Environment

Here is one of the main causes of deforestation in Haiti: Look at this picture of a horse loaded with charcoal from the countryside going to market.

By the end of the day, these 3 bags of charcoal will make it to a Haitian kitchen. by the end of the week it's gone... Burned to ashes.

Charcoal is Haiti's chief source of fuel and the #1 cause for deforestation and environmental disasters.

As long as Haitians continue to use charcoal for cooking deforestation will continue.

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Renewable energy is energy that comes from resources which are continually replenished such as sunlight (Haiti has plenty of that), wind, rain, tides, waves and geothermal heat.

Providing efficient clean energy sources in Haiti would greatly reduce energy costs and dependency on fossil fuels. This is the key to improving Haiti's energy structure.

Presently, Haiti has high-energy costs, low electrification rates, and high dependency on fossil fuels

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LDS boys plant trees as part of massive church-sponsored tree planting project in Haiti. Some 400,000 trees will be planted as a result of the project, which marks the 30th anniversary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Haiti.

Photo by Jason Swensen, source deseretnews.com

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Look at this photo, charcoal being burned, charcoal being used as cooking fuel in Haiti. This is how most trees in Haiti end up... ashes in someone's kitchen after a cooked meal.

There has to be an alternative... there are alternatives

Charcoal is Haiti's chief source of fuel and the #1 cause for deforestation and environmental disasters.

As long as Haitians continue to use charcoal for cooking deforestation will continue.

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Look at this photo of a pile of charcoal in a Haiti kitchen, ready to burn...

Charcoal is Haiti's chief source of fuel and the #1 cause for deforestation and environmental disasters.

As long as Haitians continue to use charcoal for cooking deforestation will continue.

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Here is a photo of Haitian president Michel Martelly planting a tree in Haiti. Haiti aims to plant 1.2 million trees in a single day, May 1st 2013

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Looking at Haiti from the air, it looks severely deforested... Haiti IS severely deforested... Only 3 percent of Haiti is covered with trees... Wow!

Deforestation in Haiti is a severe environmental problem. In 1923, over 60% of Haiti's land was forested; by 2006, less than 2% of Haiti was forested.

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