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....
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....
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....
Today we are thrilled to present SOIL's first Annual Report! For the SOIL team, this project represented a great opportunity to demonstrate to all of our friends just how dedicated to our programming we are. Over 95% of our funds go directly to our impactful projects that are designed to bring long....
A special guest edition of the classic Theo Talks! Although our irreplaceable Regional Director Theo is out of town, the Theo Talks go on! Anthony Kilbride, SOIL's longtime friend and "First Husband," was channeling Theo on a recent trip to Cap-Haitien and decided to put together a little video in....
Another great update from the SOIL Experimental Gardens at Penye. On January 8, the SOIL team came together for the second of three harvests in the Pepper Plots, and we were once again thrilled to see how successful SOIL compost was in aiding the growth of our green peppers. Our January harvest was....
(Published January 9, 2013 for the Women in the World Foundation. By Sam Ritholtz) The third anniversary of the cataclysmic Haiti earthquake—a monster that registered 7.0 on the Richter scale, killed 300,000 people and displaced more than 1 million—is coming up on January 12 and with it will come a....
SOIL has reached another “turning point” in our composting career! The construction of our three new glasiers (a drying station for the final states of compost production) at our composting site in Mochinette was finished last week, just in time for the emptying of compost bin #1! After three rather....
Today the SOIL team was thrilled to present Marie Mineuve Felissant, one of our public toilet managers, with an award for excellent work and exceptional commitment to SOIL's mission of providing safe and dignified sanitation to people throughout Haiti. Ms. Felissant manages one of the SOIL toilet....
