Our beloved Madam Bwa amazed us again this month with the beautiful bounty of her rooftop garden. Our jaws dropped at the gleaming jewels of eggplant hanging heavy from their stalks, tomatoes, spinach, peas, basil, oregano, oranges and more! Her roof seemed a veritable Garden of Eden in the middle....
Join SOIL Regional Director Theo Huitema on another adventure in EcoSan. This week, wake up on the Farm with Theo, SOIL Executive Director Sasha Kramer, Deputy Director Nick Preneta, and longtime friend Eric Nyman. Theo greets his three visitors with a sunny disposition in the early morning hours on....
This year Cap-Haitien was chosen to host Haiti’s National Carnival and we’re all still recovering from a beautiful week of dancing and music. The city saw an influx of over one million people: hotels were fully booked months ago, new ones were being built overnight, friends were pulling out extra....
After a little winter hibernation, the Theo Talks series is back in full swing, and we have a couple of different offerings for you this week. As you may have read, the SOIL Farm in Cap-Haitien is now operating on 100% solar power, a very exciting improvement to our operations in Limonade. Join SOIL....
With help from our friends at the Instituto Tecnológico San Ignacio de Loyola (ITESIL ) in the Dominican Republic, we are now able to look at our farm’s soils in quantifiable terms nutrient-wise! We were even able to compare the soil results to a SOIL compost sample and found that organic matter....
Dear Friends and Supporters, Lots of news from the SOIL team this month. The first thing on all of our minds this week is the departure of Nick Preneta, SOIL's Operations Director. After three incredible years of hard work and dedication, Nick left Haiti a few days ago. Nick will be sorely missed....
In May 2012 my husband Anthony and I had the very special opportunity to spend several days with a dear friend of mine, and SOIL’s deepest inspiration. Peter Morgan is a British Marine Biologist who has lived in Zimbabwe for over 40 years. Although trained as a biologist Peter has dedicated his life....
It is with some sadness that we share the news that Nick Preneta, SOIL's Operations Director in Port au Prince since the office opened in 2010, will be changing his role with SOIL. Nick has been the heart and soul of our Port-au-Prince team for 3 years and he will be sorely missed. We are delighted....
At SOIL, we value education and information sharing because one of our ultimate goals is to assist in spreading EcoSan technology throughout Haiti. We dream of seeing a toilet in every home, and EcoSan for all. Yesterday at our site in Trutier, we were happy to share some of our experiences in....
As many of you know, the Household Toilet Project is now in full swing, with 150 families in Shada, Cap-Haitien, using their beautiful household toilets on a daily basis. SOIL's partner organization Re.Source is in the process of checking back in with everyone in Shada to gather information about....