Rebuild Globally

REBUILD Globally is creating livelihood and educational opportunities for people in distressed communities by using techniques that promote recycling, education, gainful employment, agriculture and community development.

The craftsmen and women on the REBUILD team produce “REBUILDERS” — handmade sandals made from tires off of Haiti’s streets.  They also produce handbags made from recycled candy and spaghetti wrappers.  Visit their website to see their latest products.  Your purchase ensures that Haitian men and women will continue to work and provide for their families.

	http://www.rebuildglobally.org/store.html

Haiti Communitere

Haiti Communitere (HC) is a Haitian based organization that strives for Haitian and International groups to operate as a community, thus increasing capacity and streamlining logistical operations. HC partners operate in a shared overhead environment, thus allowing their focus of operations to remain project based. HC continues to respond to the observed needs not being addressed on the ground while coordinating a Sustainability Resource Center that fosters creativity and connectivity while inspiring the Haitian and International development effort.

Soley Leve

The mission of Soley Leve is to work to help the citizens of Cite Soleil take their lives into their own hands with their own resources. But Soley Leve is not an organization, or an NGO, or a project – all these words have been spoiled by too many years of heavy-handed intervention in Cite Soleil by NGOs and the UN. Soley Leve is a konbit. Haiti has a strong tradition of labor exchange: in the countryside, when a task is too great for one farmer, he will call konbit, and his neighbors will come and help him. There is no expectation of money: just the expectation of some music, perhaps some rum, and that the farmer calling konbit will come and help when someone else is in trouble. In Haiti’s largest slum, we have taken this rural seed and planted it in an urban environment: when a neighborhood runs into a challenge that is too hard for them, they call other neighborhoods to help.

Food.Fun.Film!

Local Earth Monthly Gathering – See Calendar for Details

Join us for a fun, casual and inspiring afternoon/evening of delicious locally grown food, ecologically conscious conversation and thought provoking film!  Meet like-minded friends in the community… share ideas… share laughs… and share yummy food!  Each month’s film will be in some way guided towards creating healthy and resilient local communities.

If you can’t make it for the potluck, join us for the film… or vice-versa.  The first several hours of the afternoon/evening is social/potluck time; after which we will begin the film.  This is a ‘leave a positive trace’ event, so we kindly ask that everyone brings their own reusable cutlery, plate and drinking containers.  Our intention is that these gatherings inspire positive social change and create no waste.  We also ask that a sincere effort is made to bring vegetarian dishes that are created with locally sourced organic ingredients.  We want to eliminate as many ‘food miles’ and chemically/petroleum-based pesticides as possible.  We look forward to celebrating local community resilience with you!

This Month’s Details

Date/Time/Location: See Calendar for Details