Please join us for the 2012 Lakota Adventure, September 30th-October 6th! Below you will find an itinerary for the trip as well as a registration form. For further questions we encourage you to contact Lacey Gaechter at (970) 484-3678 or … Continue reading →
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We are proud supporters of the International Year of Sustainable Energy for all because we believe that every human being on Earth deserves access to the energy needed to live a healthy and prosperous life. “Energy is the golden thread … Continue reading →
Filed under: Honduras, solar energy Tagged: clean energy, ECPA, Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas, Honduras, latin america, solar energy
Filed under: events Tagged: 3 Twins Broadband, annual fundraiser, clean cookstoves, Fort Collins, Fort Collins Events, fundraiser, Rhythms for the Planet
Project 7 is a cause-related company that makes everyday goods like coffee, bottled water, gum, and mints take on a deeper meaning. Project 7′s Save the Earth products help Trees, Water & People plant fruit trees with rural families in … Continue reading →
Filed under: Photo of the Week Tagged: clean cookstove, El Salvador, human health, indoor air pollution, pneumonia
by Sebastian Africano, International Director This is the seventh year that I have had the pleasure of visiting the beautiful country of Nicaragua, a country that continues to inspire and amaze me with every visit. The capital Managua, compared to … Continue reading →
The International Program made a BIG impact last year though their clean cookstove and reforestation projects, empowering communities to sustainably manage their precious natural resources. These community-led projects improve human, environmental, and economic health! Thanks to all of our partners … Continue reading →
Filed under: Photo of the Week Tagged: green job training, ground source heat, ground-source heating system, Native American, Red Cloud Renewable Energy Center
by Pete Iengo, Office Manager and Energy Guru Our Office Energy Challenge goal at the TWP office is to reduce wasted energy and phantom loads by 10% each month. We did that, and more in December 2011, by reducing energy … Continue reading →
by Sebastian Africano, International Director With support from Haitian non-profit Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (S.O.I.L.) and Trees, Water & People (TWP), Positive Legacy and Jam Cruise passengers led the charge in seeding 6,000 citrus trees, thus launching a 10,000 seedling … Continue reading →
Interested in learning more about the Zanmi Pye Bwa Clean Cookstove Project? Click here for more information. Filed under: Photo of the Week Tagged: clean cookstoves, cookstove, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, Haiti, Zanmi Pye Bwa
Today we are remembering Haiti, two years to the day after a devastating 7.0 earthquake further devastated the country and took the lives of over 300,000 people. Since 2007, we have been working with the people of Haiti to bring … Continue reading →
Together with Jam Cruise 10, Positive Legacy, and Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL), we are planting 10,000 native tree seeds today in Labadee, Haiti! This hands on project is part of Positive Legacy’s mission “to create meaningful opportunities for music … Continue reading →
by Megan Maiolo-Heath, Communications Coordinator According to an October 2010 Wireless Intelligence report, Latin America is now the second largest wireless consuming region with more than 530 million users representing over 11% of the global market. There was also exponential … Continue reading →
Learn more about our reforestation program by visiting http://treeswaterpeople.org/reforestation/forests_intro.htm. Filed under: Photo of the Week Tagged: cacao, El Porvenir, El Salvador, reforestation
by Pete Iengo, Office and Facilities Manager Trees Water & People (TWP) works to protect people and the planet on every level: internationally, nationally, and locally. After all, we are sprouted locally and growing globally! As the teams Office and … Continue reading →
To all of our friends and supporters, thank you for a wonderful year! We hope you enjoy these highlights from 2011, as well as all the smiles you helped create along the way. Please join us in 2012 as we … Continue reading →
With your help, 2011 was a year of great progress at Trees, Water & People. We were able to help thousands of families in communities all over the western hemisphere raise their standard of living and improve their local environments. … Continue reading →
Looking for a gift for the person in your life that has everything? Give the “Gift of a Stove” in their honor this holiday season! For only $20 you can donate a new clean cookstove to a family in Haiti … Continue reading →
Filed under: Photo of the Week Tagged: Lakota Solar Enterprises, Red Cloud, solar air heater, solar heat
From the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves website: “Igniting Change is designed as a comprehensive vision for the cookstove sector to achieve universal adoption of clean cookstoves and fuels. The strategy charts three critical pillars of activity – enhancing demand, … Continue reading →
Stop by Brave New Wheel on Wednesday, December 14th, to celebrate Winter Bike to Work Day in Fort Collins!! We will have coffee and food waiting for you. Filed under: events Tagged: Colorado, Fort Collins, winter bike, Winter Bike to … Continue reading →
Read more about the Uganda clean cookstove project here and here. Filed under: Photo of the Week Tagged: clean cookstoves, cookstoves, corporate social responsibility, Rodelle, Rodelle Vanilla, Uganda
by Pete Iengo, Keeper of the Office and Volunteer Coordinator A huge part of who we are at TWP is directly attributed to our wonderful volunteers and interns. This month’s featured volunteer, Kari Lanphier, exemplifies the commitment and caring … Continue reading →
Trees, Water & People recognized by the BBB Wise Giving Alliance for meeting all 20 standards for charity accountability. Filed under: International Program, Tribal Renewable Energy Program Tagged: BBB, BBB Wise Giving Alliance, Give with confidence
by Megan Maiolo-Heath, Communications Coordinator The kitchen smelled of molasses and smoke, mixed with the thick red dust from ceramic bricks being cut and shaped. In El Salvador, it is tradition to use molasses to mix cement. They say it’s … Continue reading →
Filed under: fundraiser Tagged: Colorado Gives Day 2011, Giving First, Givingfirst.org
Trees, Water & People, the nonprofit arm of the Red Cloud Renewable Energy Center (RCREC), has funding that will allow us to grant a scholarship to 10 trainees for our Ground-Source Heat Training, scheduled for December 15-21, 2011. We are … Continue reading →
by Lacey Gaechter, Assistant National Director Thanks to the talents of our solar heater trainees, 68 households on the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe will enjoy clean, free heat this winter, and for many more to come. For the first time … Continue reading →
Henry Red Cloud, TWP’s Tribal Program partner and founder of Lakota Solar Enterprises, has been named one of the “YES! Breakthrough 15”—a group of people who are “tuned in to the deepest needs of our time,” says YES! Magazine executive … Continue reading →
Every year Jam Cruise passengers and Positive Legacy donate funds to Trees, Water & People‘s projects to offset the miles they’ve traveled to get to the cruise. Proceeds from this program go to funding reforestation work and cookstoves in Central … Continue reading →
Every time we begin a new project in a community, we are moving one step closer to making cooking a safe experience for everyone. The following photos highlight our newest cookstove project in La Benedición, Guatemala, from the supply chain … Continue reading →
by Megan Maiolo-Heath, Communications Coordinator November 21, 2011 We crammed two days into one. Mainly, this was the case because everything takes longer here. The rest of the cookstove supplies we needed were in different hardware stores, the traffic is … Continue reading →
by Megan Maiolo, Communications Coordinator November 19, 2011 We begin the day with a long walk through Guatemala City. My senses are immediately awakened as I dodge traffic with Claudia Menendez, cars honking, speeding by, stop, go, stop. Claudia and … Continue reading →
Support Trees, Water & People on the second annual Colorado Gives Day! On December 6, 2011, Colorado citizens will come together again to raise millions of dollars for nonprofits like ours. Last year, the goal to raise $1 million for … Continue reading →
TWP’s Deputy International Director, Sebastian Africano, just returned from a 2 week trip to Uganda where he visited our newest clean cookstove project. This new project, funded by Rodelle, the largest vanilla importer in the United States, is bringing clean … Continue reading →
Filed under: clean cookstoves, Newsletters, Red Cloud Renewable Energy Center, reforestation, Tribal Renewable Energy Program Tagged: newsletter
Filed under: Photo of the Week, Red Cloud Renewable Energy Center, solar air heaters, Tribal Renewable Energy Program, Wind Turbines Tagged: Henry Red Cloud, Pine Ridge Reservation
One hundred percent of carbon offsets sold for Jam Cruise 10 will benefit the northern community of Limonade, Haiti, where Trees, Water & People and our partner SOIL (www.oursoil.org) are working together to launch a 10,000 seedling nursery that will … Continue reading →
*Click on the image above for a more detailed, interactive map. This Map shows the percentage of the total population that burn solid fuels in their households, primarily for cooking fuel. Solid fuels include coal or biomass fuels such … Continue reading →
Beloved and gregarious Fort Collins resident, Mike Ray, tragically met his early death on September 10, 1999 when two young men under the heavy influence of illegal substances brutally murdered him in his home. Mike was only twenty-nine years old. … Continue reading →
Filed under: Photo of the Week, Red Cloud Renewable Energy Center, Tribal Renewable Energy Program Tagged: green job training, Lakota, Native Americans, Photo of the Week, Pine Ridge
We have purchased the building kit for our new Training Annex at the Red Cloud Renewable Energy Center (RCREC), and we need your help to put it together! Made possible by our very generous donors, the new Training Annex will … Continue reading →
by Jon Becker, TWP Board President The sun is dropping in the sky as we snake our way through Port-au-Prince traffic, along several tent camps, and never ending rivers of people. We finally leave the city, and the road opens … Continue reading →
Birch Hincks has already been our Featured Volunteer for her hard work and sparkling personality around the Trees, Water & People office. Now we get to give her another very special thanks, this time for the month of service she … Continue reading →
Filed under: clean cookstoves, Haiti, International Program, Photo of the Week Tagged: biomass, black carbon, charcoal cooking, Haiti
Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: carbon reduction, Climate Wise, environment, Fort Collins, recycling, waste reduction
By Jon Becker, TWP Board President A short 2 hour flight from Miami delivered me from the order and predictability of the United States into the bedlam, rubble, and breathtaking resilience of this Caribbean nation who’s remarkable history rivals any … Continue reading →
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