Back to our roots
Rooted In Hope was founded nearly five years ago in Morgan Hill, California, a small town nestled in the foothills of the south Bay Area. Over those five years much of our work has been carried [...]
Smallholder Irrigation: The Key to Food, Water, & Income Security
How do rural farmers persevere through enduring droughts and changing climates? Where do they find nutritious foods to sustain their families after persistent crop failures? What source of income do they rely on to meet [...]
‘Cool Runnings’ in Antarctica
What draws people to explore Antarctica, the ‘highest, driest, coldest, windiest’ place on Earth? What is it about the white continent, with its freezing temperatures, desolate landscapes, and complete isolation, that compels one to make [...]
Running the World, For the World
New horizons… Traveling the world often exposes us to the delicate balance between people and the environment. It can take us from sprawling cities to squalid slums, from thirsty deserts to thriving forests, from high-rises [...]
Impact of Forest Conservation on Rural Development in Kenya
Forests play a crucial role in international development, serving as an environmental necessity and an economic resource around the world. Yet despite their blatant importance to our planet, forests continue to be destroyed at an [...]
Forests + People: The vital link between trees and society
Effects of widespread environmental degradation have infiltrated the entire global system, demonstrating the complex interdependency among the public, private, and civil spheres that govern our world. While the environmental consequences of rampant deforestation may be [...]
