About Our Work
About Our Work, Resources
Beyond the Dollar Sign: Measuring Poverty
Measuring poverty is more complex than a simple calculation of income. While income is a crucial factor, it paints an incomplete picture, especially in the context of international rural development like the work of Plant With Purpose. Here's why a one-dimensional statistic like income falls short of adequately measuring poverty: Income isn't the only story. […]
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About Our Work, Environmental Restoration
Community Designed Restoration Works
How our locally-led model is changing lives and land around the world True or false? It’s possible to alleviate poverty while restoring the environment. The answer: TRUE. At Plant With Purpose, we envision a world where all of creation thrives. This goes beyond plants and wildlife; it includes the people who live here as well. […]
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About Our Work
Measuring What Matters
As we prepare for release of our triennial Impact Report, we reflect on its importance If Plant With Purpose’s program were a tree, monitoring and evaluation would be the sunlight that guides the direction of its growth. By systematically tracking progress and measuring outcomes, we gain crucial insights. Monitoring allows us to go beyond the […]
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About Our Work, Malawi
Plant With Purpose in the Warm Heart of Africa
The launch of our newest program expands partnership and hope to the people of Malawi At the beginning of 2024, Plant With Purpose opened its ninth country program in Malawi. While it is the newest of our partners, the work in Malawi is positioned well to apply the lessons learned from our global network. To […]
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About Our Work, Academic, Living Sustainably
Sustainability Glossary for a Greener Planet
Your guide to environmental buzzwords and important ideas to help restore our world We have created a sustainability glossary for you! In the world of sustainability, there is no shortage of buzzwords. Even the term sustainability is often overused and misunderstood. When terms become extremely popular, it's a good indicator that there is enthusiasm for […]
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About Our Work, Burundi, Ethiopia, Mexico, Photo Essays
Ethiopia to Carlsbad: A round-the-globe look at Plant With Purpose
Over the course of the past few months, much of our Plant With Purpose team has been around the globe to connect with our international programs, our supporters, and each other. As we transition into fall, we look back at a few late summer highlights from the Plant With Purpose global community with appreciation and […]
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About Our Work, Mexico, Resources, Thailand
Unpacking the Top Causes of Global Poverty
Poverty is a global problem that affects billions of people. The ways that different organizations, countries, and institutions define poverty may vary, but in 2023, an estimated 689 million people live on less than $1.90 per day. Most people have some basic consciousness around the challenges of poverty, even though public perception is often tainted […]
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About Our Work, Burundi, Ethiopia, Haiti, Mexico, Photo Essays
Bainet to Burundi: A round-the-globe look at Plant With Purpose
With summer in full swing, members of the Plant With Purpose projects team are off on a variety of travels, many of which are to our partners and programs around the world. At the same time, our local leaders continue to advance restoration projects in ecosystems all around rural landscapes. Here is a highlight reel […]
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About Our Work, blog, Dominican Republic, Environmental Restoration
Poverty and Religion: Evidence on the role of faith in poverty reduction
Corey Chin, Plant with Purpose - Economic Development from caremin on Vimeo. It's a real privilege to be here with you all. This has been a great couple of days. So at Plant With Purpose, we combat environmental degradation, climate change, conditions of poverty, and broken relationships by healing the land, people, and relationships. And […]
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About Our Work, Thailand
Insights from a Purpose Group savings meeting
Recently, members of our Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning team had the chance to visit our Thailand programs to celebrate the graduation of the HoiLu watershed. For some of our newer team members, it was a first visit. Our Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Analyst, Emilie Jackson, had a chance to sit in on a group savings […]
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About Our Work, blog, Burundi, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Tanzania
Dos Bocas to Zanzibar: A round-the-globe look at Plant With Purpose
It continues to be a busy and fruitful time for Plant With Purpose with many members of the team engaged in various activities "round the globe." Here's a quick look at some updates from our various partners around the world.
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About Our Work, Meditations
Would Jesus Be An Environmentalist?: An Examination of The Nature Metaphors in Jesus’ Parables
Mustard seeds, lilies, grains of sand, fig trees, and sparrows. The parables through which Jesus taught were often driven by nature-based metaphors. Jesus was raised in a tradition that had a strong understanding of Earth’s connection to God. Joseph predicted crop failures and droughts through dreams given to him by God. David searched for messages […]
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About Our Work
Causes, Effects and Solutions to Environmental Degradation
Environmental degradation is an increasingly pressing issue that affects us all. It is caused by a variety of factors, ranging from human activities to natural disasters, and its effects can be devastating. Many of these effects can cause further degradation, which means that this impact works as a downward cycle. Fortunately, there are solutions, and […]
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About Our Work, Environmental Restoration, Photo Essays, Sustainability, Tanzania, Uncategorized
To Protect a Waterfall
Tanzania Purpose Groups engage the whole community to restore a community by protecting a waterfall and its water sources
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About Our Work, blog, Burundi, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Haiti, Mexico, Our Response, Tanzania, Thailand
In the voices of our partners
One of the more complex nuances of working across different countries and cultures is storytelling and communication. When done poorly, organizations run several risks: from dehumanizing the people they seek to help to diminishing the role local actors play in advancing progress. In this post, CEO Scott Sabin shares how to allow our partners to […]
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