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Heirloom Tobacco
Don Luis Soto keeps one heirloom tobacco plant in production in his greenhouse in order to save the seeds.
Hospitality
The Raíces crew was greeted with hospitality everywhere we went on the island during our January 2018 sustainable disaster support trip. Doña Carmen gave us a break from turning the earth in the small bean patch we were about to plant to take a…
Hurricane Damage - San Sebastian
A gas station in San Sebstian, Puerto Rico which was damaged but not destroyed by Hurricane Maria. It remained closed four months after the storm when this photograph was taken.
Hurricane Damage in Puerta de Tierra
Signs of the devastation and destruction caused by Hurricane María remained in plain sight island wide almost 4 months after the storm. This is damage caused to a roof and building in Puerto de Tierra.
Hurricane Resistant Earthbag House
The first earthbag house built at Plenitud Puerto Rico. The structure made it through Hurricane María and the months of rain that followed with no damage.
In Bloom
Stopping to smell the flowers on a tour of the permaculture gardens of Plenitud PR’s farm.
In the Batey de los Ayalas
Damaged structure in the yard of the Ayala home in Loíza Aldea, Puerto Rico. These cutouts of bomber dancers remained undamaged by the storm. This is the yard where the bombazos take place during the Fiestas de Santiago Apostol each July.
In the Greenhouse
Don Luis explaining what is growing inside the greenhouse area and what has changed on the farm since Hurricane María to Raíces Cultural Center Director Francisco G. Gómez. The plastic roof and repairs to this greenhouse became one of the projects…
International Seed Volunteers
Volunteers from around the world work under the direction of Mara Nieves who is coordinating the PR Resiliency Fund’s Semiteca seed bank project.
Interview in Isabela
Director Francisco G. Gómez talks with friend of Raíces Jariksa Valle Feliciano of Aguada, Puerto Rico before interviewing her on camera to get some background and initial impressions on what she experienced during and after Hurricane Maria and her…
Jariksa Valle Feliciano
Jariksa Valle Feliciano (Kari) talking about her experiences during and after Hurricane Maria before being interviewed.
Jehovah Witness Disaster Relief Truck
Jehovah Witness disaster relief truck in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico.
Jíbaro
Mural of a jíbaro, or farmer from the mountains on the ruins of building.
Jíbaro
Mural of a jíbaro on the ruins of a structure in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico.
Kari
The first time the Raíces crew met Jariksa Valle Feliciano, or Kari, was in 2012 at Plenitud PR, where she was living and working on the Plenitud permaculture farm and eco-education center. During the storm, Kari was living back in her hometown of…
La Coca - Closed
The road into El Yunque National Forest was open in January 2018, but only up until the parking lot directly below La Coca waterfall. The road was too dangerous to travel past this point, with landslides, debris and collapsed roads still a challenge.
La Coca Falls Post-María
La Coca waterfall in El Yunque National Forest. The effects of Hurricane María could be seen in the sparse foliage of the normally lush rainforest.
La Cosecha - The Harvest
As Don Luis tours his home based farm, he harvests fruits and leaves from the plants that are growing for visitors to sample. Three months after Hurricane María devastated the island of Puerto Rico, Don Luis and other small, local farmers already had…
La Lucha Continúa
Mural in San Juan, Puerto Rico that reads “La Lucha continúa…NO a la Junta de Control Fiscal!”, meaning “The struggle continues…NO to the fiscal control oversight board.”
Lake Guajataca
View of Lake Guajataca in January 2018. Water levels are visibly low as the lake is being drained in order to begin repair work on the dam which was breached during Hurricane María in September 2017.
Lake Guajataca Overspill
Water flowing into one of the overspills from Lake Guajataca as it is being drained.
Landslide - Las Marías
Over 25,000 landslides were catalogued throughout the island of Puerto Rico in the months following Hurricane María. High concentrations of these landslides occurred in mountain towns like Las Marías.
Landslide in El Yunque
A small landslide along the road in El Yunque National Forest.
Landslides
The first major landslide we came across while driving on our first day in Puerto Rico on our January 2018 disaster relief and recovery support trip. We were later to find out this this was just 1 of over 25,000 landslides that have been mapped…
Litter and Pollution
A human-created sustainability problem. The aftermath of some festivals in Puerto Rico mirror that of the US, with debris, litter and pollution created en masse and left behind for municipal workers to deal with. Not all of the litter will be found…