Since 2003, TWP has been privileged to work in Pine Ridge, SD on community-centered projects that improve and protect the cultural, environmental and social values of the community. Working alongside Chief Henry Red Cloud, our vision was to co-develop a nonprofit organization that would coordinate, engage and supervise locally driven projects with Tribal members. In 2017, Red Cloud Renewable (RCR), a Native-led and managed nonprofit organization was born of these efforts, to carry on the projects incubated under TWP for years. Today, RCR is running strong independently, with significant autonomy and funding, while still deeply rooted in cultivating the next generation of Native American solar warriors spreading the renewable energy revolution to Indian country.

What comes to your mind when you hear the word “Youth Development”? To us at TWP, we think of it as: acknowledging that the next generation will inherit the earth, and need to be involved in its care today.