The Introduction to Permaculture course is a great way to find out more about permaculture in Central America. This “taster” will provide an opportunity to get your hands dirty, learn some permaculture basics and get inspired. The Instituto Mesoamericano de Permacultura (IMAP) will be offering a series of 3-day Introduction to Permaculture Course throughout the […]
This week we continued our work in helping local community schools from around Lake Atitlan to create permaculture school gardens, a project which started last year and that will continue for the rest of the school year. Last week we met with the teachers and students we will be working with in implementing a permaculture […]
On April 12th we visited the school in Pachitulul to continue the School Permaculture Gardens Project that was started last year by IMAP. We walked through the school with the teacher to see how the permaculture gardens were doing and to know what the plans were to continue the work with the permaculture gardens, and […]
The Introduction to Permaculture course is a great way to find out more about permaculture. This “taster” will provide an opportunity to get your hands dirty, learn some basics and get inspired. The Instituto Mesoamericano de Permacultura (IMAP) will be offering a series of 3-day Introduction to Permaculture Course throughout the year, starting on April […]
It’s official! We’ve launched our Seed Revolution Campaign on Indiegogo.com. There’s a video. There are photos. There are words. Some of them may wind their way into your mind, and some of them may even switch on the lightbulb. Ah, you will say. Ah yes. Or maybe not. But either way, we’re talking about a […]
This past Saturday IMAP participated in San Lucas’s celebration of the Oxlajuj B’ak’tun. This celebration of the beginning of a new cycle was composed of a Mayan ball tournament, discourses on environmental themes and the meaning of the Oxlajuj B’ak’tun, musical performances ranging from classic marimba to Tzutujil Hip-Hop, and a theatrical performance by the […]
Today, talk about fair trade involves integrating the perspective of food sovereignty. Both concepts are closely linked and the first is not possible without assuming the premises of the second. When we refer to fair trade, we consider a series of criteria: respecting the environment, paying a fair salary, promoting gender equality, and demanding its […]
Permaculturists sometimes forget, or don’t realize, that practicing permacuture is more than creating food forests, rehabilitating land, planting trees, managing resources and using ducks to eat pests on Swiss chard . Anyone with a shovel, a computer, a notebook and a pen could do that. If there’s anything I learned by reading Masanobu Fukoka and the works […]
Five organizations released a letter in early October 2012 to the executive secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity demanding a global ban on genetically modified (GM) trees. World Rainforest Movement, Global Justice Ecology Project, the Campaign to Stop Genetically Engineered Trees, Global Forest Coalition, and Biofuelwatch oppose the potentially damaging impact of GM trees on the environment and Indigenous communities. “The forestry industry […]
After spending the weekend in Totonicapán for their annual fería, Lia and I made our way back to the Lake Atitlan area. Before going back to IMAP though, we made a day trip around the lake in order to talk to people about our upcoming Permaculture Design Certification course in December. We first stopped in […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjWaP0iQmWw] This documentary presents the problems surrounding food production and modern agricultural systems in a clear, unequivocal way. If we don’t change the manner in which we produce our food and to reduce agriculture’s harmful effects on mother nature, we will soon be in grave danger of food shortages. Bill Mollison is a researcher, […]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrb__c8wkvA] Wildlife film maker Rebecca Hosking investigates how to transform her family’s farm in Devon into a low energy farm for the future, and discovers that nature holds the key. With her father close to retirement, Rebecca returns to her family’s wildlife-friendly farm in Devon, to become the next generation to farm the land. But […]