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Service Learning at Plenitud
Students from St. Thomas University’s Visions program participating in a service learning trip to Plenitud PR post-María. Rebekah Sánchez, who lives and works at Plenitud and founded the project Siembra Boricua is explaining agroecology and…
Visiting Finca Mi Casa
Raíces director and co-founder Francisco G. Gómez visiting Don Luis Soto at Finca Mi Casa to asses the damage and learn how the Raíces Sustainable Disaster Relief Initiative can provide assistance.
Green House Growing Post-María
The greenhouse at Finca Mi Casa was cleaned up and planted immediately after Hurricane María hit the island of Puerto Rico. Four months later, when the Raíces crew visited the farm, there were vegetables and seeds ready for harvest. The roof of the…
Seeds for Puerto Rico Relief
Seeds chosen by Don Luis Soto for planting and saving at Finca Mi Casa as part of the Raíces Sustainable Disaster Relief Support Initiative.
Don Luis and Doña Carmen
Don Luis Soto and his wife Doña Carmen with some of the seed donations given to their farm as part of the Raíces Sustainable Disaster Relief Support Initiative.
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.
Unpacking Seeds
Unpacking the box of seeds and other sustainable relief supplies donated to the PR Resiliency Fund and the Semiteca Seed Bank Project at the Brigada de Semillas or Seed Brigade.
Bean Seeds
Don Luis Soto of Finca Mi Casa showing us some of the first seeds ready for saving have been planted immediately after the passing of Hurricane Maria.
Greenhouse at Pleunitud PR
The Plenitud PR Greenhouse was already in production when we arrived in January. The greenhouse itself was fixed after the donation of funds by Juntos Together, a coalition of Central NJ relief organizations working to support sustainable relief and…
Native Monarch
A species of monarch endemic to the island of Puerto Rico. This type of monarch does not migrate off the island. This butterfly was in the mariposa, or butterfly house, at Casa Pueblo in Adjuntas. Breeding and providing habitat for butterflies and…
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.
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.
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…
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…
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,…
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-…
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…
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…
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.
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.
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…
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…
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.
Raíces at Casa Pueblo
Raíces Cultural Center Director Francisco G. Gómez in front of Casa Pueblo in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico.
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.