholarship with student projects, community-level international partnerships and an annual on-site course. All efforts are aimed to support sustainable living and development on the Caribbean island of Dominica. The students on the trip meet with farmers and island officials. They also visit sites on the island including a school, a banana farm and take a daylong hike to the boiling lake. The group's activities also include volunteer work at farms, including planting a corn field and helping with the banana harvest. The plight of the banana farmers In Dominica and in neighboring St Lucia, the program's main focus has been the plight of banana farmers, whose livelihoods have been devastated by recent changes in international trade policies. The program seek to understand how banana farmers are coping with higher input costs, lower prices, and smaller export markets. Through this, they hope to contribute positively to the situation by highlighting and supporting sustainable development initiative, such as flower sales and gardening. The course -- GEO 499.7/599.7 Sustainable Development and Ecotourism in the Eastern Caribbean gives five credits to undergraduate and graduate students. Students must do projects as part of the class. Projects include studying the sustainability of Dominica, the globalization nof Dominica and the self-sufficiency of its residents. The nature island of Dominica is in the Eastern Caribbean. For more information about the island visit: Island of Dominica	Dr. Klak's published work on Dominica: Overview of the economic and geopolitical vulnerabilities. (download as PDF; 229KB) Sustainable Development and Ecotourism. (download as PDF; 256KB) Geography Compass article on ecotourism. (download as PDF; 487KB) Development policy drift in central America and the Caribbean. (download as PDF; 366KB)

Images of students in the Dominica project, where students study civic engagment on the island of Dominica

Dr. Klak takes students to the island of Dominica during spring break to study Civic Engagement

The Dominica Project Commune with a 700 year old tree (a Sloanea Caribaea Chataignier
One of the ways Dr. Thomas Klak at Miami University puts civic engagement and sustainability into practice is through the Dominica Project.

In this project, he combines research and scholarship with student projects, community-level international partnerships and an annual on-site course. All efforts are aimed to support sustainable living and development on the Caribbean island of Dominica. Students in the Dominica course

The students on the trip meet with farmers and island officials. They also visit sites on the island including a school, a banana farm and take a daylong hike to the boiling lake. The group's activities also include volunteer work at farms, including planting a corn field and helping with the banana harvest.

The plight of the banana farmers

In Dominica and in neighboring St Lucia, the program's main focus has been the plight of banana farmers, whose livelihoods have been devastated by recent changes in international trade policies. The program seek to understand how banana farmers are coping with higher input costs, lower prices, and smaller export markets. Through this, they hope to contribute positively to the situation by highlighting and supporting sustainable development initiative, such as flower sales and gardening.

The course -- GEO 499.7/599.7 Sustainable Development a Dominica students help plant a corn field nd Ecotourism in the Eastern Caribbean gives five credits to undergraduate and graduate students.

Students must do projects as part of the class. Projects include studying the sustainability of Dominica, the globalization nof Dominica and the self-sufficiency of its residents.

The nature island of Dominica is in the Eastern Caribbean. For more information about the island visit: Island of Dominica

Dr. Klak's published work on Dominica:

Overview of the economic and
geopolitical vulnerabilities.
(download as PDF; 229KB)

Sustainable Development and Ecotourism. (download as PDF; 256KB)

Geography Compass article on ecotourism. (download as PDF; 487KB)

Development policy drift in central America
and the Caribbean. (download as PDF; 366KB)