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  • Fernando Abruña, DREFF 2016 Guest Named “Distinguished Guest of Dominican Architects”

    Following a successful screening of the documentary La Casa Ausente at UNIBE as part of the 6th Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF), the Board of Directors of the Society of Architects of the Dominican Republic named Puerto Rican architect, Fernando Abruña, “Distinguished Guest of Dominican Architects” in recognition of his successful career in international architecture.

  • Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Joins the DREFF 2016 Wave

    Dozens of members of the technical and administrative team as well as special invited guests enjoyed an environmental film yesterday at the office of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources as part of the 6th edition of the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF).

  • Green Carpet Rolled Out to Inaugurate Sixth Edition of the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival 2016

    Under this year’s slogan, “Yo soy sostenible,” the sixth edition of the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (www.dreff.org) was inaugurated on Tuesday September 13 in Santo Domingo with a screening of the documentary The True Cost and a magnificent celebration of sustainable fashion in the Agora Mall, complete with a green carpet. The Film Festival, to last until September 18, will take place in 11 cities around the Dominican Republic, including Santo
    Domingo, Santiago, Baní, Puerto Plata/Sosúa, San Juan de la Maguana, La Vega, Samaná, Hermanas Mirabel, Bonao, Punta Cana and La Romana in over 40 cinemas and screening rooms.

  • Dr. Leonel Fernández to Be Keynote Speaker at ECLAC Event in Costa Rica

    Former President of the Dominican Republic, Dr. Leonel Fernández, traveled on Sunday to San José, Costa Rica, where he will participate as keynote speaker at the Second Session of the Conference on Science, Innovation and Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).

  • Celebrating Sustainable Fashion at DREFF 2016

    The sixth edition of the DREFF, taking place between September 13-18 in eleven cities around the Dominican Republic, has planned a large celebration to support and encourage sustainable fashion, which seeks to respect humans as well as the environment. At the inauguration, to be held September 13 at the Palacio del Cine-Agora Mall in Santo Domingo, the DREFF has organized a full program that will celebrate and welcome, in grand style, a movement that emerged globally several years
    ago and which seeks to encourage a more transparent and mutually supportive fashion industry, which gains more followers everyday.

  • InteRDom Welcomes Fall 2016 Program in Santo Domingo

    Scholars in the program come from American universities, but from diverse cultural backgrounds. The students attend the Naropa University, Colorado; The New School, New York; and from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Missouri.

  • Nobel Peace Prize Recipient Dr. Rajendra Pachauri in the Dominican Republic as DREFF Guest of Honor

    The sixth edition of the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF) is proud to welcome Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, 2007 Nobel Peace Prize recipient on behalf of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), as this year’s guest of honor. Dr. Pachauri will receive the highest recognition of the Film Festival, the Colibrí Award, for his outstanding academic and professional career. Born in India, Dr. Pachauri will attend the closing ceremony of the DREFF, to be held on
    September 18th at 6:00 pm in Funglode. In addition to receiving the award, he will deliver the keynote address entitled, “Sustainability and Sustainable Development: A Challenge for all Stakeholders.”

  • Leonel Fernández to Present RD2044 in New York

    The RD2044 project, an initiative of the Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode), will be presented in New York on Tuesday, September 27, during a visit to the city by former Dominican Republic president and current Funglode president Leonel Fernández.

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