Sustainable Business & Corporate Responsibility
Dates: June 23 – July 1, 2012
Optional Machu Picchu extension: July 1 – 4
Optional Machu Picchu & service project extension: July 1 – 8
Length: 9 days
Cost: $2,420 plus intl. airfare
Optional Machu Picchu extension: $480
Optional Machu Picchu & service project extension: $760
Antioch Peru 2012 Itinerary PDF
to the Antioch Peru Study Program
Application deadline February 29, 2012
When most people think of Peru, the lost Incan city of Machu Picchu often comes to mind. Since its “rediscovery” by Yale archeologist Hiram Bingham in 1911, this pre-Columbian ruin has become synonymous with Peru. Few countries are similarly encapsulated within a single image to such a degree.
While the mysteriousness of ancient civilizations will forever intrigue visitors, Peru’s connections to the past overshadow the significant interest generated by the country’s recent economic progress. This diverse nation of 28 million people has quietly positioned itself as the hidden commercial gem of Latin America—a diverse, export-driven economy characterized by open markets and fiscal prudence.
Positive economic growth towards a stable, competitive market continue to transform Peru into a dynamic environment for U.S. investment. So, what does this mean for Peru and its people?
From the capital city of Lima to the remote Amazon jungle, to the heart of the Incan empire, this interdisciplinary seminar will introduce participants to the challenges and possibilities for creating new models for sustainable economies in Peru. What practices provide long-term economic empowerment and prosperity to local communities? What structures ensure benefits to the common good, be they local ownership, cultural preservation, or healthy environmental practices?
Students will have excellent exposure and access to real-world, real-time economic ventures in the Amazon Rainforest from agriculture to eco-tourism and to the community stakeholders in them. Formal meetings and informal conversations with representatives of both multinational corporations, local companies and community-based pubic/private enterprises, NGO’s, laborers and community members provide realistic perspectives on the keys to sustainability as well as the obstacles. Our investigations to the resource-rich Amazon Rainforest in Southern Peru.