Trees, Water & People's business development training for Native Americans has had a huge impact in the last year, in large part because of friends and donors like
you.
Besides helping
Green Business in Indian Country Start-Up Award winner, Tyler Tawahongva, with his company Cloud Nine Recycling, TWP has continued to develop the
Red Cloud Renewable Energy Center as a national facility for introducing tribal members to renewable energy and alternative building technologies.
While Native American students come to the Center for a particular workshop, they then have the opportunity to be introduced to applications for a whole host of other renewable energy approaches like solar electric, solar heating, solar radiant floor heating, solar water pumping, and solar mobile stations. Our students see buildings that use cellulose insulation, and buildings made of straw bales and compressed earth block (CEBs). And they get to eat tasty organic food from the Solar Warrior Farm while meeting students from many different tribes.
For 2016, we are working on the details for a solar electric workshop and installation on the new three bedroom CEB house we built this last year for Paul Shields and his family. And we are making arrangement for another Canning and Food Preservation workshop and a Foraging for Native Foods workshop.
We are also partnering with
We Share Solar to introduce Native American high school students to solar energy and get them thinking about opportunities for green jobs in their future.
Because it's more than just learning job skills; it's about learning principles of sustainability, fostering improved economic circumstances and encouraging Native Americans to consider starting green businesses of their own!
Thank you for being a part of this effort!
