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Puerto Rico: Building Capacity and Resilience
GreenWood landed in Puerto Rico in April 2018, six months after hurricanes María and Irma deposited some 4 to 6 million cubic yards of “vegetative debris” across the island. This included roughly 1 to 2 billion board feet of wood. We’re helping local woodworkers, landowners and small businesses respond by building their productive capacity to harness the island’s forest resources—a critical step toward resilience in the face of increasingly frequent climate disasters.
Below the Radar in Honduras
For months, much of the world has been preoccupied and exhausted by the twin crises of the pandemic and the chaotic US elections. With so little bandwidth to spare, many of us missed the news that two massive, Category 5 hurricanes struck Honduras back-to-back in the last few weeks. See how GreenWood’s response will empower local communities to rebuild rather than providing simple relief—unlike any other nonprofit—and learn how you can help.
A “New” Species: Monstera maderaverde
GreenWood and Fundación MaderaVerde developed the first management plan in Honduras for a nontimber forest product—the mimbre vine long used by local artisans and now known as Monstera maderaverde.
Old-World Craft, Third-World Development
GreenWood teaches artisans in the developing world to build quality furniture using "appropriate" tools and technology, an approach to production that's appropriate to all the resources in a host community: natural, material and human.