PROJECTS FOR SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

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

A beautiful river running through forests and fields During our travels, I am always surprised by how each region of Chiapas is very distinct. In the North of Chiapas we visit a region where they speak the indigenous language Ch'ol. During a family visit, I spoke to a young girl who mixed Spanish with Ch'ol as she spoke, and I couldn't tell when she was speaking which. Her older sister laughed and said, "Here, we grow up speaking Espan-chol!" Agroecology Organizing Before vis