Honey for Haiti; Project 1
It is frustrating because we feel so helpless. There is not a great deal that we can do when we see the damage and the heartache that lies in the wake of Hurricane Matthew and the remnants of an earthquake that struck Haiti in 2010.
Thousands missing
Hundreds dead.
There is nothing that we can do there for the next 45 days or more. During that time, the USS Iwo Jima and the 24th MEU will work to dig through the rubble and debris. They will set up shop and begin to save lives. People will begin to rebuild and pull things out of the wreckage. For now all we can do is wait, or is it?
This year, our focus has been on setting the stage for the things that we want to do. We had dedicated
the latter part of 2014 and all of 2015 to several tasks. We learned beekeeping, then taught beekeeping. We learned the basics of vermiculture, then the complexities of worm farming. Heritage pigs, chickens and more. We grew fruits and vegetables and gained a wealth of knowledge on how to save the seeds so that we can have non gmo seeds for next years garden.
Our mission is tinged with sadness because we would not have the opportunity to do these things if there were not so many things that needed to be done. We would not need so many beehives if we were not losing so many bees. We would not need to save seeds if there were not so many GMO varieties flooding the market. Most of all, we would not have so much room to work on these things if so many people who needed help.
The task is to come up with viable, replicable strategies and structures that are affordable and durable. As we saw with the earthquake in 2010, there was a massive influx of money and support, but very little sustainable growth came from it.
As with any project, we try to kill two birds with one stone. Haiti, is sadly a viable template. in that it is a place that has been decimated by natural and political disasters.
As they begin to reconstruct their lives we are working to make sure that they do it in environmentally positive ways that are good for the people and good for the environment.
Project 1 will take on many of these stones. We are constructing top bar style beehives from discarded crates. That simple. These things that were destined for landfill will be turned into something useful. Flowers will be pollinated and Haiti will have honey.
In the coming weeks and months and years we are going to see a transformation. Through hard work and dedication, we are going to see things regrow and a community rebuild.
Right now many different charities are working on the ground to do the hard work of immediate rescue, and shelter of nearly 60,000 people who have been displaced by the hurricane.
We encourage you to reach out to them to provide assistance. We are not on their level. We instead are looking beyond the initial rescue and the building up of the community. No lofty boasts about saving the world or any such thing. The start is simple. Get these people some bees.
If you would like to help, please contact us at thelifecooperative@gmail.com
You can follow us on Twitter at @thelifecooperative
If you would like to help us send bees to Haiti you can make a donation below.
Thousands missing
Hundreds dead.There is nothing that we can do there for the next 45 days or more. During that time, the USS Iwo Jima and the 24th MEU will work to dig through the rubble and debris. They will set up shop and begin to save lives. People will begin to rebuild and pull things out of the wreckage. For now all we can do is wait, or is it?
This year, our focus has been on setting the stage for the things that we want to do. We had dedicatedthe latter part of 2014 and all of 2015 to several tasks. We learned beekeeping, then taught beekeeping. We learned the basics of vermiculture, then the complexities of worm farming. Heritage pigs, chickens and more. We grew fruits and vegetables and gained a wealth of knowledge on how to save the seeds so that we can have non gmo seeds for next years garden.
The task is to come up with viable, replicable strategies and structures that are affordable and durable. As we saw with the earthquake in 2010, there was a massive influx of money and support, but very little sustainable growth came from it.
As with any project, we try to kill two birds with one stone. Haiti, is sadly a viable template. in that it is a place that has been decimated by natural and political disasters.
As they begin to reconstruct their lives we are working to make sure that they do it in environmentally positive ways that are good for the people and good for the environment.
Project 1 will take on many of these stones. We are constructing top bar style beehives from discarded crates. That simple. These things that were destined for landfill will be turned into something useful. Flowers will be pollinated and Haiti will have honey.
In the coming weeks and months and years we are going to see a transformation. Through hard work and dedication, we are going to see things regrow and a community rebuild.
Right now many different charities are working on the ground to do the hard work of immediate rescue, and shelter of nearly 60,000 people who have been displaced by the hurricane.
We encourage you to reach out to them to provide assistance. We are not on their level. We instead are looking beyond the initial rescue and the building up of the community. No lofty boasts about saving the world or any such thing. The start is simple. Get these people some bees.
If you would like to help, please contact us at thelifecooperative@gmail.com
You can follow us on Twitter at @thelifecooperative
If you would like to help us send bees to Haiti you can make a donation below.
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