Alexis Massol González

Alexis Massol González is a civil engineer and environmentalist from Puerto Rico. He graduated in civil engineering in University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez in 1965 and was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2002 for his efforts on the protection of Puerto Rico's mountain forests due to threats from mining interests. In 1980 he and his wife Tinti Deyá Díaz established Casa Pueblo, a non-profit environmental watchdog community-based organization in Adjuntas.[4] One of the organization's achievements was protecting the forest surrounding their town by establishing Bosque del Pueblo in 1996. It was the first community-managed forest in Puerto Rico.[5] A book he authored, Casa Pueblo: A Puerto Rican Model of Self-Governance, published in 2022, "offers a chronological account of Casa Pueblo’s evolution from a small group of concerned citizens to an internationally recognized model for activism."[6]

Alexis Massol González
Born
Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
NationalityPuerto Rican
Alma materUniversity of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
Occupation(s)Engineer, conservationist, political activist
Known forPreservation efforts of Bosque del Pueblo
Recipient of the Goldman Environmental Prize
SpouseTinti Deyá Díaz[1]
ChildrenAriel Massol Deyá,[1] Arturo Massol Deyá.[2][3]

References
  1. Excelsa cosecha en el Bosque Escuela. Reinaldo Millán. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 32. Issue 1567. Page 27. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  2. Journal 2: Father and son arrested for civil disobedience acts in Washington, D.C. 6 September 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  3. Vía Verde opponents arrested in White House protest. Puerto Rico Daily Sun. 4 September 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  4. "Casa Pueblo, founded by Alexis Massol-Gonzalez (2002), featured on Democracy Now! - Goldman Environmental Prize". 2011-06-21. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  5. "Islands and Island Nations 2002. Alexis Massol-González". Goldman Environmental Prize. Archived from the original on 23 November 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  6. González, Alexis Massol; Ravikumar, Ashwin; Schroeder Rodríguez, Paul (2022). Casa Pueblo: A Puerto Rican Model of Self-Governance. Lever Press. ISBN 978-1-64315-029-1.
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