Andes to the Amazon

From the Andes to the heart of the Amazon, Grade 12 have returned safely from the trip of a lifetime.

The Creativity, Action, Service (CAS) students worked with the CREES Foundation - a charitable organisation committed to using sustainable practices to protect the balance of life in the rainforest. By initiating conservation research, environmental education, natural resource management and community capacity building, the Crees Foundation aims to bring economic, social and environmental harmony to the Manu region now and into the future.

Ex-Southbanker Quinn Meyer is the Foundation's founder and Managing Director. Quinn is a British/American anthropologist with over three years experience in the Manu Biosphere Reserve and the Peruvian Andes specialising his skills in eco-tourism, natural resource development, team building and education. He formed CREES in 2003.