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Beautiful Skies and Vegetation
The beautiful skies and vegitation
Reforestation
Teaching reforestation at Masikandoro
Roasting at Masikandoro
Roasting meat at Masikandoro
Proud Women
Proud women showing off their hard work.
Printworks Rockery
Printworks Rockery
Poetry Reading
Poetry from a student
Grass
All types of grasses
Cooking at Masikandoro
Another section at Masikandoro where we wanted to use for just grilling meat and cooking traditional sadza and vegis - Gochi Gochi.
Back to My Roots
Back to my roots
Bamboo Plates
Bamboo plates
Camping at Masikandoro
Camping at Masikandoro
Foliage Returning in the Mountains
Driving through the mountains of the interior of the island showed how nature has begun to regenerate after the damage of Hurricane María, but also that there was a long way to go for full recovery, as evident in the tens of thousands of landslides…
Damaged Structures - Utuado
Blue tarp roofs dotted the landscape throughout the island, both on the coast and in the mountains. Debris was also seen throughout the mountains, such as the sheet metal seen to the left of the house structure in this photo.
Debris - Utuado
Sheet metal debris by the roadside in Utuado.
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-…
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.
The Rock
Antrhopology needs to look at this rock.
Beautiful Trees
The beautiful trees
Can We Ever Give Up on Our Dreams?
Can we ever give up on our Dreams?