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Permaculture and Biodiversity
Permaculture planting principles promote biodiversity of plants and animals in order to nourish and support the regeneration and building of the soil instead of the depletion and erosion of soil that happens in monocropped, industrial agriculture…
Permaculture Education
Hands-on experience is the best teacher when learning about organic agriculture, permaculture and agroecology. Some of the seedlings being planted on this slope will produce food, while others will set deep roots to preserve soil stability and…
Permaculture Farm
Plenitud PR is an organic farm based on permaculture principles and techniques. Through a variety of growing and sustainability practices, including creating a food forest, rainwater harvesting, greenhouse production, terraced farming, raised beds,…
Planting
Student volunteers planting at Plenitud PR during their service learning trip.
Planting Beans
Raíces Cultural Center Director Francisco G. Gómez planting bean seeds at Finca Mi Casa. The earth was prepared for planting by hand and the seeds will be grown out to be saved and shared.
Planting Beans
Raíces Director Francisco G. Gómez planting beans from seeds donated by Seed Savers Exchange at Finca Mi Casa.
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.
Plaza Vivero
A neighbor stops by during the garden tour of Plaza Vivero, which is being cultivated on an abandoned property using the materials found on the site.
Plaza Vivero - Brigada PDT
Plaza Vivero garden sign. Brigada PDT is the group that created and maintains this urban community garden.
Post-María Clean Up Crews
Crews of workers clearing piles of vegetative debris left along roadsides after residents, work crews and brigades of volunteers and community members cleared the roads after Hurricanes Irma and María. There remain questions about what was done with…
Poster for Fiestas de Santiago Apostol
Artist Samuel Lind displaying a screen printed poster from the annual Fiestas de Santiago Apostol.
Potable Water
Services and utilities were slowest to return to the interior of the island. In many parts of Utuado, as of January 2018, there was still no running water available, and residents had to haul water from refill stations such as the one pictured here.
Powering Samual Lind’s Art Studio Post-Irene
Puerto Rican artist Samuel Lind’s studio has been powered by generator since it lost power in Hurricane Irene. His studio was lucky not to have received much damage in Hurricane María, which was the second hurricane to hit the island in the 2017…
Preparing for a Press Conference at Casa Pueblo
The Casa Pueblo crew preparing for a press conference announcing the launch of the first solar powered radio transmitter on the island of Puerto Rico, which will transmit for Radio Casa Pueblo.
Preparing the Earth For Planting Beans
Don Luis and the Raíces crew immediately began preparing earth and planting seeds for a few varieties of beans after Don Luis chose the seed varieties he wanted to grow from the 50 pound box of seeds donated to Raíces by a dozen organic, non-GMO and…
Preparing the Earth For Planting Beans
Don Luis Soto watches over as the Raíces Crew helps prepare a bed for planting beans. This planting was intended for seed saving of three different kinds of bean seeds sent to Puerto Rico to help regenerate a local seed stock. Before planting, the…
Preparing the Soil for Planting
Members of the Raíces Cultural Center Disaster Relief volunteer crew working on Finca Mi Casa with Don Luis Soto, providing a helping hand to prepare and plant a bed of beans being grown for seed saving. All planting beds at Finca Mi Casa is prepared…
Presentation - Puerto Rico Sustainable Disaster Relief
Raíces Cultural Center team member Nicole Wines speaking during a community presentation about the impacts of Raíces Cultural Center's post-Hurricane María sustainable disaster relief initiative in Puerto Rico, held at Pennstock Coffee (called OQ…
Press Conference
Casa Pueblo press conference at the Casa Pueblo home base in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, announcing the launch of the first solar powered radio transmitter on the island of Puerto Rico.
Press Conference - Casa Pueblo Solar Transmitter
To the right is the building that houses the batteries and equipment to power their solar powered radio transmissions. To the left are seedlings to be planted across five acres of land for sustainable agriculture, meant to help support the activities…
Press Conference on the Mountain
During the press conference announcing the launch of Casa Pueblo’s solar powered radio transmitter, journalists and guests were invited to visit the solar powered transmitter site and view the equipment used to power the first solar powered radio…
Puerta de Tierra
A building that collapsed onto and crushed a car in Puerta de Tierra, San Juan, almost four full months after Hurricane María made landfall on the island.
Puerta de Tierra
The devastation left by Hurricane María was still evident almost 4 months after the storm had passed.
Puerta de Tierra - San Juan
A building collapsed on a car, still on the street in January 2018, almost 4 months after Hurricane María devastated the island of Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rican Flag - Que Bonita Bandera
Puerto Rican flag painted on the door of an abandoned and destroyed structure in Adjuntas.