Sandy Update

Dear friends, We are writing to you to update you on the situation in Haiti with the passing of hurricane Sandy. Here in Port-au-Prince the rain has been coming down for three days straight, the most rain we have experienced since the earthquake. We are very lucky that everyone on our staff is safe....

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Theo Talks Episode 2: Cultivating Zaboka

Join SOIL's Regional Director, Theo Huitema, on another adventure in EcoSan. In Theo Talks Episode 2, Theo gives a short, enjoyable tour of the young tree seedlings being cultivated at the SOIL nursery in Cap-Haitien. And speaking of the tree nursery... we need a new name for this nursery and we'd....

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Consilience: Transforming Haiti from the Bottom Up

By Victoria Lauredo in Consilience: The Journal of Sustainable Development, October 17, 2012. Amidst the buzz of CEOs, celebrities and heads of state attending last month’s Clinton Global Initiative’s 2012 Annual Meeting floats in Dr. Sasha Kramer, a 36 year-old ecologist and human rights observer....

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Groupe URD: Sustainable Sanitation for Haiti: Recommendations and Lessons from the National Conference on Sustainable Sanitation, June 2012, Port-au-Prince

From the October Newsletter of Groupe Urgence Réhabilitation Développement. Following the earthquake, a large number of different kinds of ecological sanitation (EcoSan) projects were implemented as part of the humanitarian response. The majority of these projects met with major difficulties or....

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PRI's "The World" Haiti on Brink of Becoming Latest Member of African Union

By PRI's "The World", October 16, 2012 [one_half][/one_half] [one_half_last][box]Features a quote from SOIL's very own Baudeler Magloire aka "Bobo" talking about his experience in Benin. See below![/box][/one_half_last] If all goes as planned, Haiti, yes North America's Haiti, will become the latest....

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Future-ish: SOIL & Sasha Kramer Included on the Annual Stylish Scientist List

October 2012. Posted on Future-ish. Future-ish is pleased to announce our second annual list of the world's most stylish scientists. The individuals on our list are changing the world with their innovative research and changing stereotypes every time they make an appearance expressing their oh-so....

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Theo Talks Episode 1: A Sunrise Tour Through the SOIL Nursery in Cap-Haitien

Join SOIL's Regional Director, Theo Huitema, on the first (of many we hope) adventures in EcoSan. In Theo Talks Episode 1, Theo will take you on a sunrise tour of the SOIL nursery outside of Cap-Haitien. Listen closely and you might hear some tree cocks! Do you want to support this effort to improve....

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October 2012 Newsletter: With Love from Port-au-Prince

Dear Friends, Another month has passed and thanks to your ongoing support SOIL has remained as active and dedicated as ever. We are most grateful to our friends and supporters for helping us to ensure that our emergency toilets in Port-au-Prince stay open. As the rainy season begins the threat of....

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Under the Shade of a Bayawonn Tree

Opportunity is all around us. The other day, Theo, our Cap-Haitien Regional Director, was strolling around our farm and nursery site in Limonade, when he noticed a considerable presence of dry pea pods scattered from trees in the area. He put on his thinking cap and discovered that these pods, or....

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Press Release: Utopia Foundation Provides Matching Grant to SOIL for Work in Haiti

TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN - October 10,2012 - The Utopia Foundation announced today a dollar-for-dollar matching grant to donations made through the Foundation to Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL) through December 31, 2012 up to a total of $7,500. SOIL is a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated....

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