• Slide 1

    Welcome to Richmond Vale
    Academy

    Fires, floods, hurricanes, droughts and extinctions are telling us that we need a new economic model to protecting the planet.
    Become an Activist
  • Slide 3

    What comes together comes best

    Alone the world changes you, together we change the world.
    Meet the People
  • Slide 3

    Learning by doing

    Each student and the student body, become able to act with others in the present reality.
    Join one of our courses
  • Slide 1

    Welcome to Richmond Vale
    Academy

    Fires, floods, hurricanes, droughts and extinctions are telling us that we need a new economic model to protecting the planet.
    Become an Activist
  • Slide 3

    What comes together comes best

    Alone the world changes you, together we change the world.
    Meet the People
  • Slide 3

    Learning by doing

    Each student and the student body, become able to act with others in the present reality.
    Join one of our courses

Richmond Vale Academy, St. Vincent and the Grenadines  

Richmond Vale Academy is an educational institution with the aim to train activists from all over the world to fight global warming and global poverty where it is most needed.  

WHAT WE DO

JOIN ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS

Fighting Poverty Program - 10 Months

Fighting Poverty Program - 10 Months

The Fighting Poverty program addresses poverty in a practical approach. Participants train in the Caribbean and serve poor communities in Latin America. New Poverty Fighters Start every April and October. Read more and join us for this amazing experience!. Click here to learn more

Climate Change Activist – 6 Months

Climate Change Activist – 6 Months

Learn, Teach and DO together with your team and members of the community to reach this amazing goal of making our small nation of St. Vincent and Grenadines, one of the first countries in the world to be ready for the Climate. Click here to learn more

THEY ALREADY GOT INVOLVED

  • Diana, Romania

    I am very proud to say I have been part of the greatest team there ever was. First let me welcome you to this piece of heaven we call Richmond in St. Vincent, I'm sure you love it (who wouldn't?!) and I know you will have a blast while learning and working here. I can vouch for the learning experience. I learned to never give up!"

  • Dr. Thompson, St. Vincent

    Here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, we are attempting to become a green island, looking at energy, at the way we conserve our environment. I believe Richmond Vale Academy is one of those places where you can get the information and education and certified programs in terms of what you really need to know about helping to save this world, our planet."

  • Demion, St. Vincent

    Before RVA's public awareness campaign, many Vincentians did not know what permaculture was. Dreams of getting gold in a global treelympics were farfetched and plastic bottles were an environmental menace. Organic food, GMO awareness and so on were not highly extent. Through RVA's intervention with its 2012 -2021 Climate Compliance agenda, SVG is now a different nation with a more positive environmental attitude."

load more hold SHIFT key to load all load all

FROM OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Small Farmers Feed the World - Pass-it-On Sustainable Home Gardens6:45

Small Farmers Feed the World - Pass-it-On Sustainable Home Gardens

CFLI - Growing Climate Change Adaptation Capacity in St. Vincent7:46

CFLI - Growing Climate Change Adaptation Capacity in St. Vincent

How to do Permaculture in the Tropics - PDC Course Caribbean8:39

How to do Permaculture in the Tropics - PDC Course Caribbean

The Pass-It-On Sustainable Home Garden and how to make one!27:32

The Pass-It-On Sustainable Home Garden and how to make one!

Click the "YOUTUBE BUTTON" to Subscribe! >>

Q - Is there a Volcano in St. Vincent?

There is an active volcano in St Vincent (La Soufrière) that last erupted in 1979. The volcano rises to 4,048 feet or 1234 m. It is the largest of the 3 craters that are present at the summit of the volcano, the other 2, the Somma and the 1812 crater are both presently dormant. Eruptions have generated a series of pyroclastic flows, lahars, ballistic projectiles and ash. The ash generated by the larger eruptions is, in fact, responsible for the yellow cliffs that run along the windward coast of the island.

Hiking the La Soufrière Volcano is always an amazing experience! If you have some extra energy, once you reach the top, you can go down the crater and experience the silence and beauty inside the crater. In this video, that’s exactly what we do!

Watch the movie:

“Hiking the La Soufriere Volcano is always an amazing experience!” on Richmond Vale Diving & Hiking Center's YouTube Channel

 

RVA BLOG

Looking back at 2019
Looking back at 2019
Looking back at 2019 there are some reasons for optimism, but the issue our precious planet is facing has not changed.The biggest ever climate change demonstrations and strikes happened in 2019. This shows us that young people are worried about their...
The St. Vincent Climate Compliance Conference beyond 2021
The St. Vincent Climate Compliance Conference beyond 2021
After almost ten years of climate action a lot has been done and certainly more is to be done for all to be ready for climate change. Hundreds and Thousands of people are working to make their villages and island nations more Food, Water and Energy s...
I thought farming with chemicals was the right way!
I thought farming with chemicals was the right way!
Now I know that I want to be careful with what I eat, and really, not putting chemicals on my food is a good place to start.When the RVA students, Ingrida, Ceren and Paulus and their teacher Dani, first came, I was in the house. It was just Jasmin an...
The Largest Refugee Crisis in the World - The Syrian Civil War
The Largest Refugee Crisis in the World - The Syrian Civil War
Arguably the biggest refugee crisis in the world right now, the diaspora created by the Syrian civil war is numbering in the millions. A constant flow of people are seeking asylum daily in neighboring countries like Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon and many E...
Food Waste in a Pandemic
Food Waste in a Pandemic
A recurring theme of the 2020 pandemic seems to be highlighting existing issues that have been exacerbated by the way our world screeched to a halt. Changes in how we purchase, consume, and move about the world have illuminated difficulties in our en...
Gratitude is confidence in life itself
Gratitude is confidence in life itself
My time at Richmond Vale Academy has come to an end. When I just arrived I was very proud at myself because I’m not a traveler at all. When I’m at home I rather stay close to the people and animals I love. I saw Stina’s videos on YouTube about two ye...
GO TO RVA BLOG