IAMovement
Our Services
What We Do
Over the years IAMovement has refined its primary social and environmental work and services into a few areas.
Learn more about these services below.
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VEEP Community Project
A Vetiver Education and Empowerment Project (VEEP) is often conducted over several months to 1-year in communities bringing key knowledge and capacity building on the uses and applications of vetiver grass for land stabilization, erosion control, soil and water conservation and regeneration, sustainable farming practices, and sustainable handicraft making.
Longer VEEPs are also possible with a deeper focus on long-term expansion of vetiver knowledge in communities and sustainable livelihood opportunities through local green businesses. Organizations can participate and support through an ‘Adopt a Community’ approach utilizing the VEEP model.
Cost – Variable and tailored to communities with considerations for location, number of participants, number of vetiver restoration sites and plants installed, length of time, etc (Typ. cost from TT TTD$200,000 to TTD$300,000 involving 20 participants and 5,000 vetiver plants installed, and one (1) vetiver handicraft workshop training series completed).
Vetiver Handcraft Community Training Programme
Along with full-scale VEEPs, IAMovement and House of Vetiver (a community-focused green business it helped to form) also offer vetiver handicraft training programmes which are aimed at bringing the element of sustainable plant-based crafting opportunities to communities over a 4-8 week period depending on availabilities of participants and frequencies of training sessions.
Organizations can participate and support through an ‘Adopt a Community’ approach with focus on the Vetiver handicraft training programme model.
Cost – Variable and tailored to communities with considerations for location, number of participants, number of vetiver restoration sites and plants installed, length of time, etc (Typ. cost from TT TTD$50,000 to TTD$75,000 involving 10-15 participants and support for their development and integration into sustainable livelihood opportunities through House of Vetiver)
Climate Talks
A Climate Talk Event is a 1-2 hour conversational session using relevant local multimedia and interactive Q+A approaches – to educate, inspire and empower participants to be part of the overall positive social and environmental change in Trinidad & Tobago and the Caribbean.
Cost – TTD$2,500 to $3,000 depending on location in Trinidad & Tobago and length of event time
Climate Talk Booth
A Climate Talk Booth is an interactive and educational booth featuring specialty subject matter areas of IAMovement and some of its other regenerative and circular economy partners in areas of climate mitigation and adaptation in the local contexts (e.g. energy conservation, renewables, vetiver grass, reforestation, closed loop systems), and can be provided for ½ to full-day event segments.
Cost – TTD$2,500 to $3,500 depending on location in Trinidad & Tobago and length of event time
Climate Champion Training Day
A Climate Champion Training Day builds on the Climate Talk model involving a ½ or full-day activity, which includes both educational elements of Climate Talk events along with a greater focus on group interactivity, group learning and ideation, and key hands-on climate impact activities such as vetiver grass preparation and planting, tree planting, compositing, upcycling and more.
Participants are given a Climate Champion badge or T-shirt and are introduced to other ways in which they can continue to be involved with climate action and the climate movement moving forward.
Cost – Variable based on number of participants and length of time for event (Typ. cost can range from TTD$20,000 to $35,000 for 25-50 participants, ½ day to full day event)
Community Reforestation Projects with Stakeholder Involvement
In partnership with Close The Loop Caribbean, IAMovement offers a range of community reforestation packages which ensure and guarantee that every sapling planted grows into a mature carbon-sequestering tree, some providing more fruit, flowers or hardwood – depending which species we choose.
Reforestation packages involve (i) topsoil regeneration and land preparation activities, (ii) tree supply and planting, and (iii) maintenance during establishment for 3-5 years to ensure that trees grow sufficiently to ensure long-term success. Partners can track their reforested areas digitally (coming soon) and can also participate in site visits, or special stakeholder-participant planting or maintenance days for the establishment of trees, as tailored to each partner package depending on needs and goals.
Cost – Variable and dependent on # of trees or land area involved in package, and levels of involvement requested by partner for stakeholder-employee participation (Standard community reforestation packages range from TTD$10,000 for 50 trees, to $1,000,000 for 5,000 trees over 8-15 acres of land; digital tracking and site visits included; with additional special day-event costs if/as needed based on stakeholder-employee participation numbers).
Public Education and Storytelling
At IAMovement, we integrate behavioral science and nudging techniques with a deep understanding of local cultural contexts to influence public awareness on critical climate and environmental issues.
By crafting targeted strategies that resonate with communities in Trinidad & Tobago and the Caribbean, we drive positive social and environmental change. Our expertise helps guide behavior shifts essential for improving the state of our ecosystems, offering tailored services that foster greater public engagement and sustainable practices to address today’s most pressing environmental challenges. Contact us today to see how we can work with you to help achieve shared goals of a climate-smart, climate-resilient and empowered Caribbean people!
Sustainable Film and Video Production
IAMovement has produced over 30 educational short films and videos to expand the reach of our on-the-ground projects and educate the public on critical socio-environmental issues.
If you have a key project or idea that needs clear communication, we have the technical and production expertise to help you develop, design, script, and produce impactful content. Let’s collaborate to empower communities and promote a more sustainable, healthy environment in Trinidad & Tobago and the Caribbean. Contact us today to share your project idea and explore how we can work together to improve lives and ecosystems across the region.
Build your own project
IAMovement offers a range of projects and activities, collaborating with partners to create tailored packages from one-day events to multi-year programs.
These can incorporate both our primary offerings and new, relevant initiatives developed together. We invite you to share your organization’s goals and explore how we can collaborate for a sustainable and secure Trinidad & Tobago and Caribbean. Contact us to discuss your next environmental project and plan a meeting!
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