THE OGLALA LAKOTA CULTURAL & ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION INITIATIVE

For decades, the founders of OLCERI strove to support the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. We’ve provided hands-on education, offered direct assistance with local food sovereignty, and established and helped maintain hundreds of family gardens. Scores of residents have been trained in the skills of green architecture and land restoration (permaculture). We have also intentionally created fruitful bridges by welcoming outsiders who volunteer their time.

Over the past several years, momentum has been building in the area of sustainable housing. We worked to create durable, mass-reproducible, climate-fortified, fully-equipped, multi-generational homes using well-tested green technology. Now that we have established an effective model, OLCERI seeks to construct thousands of such dwellings across the reservation and eventually expand throughout the world.