Casa Pueblo Explained

Casa Pueblo
Formation:1980[1]
Headquarters:Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
Leader Title:Executive Director
Leader Name:Alexis Massol González[2]

Casa Pueblo is an environmental community organization in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, headed by Alexis Massol-González, a civil engineer and winner of the 2002 Goldman Environmental Prize.[3] [4] [5] [6] His son, Arturo Massol Deyá, a professor of Microbiology and Ecology at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, is the assistant executive director of Casa Pueblo.[7] [8]

Through voluntary participation of individuals and groups,[9] its mission is to explore, enjoy, and protect the wild places in Puerto Rico; to practice and promote the responsible use of the land's ecosystems and resources; to educate and enlist others to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment; and to use all lawful means to carry out these objectives, particularly in line with principles of radical democracy, community self-management, and anti-colonialism.[10]

History

The organization was established in 1980 as a cultural center named Taller de Arte y Cultura (Art and Culture Workshop). In 1985, the organization acquired a house that was converted into a headquarters for the group and as a non-governmental, independent, self-supporting, community cultural center. The house was used as a cultural center, with a meeting and expositions hall, library, carts shop, butterfly garden and museum hall, running on solar energy. The cultural center was named Casa Pueblo, a name eventually adopted by the environmental organization itself.[11] The organization has a radio station, with environmental and cultural programming; it opened an environmental school in August 2013.[12]

Ideology

Casa Pueblo has official policies on many conservation issues. They group these into 17 categories: agriculture, biotechnology, energy, environmental justice, forest and wilderness management, global issues, government and political issues, land management, military issues, nuclear issues, oceans, pollution and waste management, precautionary principle, transportation, urban and land use policies, water resources, and wildlife conservation.

Casa Pueblo advocates for public investment in wind, solar, and other renewable energy; for the creation of green jobs and efficient energy use; and against the development of new destructive mining projects.[13] [14]

They believe in principles of radical democracy,[15] [16] community self-management,[17] [18] [19] [20] [21] and indigenous-centered anti-colonialism.[22] [23] [24] [25] Some have compared the goals of Casa Pueblo to those of the neo-Zapatistas and the Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities.

Achievements

Some of the achievements of Casa Pueblo are:

Campaigns

The organization has been involved in the following campaigns:[38]

Honors

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.casapueblo.org/proyectos/lucha_antiminera.html Casa Pueblo.
  2. http://www.periodicolaperla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3869:conmueven-a-alexis-massol-a-diez-anos-del-premio-goldman&catid=119:articulos&Itemid=342 Conmueven amigos a Alexis Massol.
  3. http://www.periodicolaperla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3216:otro-hallazgo-de-casa-pueblo-crece-en-tamano-y-presupuesto-el-gasoducto-del-norte&catid=81:locales&Itemid=198 Crece en tamaño y factura el Gasoducto.
  4. https://www.npr.org/2011/08/25/139801215/puerto-rican-governor-faces-opposition-to-pipeline Puerto Rican Governor Faces Opposition To Pipeline.
  5. http://www.periodicolaperla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3045:tras-arresto-en-washington-dc-afirma-alexis-massol-el-pais-necesita-este-sacrificio&catid=81:locales&Itemid=198 Massol: 'El país necesita este sacrificio'.
  6. http://www.periodicolaperla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3269:nuevo-traspie-para-via-verde&catid=81:locales&Itemid=198 Ilegales los emplazamientos de Vía Verde.
  7. http://youstandundermeifyoudontunderstandme.wordpress.com/tag/arturo-massol/ Journal 2: Father and son arrested for civil disobedience acts in Washington, D.C.
  8. http://www.prdailysun.com/?page=news.article&id=1315147788 Vía Verde opponents arrested in White House protest.
  9. Web site: Millán . Reinaldo . 2013-08-14 . Sigue creciendo Casa Pueblo de Adjuntas . 2013-08-14 . La Perla del Sur . es.
  10. Casa Pueblo. El Nuevo Dia. 30 December 2002. Page 13.
  11. http://casapueblo.org/index.php/reserva-puertorriquena-de-la-biosfera-en-tierras-adjuntas/ Casa Pueblo.
  12. https://www.periodicolaperla.com/sigue-creciendo-casa-pueblo-de-adjuntas/ Sigue creciendo Casa Pueblo de Adjuntas.
  13. Web site: Empowered by Light y Casa Pueblo continúan proceso de instalación de sistemas de energía solar . La Perla del Sur . 2019-01-12 . es . 2021-06-14.
  14. Web site: Casa Pueblo colabora con Google en Proyecto Sunroof . La Perla del Sur . 2019-02-01 . es . 2021-06-14.
  15. Pappas . Gregory F. . 2021 . Horizontal Models of Conviviality or Radical Democracy in the Americas: Zapatistas, Boggs Center, Casa Pueblo . Mecila . 34.
  16. Web site: 2023-10-25 . Alexis Massol: "Quiero seguir haciendo lo que empecé: la revolución del amor" . 2024-07-06 . El Nuevo Día . es.
  17. García López . Gustavo A. . Velicu . Irina . D'Alisa . Giacomo . October 2019 . Performing Counter-Hegemonic Common(s) Senses: Rearticulating Democracy, Community and Forests in Puerto Rico . Capitalism Nature Socialism.
  18. Web site: Alexis Massol González . Avril Andromache Johnnidis . The evolution of Casa Pueblo, Puerto Rico: From mining opposition to community revolution . 2024-07-06 . www.iied.org . en.
  19. Web site: 2022-04-01 . Cafecito Con: A Puerto Rican Model of Self Reliance . 2024-07-06 . CentroPR . en-US.
  20. Book: Fiallo, Federico Cintrón . Democracia participativa crítica: Descolonización y socialismo del siglo XXI . Editorial ALARMA . 2008 . 978-0-9796136-1-6 . 170 . es-PR . Critical Participatory Democracy: Decolonization and Socialism of the 21st Century.
  21. Web site: Russell . Francis . Solo el pueblo salva al pueblo Critical Perspectives on International Planning . 2024-07-06 . Critical Perspectives on International Planning . . en-US.
  22. Atiles-Osoria . José M. . 2014-10-01 . Environmental Colonialism, Criminalization and Resistance: Puerto Rican Mobilizations for Environmental Justice in the 21st Century . RCCS Annual Review. A selection from the Portuguese journal Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais . en . 6 . 10.4000/rccsar.524 . 1647-3175. 10316/36579 . free .
  23. Web site: Meyer-Starr . Michael . Meyer . Matt . May 27, 2020 . Puerto Rico's crisis isn't natural disasters — it's colonialism . Waging Non-Violence.
  24. Atiles . Jose . 2022-12-01 . Punitive Governance and the Criminalization of Socioenvironmental, Anti-Austerity, and Anticorruption Mobilizations in Puerto Rico . Critical Criminology . en . 30 . 4 . 961–981 . 10.1007/s10612-022-09660-x . 1572-9877 . 9589659 . 36311289.
  25. Book: González, Alexis Massol . Casa Pueblo: A Puerto Rican Model of Self-Governance . Lever Press . 2022 . 978-1-64315-029-1.
  26. http://www.puertoricodaytrips.com/casa-pueblo/ Casa Pueblo.
  27. http://www.drna.gobierno.pr/biblioteca/publicaciones/hojas-de-nuestro-ambiente/Pueblo.pdf Bosque del Pueblo.
  28. http://www.saj.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/ItemsofInterest.aspx Items of Interest: Via Verde Natural Gas Pipeline
  29. http://www.elnuevodia.com/inauguranlaescuelabosqueenadjuntas-1575435.html Inauguran la Escuela Bosque en Adjuntas.
  30. http://revistaatabey.com/blog/2013/03/31/gobernador-firma-orden-ejecutiva-que-impulsa-el-corredor-ecologico-del-bosque-modelo/ Gobernador firma orden ejecutiva que impulsa el Corredor Ecológico del Bosque Modelo.
  31. Web site: Rapin . Katherine . Jun 10, 2023 . The Grassroots Movement That Built Puerto Rico's First Community-Owned Microgrid . NextCity.
  32. Web site: 2023-03-25 . 'We're Building Another Puerto Rico': Communities Adapt to Climate Change . 2024-07-06 . Voice of America . en.
  33. Web site: In the Face of Climate Disaster, Solar and Storage Deliver Resilient, Adaptable Solutions SEIA . 2024-07-06 . www.seia.org . en.
  34. Garza . Alejandro de la . 2023-03-20 . In Puerto Rico, a Small Town Takes Climate Action Into Its Own Hands . 2024-07-06 . TIME . en.
  35. Web site: Klein . Naomi . Feeney . Lauren . 2018-03-20 . Puerto Ricans and Ultrarich "Puertopians" Are Locked in a Pitched Struggle Over How to Remake the Island . 2024-07-06 . The Intercept . en-US.
  36. Web site: The Battle for Paradise: Naomi Klein Reports from Puerto Rico. Naomi. Klein. Lauren. Feeney. 20 March 2018.
  37. Web site: A cinco años de María y días de Fiona, crece la insurrección energética de Casa Pueblo . Claridad . 22 September 2022 . 10 November 2022.
  38. Web site: Campañas.
  39. http://revistaatabey.com/blog/2012/04/21/casa-pueblo-celebra-la-victoria-de-puerto-rico-al-detener-la-explotacion-minera/ Casa Pueblo celebra la victoria de Puerto Rico al detener la explotación minera.
  40. http://www.imfn.net/ibero-american-model-forest-network Ibero-American Model Forest Network.
  41. http://revistaatabey.com/blog/2012/01/12/en-las-entranas-de-adjuntas-un-bosque-para-el-pueblo/ En las entrañas de Adjuntas un bosque para el pueblo.
  42. http://ppdpr.net/noticias/?n=2295 Senado apoya mensaje a la UNESCO sobre el Bosque del Pueblo en Adjuntas.