Introducción a la Permacultura/ Introduction to Permaculture
BILINGUAL FORUM
La Permacultura es un movimiento internacional para la sostenibilidad, que usa principios de diseño ecológico para proveer necesidades humanos como comida, vivienda, y energía.
Permaculture is an international movement for sustainability that uses ecological design principles to meet human needs like food, shelter, and energy.
Esta presentación bilingüe se enfocará en ejemplos de la Permacultura en comunidades hispanos en los EE.UU. y en Guatemala.
• Nuestras Raíces, una organización de agricultura urbana en la comunidad Puertorriqueña de Holyoke, Massachussets. Sus proyectos incluyen jardines comunitarios, una granja y invernaderos urbanos, organizando para justicia ambiental y para salud, y una perspectiva permacultural de desarrollo de empresas pequeñas y desarrollo comunitario.
• El Instituto Mesoamericano de Permacultura (IMAP), en San Lucas Tolimán, Guatemala, hace demostraciones y capacitación en técnicas de Permacultura. Además proveen tierra a gente Zutujil sin tierra, en un intercambio de semillas para su banco de semillas tradicionales.
• The Ripple of Hope trabaja en Matasano, Guatemala. Los residentes de la comunidad están cosechando la lluvia, instalando hornos eficientes, y reforestando su montaña muy inclinada con plantas perennes multipropósitos, cuales proveer comida, forraje, y leña.
This bilingual presentation will focus on applications of Permaculture in Hispanic communities in the U.S. and Guatemala.
• Nuestras Raíces is an urban agriculture organization in the Puerto Rican community of Holyoke, Massachusetts. Their projects include community gardens, urban farming and greenhouse production, organizing for environmental justice and health, and a Permaculture approach to small business and community development.
• The Mesoamerican Permaculture Institute (IMAP) in San Lucas Tolimán, Guatemala, performs demonstration and training in Permaculture techniques. They also provide farmland to landless indigenous Tzutujil people in exchange for seeds for their seed bank of traditional varieties.
• The Ripple of Hope works in the town of Matasano, Guatemala. Community residents are harvesting rainwater, building energy-efficient cook stoves, and reforesting their steep mountainside with multifunctional perennials providing food, fuel, and fodder for livestock.
Eric Toensmeier ha estudiado y practicado la Permacultura desde 1990. El maneja el proyecto de agricultura urbana de Tierra de Oportunidades de Nuestras Raíces en Holyoke, Massachussets. El es autor de Perennial Vegetables y co-autor de Edible Forest Gardens.
Eric Toensmeier has studied and practiced Permaculture since 1990. He manages the Tierra de Oportunidades urban farm project for Nuestras Raíces in Holyoke, MA. He is the author of Perennial Vegetables and co-author of Edible Forest Gardens.
Marikler Girón Toensmeier es la Directora de Ripple of Hope, un proyecto de desarrollo sostenible en Guatemala. Ella trabajó para Heifer Internacional durante 13 años, que incluye 8 años en la oficina de Heifer Internacional en Guatemala. Con unos amigos, Eric y Marikler han desarrollado un jardín permacultural en su hogar en Holyoke, Massachussets.
Marikler Girón Toensmeier is the Director of the Ripple of Hope, a sustainable development project in Guatemala. She worked for Heifer International for 13 years, including 8 years in the Heifer's office in Guatemala. Together with friends, Eric and Marikler have developed an urban Permaculture garden at their home in Holyoke, Massachusetts.
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