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Destruction and Debris - Adjuntas
Destroyed structure in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico. Debris had not been removed as of January 2018, four months after Hurricane María. Collapsed structures, zinc roofs, and debris piles were common sites throughout the island.
Art Amid Destruction
Mural of a jíbaro and door painted as a Puerto Rican flag, on a destroyed and abandoned structure.
Doña Tinti Deyá
Doña Tinti Deyá, co-founder of Casa Pueblo.
Doña Tinti Deyá and Francisco G. Gómez in the Casa Pueblo Artisan Shop
Doña Tinti, co-founder of Casa Pueblo, assisting Francisco G. Gómez, co-founder and director of Raíces Cultural Center, in the Casa Pueblo Artisan Shop.
Doña Tinti Deyá in the Casa Pueblo Artisan Shop
Doña Tinti Deyá, co-founder of Casa Pueblo, assisting Raíces volunteer Christina Proxenos with the purchase of artisan made jewelry. Casa Pueblo runs an artisan shop to help maintain the economic sustainability and self-sufficiency of the…
Don Alexis Massol
Don Alexis Massol, who founded Casa Pueblo in 1980 along with his wife Doña Tinti Deyá.
Dr. Arturo Massol Deyá
Director of Casa Pueblo, Dr. Arturo Massol Deyá.
Dr. Arturo Massol Deyá and Don Alexis Massol
Director of Casa Pueblo, Dr. Arturo Massol Deyá with his father and co-founder of Casa Pueblo, Don Alexis Massol.
Raíces at Casa Pueblo
Raíces Cultural Center Director Francisco G. Gómez in front of Casa Pueblo in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico.
Plastic Bag Ban
Sign displayed in the door of a local store in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, explaining the law establishing the island wide ban of plastic bags for use by commercial businesses and why the ban is important to help protect and restore the ocean.
Solar Cinema
This former school building which is immediately next door to Casa Pueblo’s main building has been converted into a solar powered cinema for the community of Adjuntas. It is also used as classroom and meeting space and for presentations and…
Casa Pueblo Programs and Projects
One of many displays on the walls inside Casa Pueblo, highlighting the organization’s many projects and programs in ecology, education, culture and the arts.
Self-Sufficient Energy Production at Casa Pueblo
Casa Pueblo creates its own energy through the use of solar power technology. These cabinets house all of the batteries and inverter equipment needed to power Casa Pueblo. The organization did not lose power during or after Hurricane María thanks to…
Coffee Grinder
Coffee grinder in Casa Pueblo. The organization begun to plant and grow five acres of sustainably farmed coffee after Hurricane María, which will help Casa Pueblo sustain itself economically through the sale of local coffee.
Radio Casa Pueblo Sign
Sign for Radio Casa Pueblo, the first fully solar powered radio station on the island of Puerto Rico. Both the studio and the transmitter are now run on solar energy.
Radio Casa Pueblo
Next to the mariposario, behind the main building of Casa Pueblo, is where Radio Casa Pueblo is broadcast from. The radio station was able to continue transmitting to the local area during and after Hurricane María due to Casa Pueblo never losing…
Medical Refrigerator
Casa Pueblo, in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, never lost power during or after Hurricane María due to having self-sufficient resilient and renewable systems. Using solar energy, Casa Pueblo quickly became a center for relief and recovery efforts in the town…
Mural at Casa Pueblo
Mural on one of the buildings in the yard of Casa Pueblo. The organization is dedicated to ecology and education, as well as committed to culture and the arts.
Aquaponics Equipment
Aquaponics equipment ready to be planted by classes visiting Casa Pueblo in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico. This will serve as a demonstration of small scale, sustainable food production for visitors to Casa Pueblo.
Cosmos for the Pollinators
On the stretch of property between the Casa Pueblo main building and mariposario, or butterfly house, there are stands of flowers to provide food to the released butterflies and other pollinators. These stands of cosmos are self-gaining and self-…
Butterfly House
Butterfly house at Casa Pueblo in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, where a native subspecies of monarch is bred, protected, and released into the natural environment. A few monarchs remain in the butterfly house at any given time in order to educate visitors,…
Caterpillars and Chrysalises
Caterpillars and chrysalises undergoing transformation into a species of monarch butterfly that is native to the island of Puerto Rico, Danaus plexippus portorricensis. This subspecies does not migrate off of the island. Like its cousins in other…
Breeding Native Monarchs
As part of ecological restoration, protection and education programs, Casa Pueblo maintains a mariposario and breed native monarch butterflies, and important pollinator on the island. Insect populations were decimated by Hurricane María and the lack…
Mariposario
Inside the butterfly house, or mariposario, at Casa Pueblo in Adjuntas. Butterflies, which are important pollinators, are bred and released here, giving a boost to the island’s population of insects that was affected by Hurricane María.
Butterfly
Butterflies are important pollinators, and Casa Pueblo continued its work of breeding, releasing and protecting butterflies in their mariposario, or butterfly house, immediately after Hurricane María.