First-hand stories, useful guides and the people and places behind them.
Vivi Rufino explains how funding helped Freedom Ecowear rebuild, with Banco Popular’s RD$1.1 million award and FedEx’s US$25,000 prize in official records.
Is Lindt organic? Its Lindor line uses 100% organic cacao from this Salcedo farm, so I’ll give Lindt one point. One. The honest verdict, with the receipts.
Dominican artist Angie explains why men become eggs and animals in her paintings, with women at the centre, vintage references and room for a male portrait.
In the Lower Yuna mangroves, a conservationist connects the discarded bottles and shoes to fossil fuels. A first-hand account of plastic pollution and responsibility for packaging.
Meet Morena Cappelen of Cabarete Sostenible, the community kitchen and garden feeding Cabarete one plant based plate at a time. I spent a day on site with.
From shutting the jiujitsu dojo to growing a garden on its roof, how Cabarete’s UFC level fighters built a food bank. Papo told me the origin story in.
Isaias describes the harvesters and other workers behind La Chocolate Jungle’s cacao, and shares his personal connection with a tree on the land.
In our recorded interview, Angie questions the oil colours and medium she uses, discusses her hopes for alternatives, and reflects on the difficulty of changing her materials.