With over a million left homeless and its capital city all but
destroyed, Haiti is set to become the focus of an enormous rebuilding
effort. Internationally, many are calling for a full-fledged "Marshall
Plan" to rebuild the country, lasting at least a decade and costing
billions of dollars. Moves this weekend to cancel its debts, while
funding rebuilding efforts with grants, instead of more loans, are a
positive step in this direction.
But what of sustainability? How can the island, which has for so
long existed on the edge of disaster, be put back together in a way
that is at once socially, environmentally and economically sustainable?
Fortunately, several organizations are thinking about this very
question. One of them is Global Green USA, an environmental nonprofit
that has taken a leading role in the rebuilding of New Orleans after
Hurricane Katrina. This week I asked Global Green President and CEO
Matt Petersen about the chances for a sustainably rebuilt Haiti. Here's
what he told me...
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