Want to understand better what Zanmi Kafe is? Deb McGrath wrote a great article for College Planning & Management’s (CPM) magazine, outlining the project in a very understandable way. The article was featured in CPM’s “Trends in Green: Sustainable Innovations on Campus” section. Partners in Coffee – Sewanee – CP&M – January 2014 CPM is… more →
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Coffee, PES, Zanmi Agrikol
Collaboration: the most important thing
After spending four days in Haiti, the Sewanee-Haiti Institute team recognized that the most significant and influential aspect of the project is collaboration. Working together, combining effort and thought for a common goal, it’s what makes the project strong, supported, and effective. Deb, Dixon, Pradip, Charlotte, and Linnea landed in Port au Prince, Haiti airport… more →
Coffee, PES, Presentations
Sewanee Presents at 2014 AASHE Conference in Nashville, TN
Members of the Sewanee-Haiti Institute presented the Zanmi Kafe project at the 2014 Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) annual national conference. Post-baccalaureate fellow Charlotte Henderson (’13) and students Linnea Carver (’14) and Elizabeth Sega (’15) gave a stellar presentation. They spoke of payment for ecosystem services (PES), outlining how the… more →
Coffee
Fall Break in Haiti
The Haiti team left bright and early (3am!) to travel from Sewanee to Nashville, to catch our flight to Port-au-Prince. We were excited to see our friends in Haiti and also to see how the coffee and mango seedlings were doing in Bois Jolie. Over the summer, Linnea, Ford, and Elizabeth planted many bamboo shoots… more →