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Trailer for the Raíces Cultural Center documentary Relief, Renewal, Resilience: Reflections on Hurricane María and her Aftermath. The documentary was premiered in the Spring of the 2019 at the Forum Theater in Metuchen, New Jersey.

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Raíces BOD Chair Angela Lugo participates in a discussion about agricultural techniques in Guatemala following George Heibel's community seminar and slideshow presentation.

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George Heibel presenting a community seminar titled "Reflections on Advanced Agriculture Techniques in Guatemala.

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Participants in a community workshop in the Raíces EcoCulture program. Many of the Raíces EcoCulture programs were held in the Highland Park Environmental Center from 2016-2018.

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George Heibel defining permaculture in his community seminar "Reflections on Advanced Agriculture Techniques in Guatemala". In his experience, ancient local knowledge was even more advanced than the imported concept of permaculture.

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George Heibel presents slideshow on the variety of agricultural techniques he learned about while on an exchange in Guatemala.

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In his talk, "Reflections on Advanced Agriculture Techniques", Highland Park resident George Heibel shares stories and explanations of agricultural methods used by farmers in Guatemala.

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Presenter George Heibel and participants of his community seminar "Reflections on Advanced Agriculture Techniques in Guatemala"

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The workshop "Reflections on Advanced Agriculture Techniques" was held at the Highland Park Environmental Center, presented by Highland Park resident George Heibel.

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George Heibel presents a slideshow and talk on the variety of agricultural techniques he learned about while on an exchange in Guatemala.

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Highland Park resident George Heibel presents a community seminar in collaboration with the Raíces EcoCulture program on advanced agriculture techniques he learned about on an exchange trip to Guatemala.

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Hydroponic garden system and greenhouse that was destroyed by Hurricane Maria in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico.

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Coffee seedlings for five acres of plantings by Casa Pueblo. The coffee will be farmed and harvested sustainably and available for purchase by visitors to Casa Pueblo as well as local community members. Sales of this coffee help support the…

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Close up of coffee tree leaves on newly planted seedlings in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico.

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A baby coffee bush, beginning to take root in the mountains above the pueblo of Adjuntas. The five acres of sustainably farmed and harvested coffee will grow surrounding Radio Casa Pueblo’s solar powered radio transmitter.

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The beginnings of planting five acres of sustainably grown and harvest coffee. This coffee, grown by Casa Pueblo on the land surrounding the solar powered radio transmitter helps Casa Pueblo maintain and sustain itself economically and provide a…

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Casa Pueblo’s solar powered radio transmitter, up the mountainside from the building holding the solar array and housing the batteries and inverter equipment. This mountainside will soon also be filled with young coffee plants, to be grown and…

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The high mountains of Adjuntas provide the perfect terrain and environment for coffee production. Casa Pueblo will plant five acres of coffee to be grown and harvested sustainably, which will help provide the organization with economic independence…

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Some of the coffee had already been transplanted along the edges of the cleared land.

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These coffee plants will be planted over five acres and grown and harvested using sustainable methods. Sale of the coffee will help fund Casa Pueblo’s programs and help the NGO maintain economic independence.

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The view from Casa Pueblo’s solar powered radio transmitter site. This will also be the site of a five-acre sustainable coffee production site.

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Hundreds of coffee plants were donated to Casa Pueblo for planting using sustainable agro-ecological methods. Five acres of coffee plants will be established around the site of the solar radio transmitter for Radio Casa Pueblo. Coffee harvested from…

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Coffee grinder in Casa Pueblo. The organization begun to plant and grow five acres of sustainably farmed coffee after Hurricane María, which will help Casa Pueblo sustain itself economically through the sale of local coffee.
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