PROJECTS FOR SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

A car decorated for the Virgin Mary of Guadalupe On December 12th, the streets of San Cristobal de Las Casas celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. People decorate the streets and make processions through the town. They drive their cars and motorcycles, decked out in baloons, streamers and images of Mary, honking constantly and chanting "¡Viva la Virgen de Guadalupe!" The steps leading up to the Catholic Church on the top of the hill are bursting with people making the

I accompanied two of my co-workers to a market organized for local producers from Chiapas who use agroecological practices. The market is located in San Cristobal de Las Casas and is organized through a network called REPASUR (Red de Economías Populares y Autogestivas del Sur). They identify as an antipatriarchal network of local producers who seek to construct non-capitalist possibilities of relating with one another economically. They seek to promote more just and human way

Chapaya, a community meal, a fuel efficient stove, and chestnuts Meals in the Communities Let's talk about the most fundamental part of life in the communities (and everywhere)- food! In the top left photo is a plate of food we were given by a family who fed us during a community visit. There is pasta, chayote squash, and chapaya. I had never tasted chapaya before, but the family explained that it grows in clusters on a species of palm tree in Mexico. It's the long stringy pi