Early Bet, Ongoing Impact
Bright Futures, clean cookstoves, cleantech products, employment, fuel-efficient stoves, Honduras, International Program, TWP Staff, Economic Development Bright Futures, clean cookstoves, cleantech products, employment, fuel-efficient stoves, Honduras, International Program, TWP Staff, Economic Development

Early Bet, Ongoing Impact

In the community development sector, it often takes years to know how well an idea delivers on its potential. “Clean” cookstoves were a relatively blunt tool at the time – there were few, simple designs, minimal geographic coverage, and a nascent understanding of what made an “improved” cookstove better than tried and true traditional options.

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Blazing into Rainy Season in Central America
El Salvador, International Program, Nicaragua, partnerships, reforestation, Tierra Verde Center, Healthy Watersheds El Salvador, International Program, Nicaragua, partnerships, reforestation, Tierra Verde Center, Healthy Watersheds

Blazing into Rainy Season in Central America

Entering its fifth month without rain, Central America is at the tail end of its 2018 fire season. This year, our partners Árboles y Agua para el Pueblo (AAP) in El Salvador are on the frontlines, as they spent all last year training a corps of young park rangers to fight fire in the Protected Area of Apaneca-Illamantepec.

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How Can We Reduce Migration Out of Central America?
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, indigenous, Nicaragua, sustainable development, Economic Development Guest User El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, indigenous, Nicaragua, sustainable development, Economic Development Guest User

How Can We Reduce Migration Out of Central America?

Last week on Colorado Public Radio, I heard about a Pew Research Center study on U.S. immigration from Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras — an area known as the Northern Triangle. The study shows that while annual immigration to the U.S. from Mexico fell by 5% after the Great Recession, migration from the Northern Triangle rose by almost 30% during that same period.

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