By Aleks Bacewicz

Amidst the obstacles presented by poverty and deforestation, dedicated travelers are sowing the seeds of ecotourism in Haiti’s rugged terrain.

By Rain Araneda

A year after Haiti’s devastating earthquake, one local nonprofit is mobilizing volunteers and training workers in Haiti to quickly build cheap, sustainable houses out of “earthbags” and to capture clean water using rain barrels.

By Travis Epes

Immediately following the quake, an overwhelming percentage of the coverage sought to answer the following questions: How did you survive? Where did you go? Has the government done enough? Were you able to find your family? Direct and emotionally saturated, these questions only address the present and near future. One year later, much of the coverage centers around either the mismanagement of aid or the mounting health concerns. There’s one question we don’t hear too often though – How did things get this bad?

By Lydia Fiser

The U.S. added another human rights abuse to its record chronicled in the New York Times today. In an article titled, Homeless Haitians Told Not to Flee to U.S., the Times explains how different branches of the U.S. military are working together to prevent any displaced Haitians from finding their way to the U.S. for help [...]