![The Persian ice house, or how to make ice in the desert](https://i0.wp.com/fieldstudyoftheworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/DSC07975.jpg?resize=100%2C65&ssl=1)
![Reforestation and community living at Sadhana Forest India](https://i0.wp.com/fieldstudyoftheworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DSC_0044-1-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1)
Reforestation and community living at Sadhana Forest India
Sadhana Forest India is a reforestation project and a model for sustainable community living.
![Artistic action and clay oven construction at Portes et Passages du Retour art center](https://i0.wp.com/fieldstudyoftheworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/DSC_0870.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1)
Artistic action and clay oven construction at Portes et Passages du Retour art center
Portes et Passages du Retour is a holistic art center in Senegal where art becomes a tool for social change.
![Senegalese villages fight desertification and poverty by becoming ecovillages](https://i0.wp.com/fieldstudyoftheworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/DSC_0150.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1)
Senegalese villages fight desertification and poverty by becoming ecovillages
Rural communities in Senegal are turning to permaculture and the global ecovillage movement in an effort to fight desertification while improving food security and quality of life.
![Restoring earth buildings and community life at Moon Desert in the Moroccan Sahara](https://i0.wp.com/fieldstudyoftheworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/DSC_0548.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1)
Restoring earth buildings and community life at Moon Desert in the Moroccan Sahara
The Moon Desert project is preserving and sharing traditional knowledge about earth building and desert living in southern Morocco.
![Nature conservation and community service at Al Numeira Environmental Association](https://i0.wp.com/fieldstudyoftheworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/DSC_0286-e1516010762772.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1)
Nature conservation and community service at Al Numeira Environmental Association
Al Numeira Environmental Association is a non-profit organization in Jordan that promotes nature and water conservation in a way that benefits both the environment and the members of the local community.
![Self-sufficiency and tourism in the Wadi Rum Desert](https://i0.wp.com/fieldstudyoftheworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/DSC_1348-e1516023524270.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1)
Self-sufficiency and tourism in the Wadi Rum Desert
Malakot Camp in the Wadi Rum Desert of Jordan shows how a combination of responsible tourism and traditional Bedouin knowledge can improve lives while keeping traditional cultures alive.
![Sadhana Forest and improving food security through reforestation in Haiti](https://i0.wp.com/fieldstudyoftheworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/DSC_0529-e1515154089711.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1)
Sadhana Forest and improving food security through reforestation in Haiti
Sadhana Forest is fighting malnutrition and deforestation in Haiti by planting food-bearing trees with the help of local community members.
![How the Plastic Bottle Village is turning waste into a resource](https://i0.wp.com/fieldstudyoftheworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/DSC_0168-e1510937713907.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1)
How the Plastic Bottle Village is turning waste into a resource
The Plastic Bottle Village is a project in Panama that is trying to solve the global plastic problem by turning plastic bottles into construction material.
![Community tourism and environmental protection at Miraflor Natural Reserve](https://i0.wp.com/fieldstudyoftheworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/DSC_0165-e1505938062978.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1)
Community tourism and environmental protection at Miraflor Natural Reserve
At Miraflor Natural Reserve farming communities, the natural environment and tourists have learned to live together for mutual benefit.
![Improving indigenous lives with coffee and culture](https://i0.wp.com/fieldstudyoftheworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/DSC_0184-e1503350950374.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1)
Improving indigenous lives with coffee and culture
Preservation of culture and a women’s coffee cooperative are two grassroots projects by the members of La Laguna indigenous community in Nicaragua.