Under the heading “Sustainable Haiti: Rebuilding for the Long Haul,” TriplePundit.com’s Bob Siegel has posted an article about the Coalition, at http://www.triplepundit.com/2010/11/sustainable-haiti-rebuilding-for-the-long-haul/. Check it out.
In a remarkable report marking nine months since the earthquake, HUMNEWS gives us a daunting picture of life in Haiti: still more than one million people living in tent cities, less than 2% of the rubble cleared in Port-au-Prince, and only a small amount of the money collected being released for relief and reconstruction. The […]
Program Includes: Overview of Sustainable Haiti Coalition progress Introduction of Coalition Partner Organizations and spotlighting of cross-sector, cross-industry projects by partners and members [Haiti Fund for Innovation & Reconstruction/Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors; Helping Hands for a Sustainable Haiti, Kleiwerks, One Economy, Nouvelle Vie, USAID/HED, U of Calif, Apparel for Life, VAYA Institute, Profound Sustainability, Atlantis Energy] Introduction […]
Download PDF Version: ProgressReportontheCoalition29AugFinal The Coalition was founded in March 2010 at the Sustainable Haiti conference in Miami. Over the recent months, we have been actively engaged establishing in growing the Coalition and creating the conditions to build its infrastructure and ensure success. This report speaks to current members, individuals and organizations who’ve signed up to […]
The Coalition was founded in March 2010 at the Sustainable Haiti conference in Miami. Over the recent months, we have been actively engaged establishing in growing the Coalition and creating the conditions to build it’s infrastructure and ensure success. This report speaks to current members, individuals and organizations who’ve sign up to be informed of […]
The Sustainable Haiti Coalition is increasingly being invited to play a broader role in the planning and implementation of initiatives supporting the sustainable redevelopment of Haiti. Consequently we have been discussing a number of such initiatives with our closest members and supporters. These range from playing a role in the development of a sustainable building […]
The challenge of rebuilding Haiti, already the most impoverished country in the Americas [1], after the earthquake is an enormous one, but it is also one that offers enormous opportunities to envision a new and more sustainable future. To the extent that it is possible to make a decisive break with the failed policies of […]
For information on joining the call see Guidelines and Agenda for the Sustainable Haiti Call and Haiti – A Way Forward. The following groups and individuals have indicated an interest in collaborating or joining the conversation:
The “Working Group for a Sustainable Future for Haiti,” which was convened at the Institute for Sustainable Enterprise at Fairleigh Dickinson University, has released “Haiti – A Way Forward,” an 8-page discussion paper intended as the basis for a conference call scheduled for Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 6 p.m. EST, and you are invited […]
[Reprinted from http://sustainableleadershipforum.org/?p=593] Just following what appear to be the next logical steps in terms of “convening a conversation around a sustainable future for Haiti,” it seems clear we need to define some further specifics. As other groups decide what they want to focus on, we can collaborate more effectively if we know what we […]
The earthquake in Haiti has been many things – including both a wakeup call for Americans, and an opportunity to demonstrate our compassion – but it has above all been a human tragedy that has revealed the weaknesses and deficiencies that were there before. A magnitude 7.0 earthquake will no doubt cause some damage no […]