Ancestral fishing commune of San Pedro – Santa Elena Province – Ecuadorian coast. I DO NOT believe in “buen vivir” (an adaptation of the Indigenous and Ecuadorian worldview, forcibly included and enforced into the constitution as a mere political marketing strategy so that mestizos understand a discourse; in addition to […]
The communities of the A'i Kofán Nationality are spread across 14 settlements in Ecuador and Colombia. They have lived there for several hundred years, hunting, fishing, and gathering. The A'i Kofán Nationality is one of the smallest in the world, with just over a thousand people in total. Their environment and way of life […]
family farming, agroecology, agroecological fair
AGROECOLOGY AND LOCAL MARKETS Why consume agroecological products?
By: Hugo CHAMBILLA [1] Faced with the deterioration of the food agro-industry resulting from the green revolution, with food supply centers filled with conventional products, genetically modified products, and tending to be controlled by a few transnational companies, among other problems, producer and consumer movements are emerging with greater awareness and importance of changing their way of producing, […]
From extraction to sale, use, and disposal, everything in our lives affects communities and the environment, yet most of it is hidden. In 20 minutes, The Story of Stuff describes the hidden side of our production and consumption patterns, in a […]
The following Basic Guide to Responsible Consumption aims to show readers 10 easy-to-follow ideas in our daily lives so that together we can be part of a shift in consciousness regarding our role in this historic moment in which our actions have deteriorated like never before […]
In the Posorja parish, the following story happened: At a spot on Posorja beach called La Poza, it is said that a parish priest from the San Francisco Church decided to take a dip due to the hot weather. Those who witnessed the event were surprised to see that he never came out of the water again. Afterwards […]
* On behalf of La Via Campesina, this document was delivered to Pope Francis on April 30, 2014, by Ana María Primavesi, Andrés E. Carrasco, Elena Álvarez-Buylla, Pat Mooney, Paulo Kageyama, Rubens Nodari, Vandana Shiva, and Vanderley Pignati. Introduction: Almost twenty years of genetically modified crops. What have they given us? Contrary to what […]
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