To EcoSan and Beyond!

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Hello all!

Well some of you are aware of this news, but I have accepted a position here with SOIL, the organization I came down to volunteer with. Things are exciting around here: we're building a new composting site, we've got goats at the farm, and the mangoes are now in season (avocados are next)!! I'll probably be down here for the next year or so, so if you're down in the Caribbean area, stop over and say hi - or we can meet in the D.R. - I'd love to go back and visit....

The slacklining is going well, and my 2 good friends here and I have been invited to be in a big showcase! I've never performed on a slackline before and so we're now working on a routine, and I'm looking for costumes and facepaint - at least we have another month and a half to prepare. But this is exciting, and maybe I'll even perform on the silks too, or hula hoops? I need to get those things down here...despite how much I'm working, at least I'm taking a few hours every afternoon to go play in the park - important!

But since I'm not technically traveling anymore, I won't be posting as often (unless there's something real exciting). For those of you who have my email, stay in touch! Lots of love, and lots of mangoes,

Mon

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Photos

Baobab tree and offerings
love these magical trees....this is THE famous one in Milot, rumored to have been the meeting place for planning the slave rebellion and revolution. i found out after the fact but now it makes sense that this tree in particular seemed so special...

Slacklining fun
get the people excited to learn!!

One of my students
He learned so fast and is now helping me teach!

One of our composting sites
the bins are hanging with the banana trees

Experimenting with a new cover material
Ground peanut shells - so far so good :)

Staff day at the beach!
compost together, play together

Easter weekend at the Citadel
it's a tradition for haitians to make the big hike up - about 15,000 people everyday for 4 days....crazy! i was there with a colleague checking out the sanitation scene there, unfortunately non-existent...