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Market things and transportation

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Garbage collected during the Our Plastic Waters program in the pre-workshop river clean up. These plastic bottles were separated from the garbage collected during the clean up to be used as materials for a community eco-art sculpture project.

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Trees along the road leaving Loíza up into Carolina and Río Grande that were damaged during Hurricane Loíza. Landscapes, forests and jungles were left bare and brown by the storm and its aftermath. At the time of the Raíces Disaster Relief Support…

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Trees looking good

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Though garlic and onions are difficult crops to grow in tropical environments, Don Luis Soto of Finca Mi Casa has developed methods and seed stock for both that have adapted to tropical climates, producing full sized, organic garlic and onions. The…

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TSA inspected and approved seeds, organic teas, handmade natural soaps, solar lamps and other relief supplies.

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Here Pepe is tuning his instruments for his performance at Whispering Knoll Assisted Living facility in Edison, New Jersey.

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Turkey made out of recycled presciption pill bottles, corks and other plastic waste by artist Lisa Bagwell at the Our Plastic Waters exhibit during the Water Is Life exhibit series.

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Photo of notebook collection that SK has used for his writing for decades.

Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:

"But then, things would change. I stopped feeling comfortable sharing my rhymes. I was writing every day at this point,…

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While at Finca Mi Casa, the Raíces crew members on the Sustainable Disaster Relief Support Trip learned about preparing the soil by hand and spent time preparing and planting a bed of beans for seed saving.

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Plena is a community tradition. Known as a “singing newspaper”, it tells a story, and traditionally brought news between the towns and cities of Puerto Rico. Everyone joins in the singing, dancing and playing.

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Unripe coffee beans growing at Plenitud Eco Farm in Las Marías, Puerto Rico. The mountains of Puerto Rico allow for perfect conditions for coffee growing. At Plenitud, farmers grow hundreds of other crops among their coffee plants instead of having a…

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Flyer for Raíces Natural Arts Workshop with Dan Farella.

Urban Emergency Foraging

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Learn how to find food, water, shelter, and fire in an urban sprawl. Right in the heart of New Brunswick there is still an incredible abundance…

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Old US Customs House in Arroyo, Puerto Rico.

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2009 when Zimbabwe started using USD as currency.

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Using a gourd to wash hands

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The Raíces Cultural Center Ensemble shares the music, song, dance, history and cultural traditions of the Caribbean throughout our community and beyond. Raíces Ensemble members perform the traditions of plena and los vejigantes de puerto rico with…

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Vejigante, Loíza Aldea, Puerto Rico on the day of Santiago apostol.

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Vejigante, Loíza Aldea, Puerto Rico on the day of Santiago apostol.

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Young boy dressed as a vejigante. Loíza Aldea, Puerto Rico on the day of Santiago apostol.

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Vejigante, Loíza Aldea, Puerto Rico on the day of Santiago apostol.

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Vejigante, Loíza Aldea, Puerto Rico on the day of Santiago apostol.

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Young boy dressed as a vejigante. Loíza Aldea, Puerto Rico on the day of Santiago apostol.
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