The Lone Tree Institute began in 1998 when, in the aftermath of devastating Hurricane Mitch, Richard and Kathleen Gladstone raised funds to provide financial relief and rebuild housing and potable water systems for rural families in Honduras and Nicaragua. Part of the relief was focused on the Palo Solo community in southwestern Nicaragua, where two generations of the Gladstone family have worked for nearly 30 years in research and implementation of organic and sustainable agriculture on their farm and wildlife reserve, El Nisperal. In 2005, the Richard B. Gladstone Community Library was built on a corner of El Nisperal to commemorate Richard’s life and shortly thereafter the Lone Tree Institute was incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Who We Are
The Lone Tree Institute began in 1998 when, in the aftermath of devastating Hurricane Mitch, Richard and Kathleen Gladstone raised funds to provide financial relief and rebuild housing and potable water systems for rural families in Honduras and Nicaragua. Part of the relief was focused on the Palo Solo community in southwestern Nicaragua, where two generations of the Gladstone family have worked for nearly 30 years in research and implementation of organic and sustainable agriculture on their farm and wildlife reserve, El Nisperal. In 2005, the Richard B. Gladstone Community Library was built on a corner of El Nisperal to commemorate Richard’s life and shortly thereafter the Lone Tree Institute was incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.