School Gardens at Patchitulul Primary School
IMAP ProjectsOn 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…
Introduction to Permaculture Course in April 2013
Courses and WorkshopsThe 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)…
They say you want a revolution…
Fundraising, MultimediaIt’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…
Seed Guardians
IMAP Projects, SustainabilityThis 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…
Fair Trade and Food Sovereignty
Educational Materials, SustainabilityToday, 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…
Permaculture: More than Planting, Eating and Managing Waste
SustainabilityPermaculturists 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…
Organizations Push for Global Ban on Genetically Modified Trees
Educational Materials, SustainabilityFive 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…
Volunteers promote Permaculture Course around Lake Atitlán
Courses and Workshops, IMAP Projects
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…
In Grave Danger of Falling Food (Documentary by Bill Mollison)
Multimedia
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…
The Garbage Warrior (El Guerrero de la Basura) – Subtitled in Spanish
Multimedia
This is the story of the alternative architect Michael Reynolds and his construction team. Together they build the so-called "Earthships", sustainable houses built with garbage and local ecological materials.
The story begins with the big…
A Farm for the Future (full documentary with Spanish subtitles)
Multimedia
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…
Seeds of Freedom
Educational Materials, Multimedia, Sustainability
Seeds of Freedom tells the story of the seed, beginning with its role at the heart of diverse traditional agricultural systems. It then goes on to tell of the seed's appropriation by large companies who are exploiting it as a powerful primary…
