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El Seibo Resiliente

A climate-resilience initiative by the Ministry of Environment. We built the brand and the platform that put it in front of the country.

Adobe Illustrator, Figma, WordPress, and ElementorMarch 2021 · 8 weeks

The Client

El Seibo Resiliente

El Seibo Resiliente is a project of the Dominican Republic's Ministry of Environment. Its mission: restore and protect ecosystems so the communities of El Seibo can withstand climate change and natural disasters.

El Seibo feels the climate head-on. Ranching, fishing, and tourism — the livelihood of its people — all hinge on an environment that's changing fast. The platform rallies everyone around a single cause.

The communities of El Seibo
Component 01 — preparedness for disaster risk reduction
Component 02 — sustainable use and rehabilitation of ecosystems

The Challenge

Urgency and hope, in balance

Climate change threatens. The project fighting it inspires. Both had to come through at once: a clear, minimalist visual language that conveyed the urgency without letting go of the hope of recovery.

Add a government mandate. The platform had to meet NORTIC standards and the Dominican government's transparency requirements, and go live fast. We built it for both.

The mouth of the Yeguada river

UI Design · Figma

Information architecture

First, put it in order. We defined what information leads and how it flows, grounded in usability principles and a brand with a character of its own. That architecture is what holds the whole site together.

We worked in Figma, right in the client's browser. Every review, every decision, visible to both sides and all in one place. The project moves forward without friction.

We built a style tailored to the project. Design and experience woven together, so the initiative looks coherent on every screen and true to what the Ministry stands for.

Homepage design in Figma
Figma
Figma toolbar

Responsive Design

A great experience on every device

Most people arrive on mobile. We built the site to look and work flawlessly on any screen and any browser.

The cause belongs to everyone. The platform adapts to every person who wants to add their voice, no matter where they come from.

El Seibo Resiliente on laptop, tablet, phone, and watch
The mobile version of the site
El Seibo landscape

Web Design

The website

With the design locked in, we moved to building. Development started fast and without hesitation.

We set every plugin in its place and solved every obstacle with precision, until the platform was up and running.

Development

WordPress

An environmental initiative like this deserved to measure up. We set a high bar for ourselves.

With WordPress and the right tools, we fine-tuned every detail of the site and met the demands of a government project.

The El Seibo Resiliente WordPress dashboard
WordPress admin bar
WordPress sidebar menu

Development

Elementor page builder

Elementor is one of the most solid builders in the WordPress ecosystem. With it we assembled interfaces and experiences with real visual craft.

We brought in photo and video with impact to carry the environmental message further and change the way people see the world around them.

The Elementor editor over the El Seibo Resiliente homepage
Elementor
The mobile version of the site in Elementor
The El Seibo Resiliente website

The Outcome

The power of conservation

Conservation is an act of the future. That's why we held ourselves to meeting — and exceeding — what was expected on this project. The site explains why climate change matters and why El Seibo needs protection, and it stays up and running to make it happen.

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