Relationships

Crooked Trails

Crooked Trails is a non profit founded upon the principles of responsible and sustainable travel, in that tourism should benefit host communities both economically and socially and establish true cultural exchange. Their commitment to community empowerment supports the efforts of indigenous people to preserve and protect their environment and confront the challenges of their rapidly changing surroundings. Crooked Trails purchases carbon credits from Planting Empowerment to help offset its volunteers' travel.

Massachusets Institute of Technology (MIT)

A team of MBA students is working with Planting Empowerment to find commercial applications for tree thinnings. The team will visit Panama to assess the feasibility of several ideas.

Molina & Co.

Molina and Co. represent Planting Empowerment in Panama. Their expertise is in forming offshore private partnerships, and they are responsible for drawing up the leasing contracts between PE and local partners.

Net Impact

Net Impact is a non-profit whose mission is to inspire, educate, and equip individuals to use the power of business to create a more socially and environmentally sustainable world. As part of its Board Fellows program, Planting Empowerment was partnered with two MBA students from George Washington University. They began the process of certifying PE as a B Corp and investigated possibilites for larger projects.

Native Species Reforestation Project (PRORENA)

PRORENA focuses on working with rural Panamanians to reforest their land. This organization is a joint venture between The Smithsonian Tropical Research Center and The Yale School of Forestry. PRORENA is our provider of native species saplings

UNDP-GEF Small Grants Program (SGP) Panama

Planting Empowerment's indigenous partner of Arimae recently won a grant from SGP Panama. The project includes the creation of a nursery of native tree species, reforestation of five hectares of the community's land, and a carbon analysis of Arimae's 2000 hectare rainforest reserve. The year long project began in September 2009.