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Los Zapatistas

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Journalistic article about my time spent as a human rights observer in Nuevo San Gregorio, a Zapatista community in the highlands of Chiapas.

Tags Chiapas, EZLN, human rights observor, Neo-Zapatistas, Nuevo San Gregorio, Zapatistas

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Movimento Sem Terra

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Booklet outlining the history, organisational structure and strategies for transformation from MST – a Brazilian grass roots social movement for the redistribution of land, and empowerment and autonomy of working rural families.

Tags Activism, Brazil, Climate Action, Ecovillage, Grass roots, Moviemento Sem Terra, MST, Radical Movements

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Movimento Sem Terra

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Journalistic article about my time with an MST community – part of a Brazilian grass roots social movement for the redistribution of land, and empowerment and autonomy of working rural families.

Tags Activism, agroforestry, Bahia, Eco Anarchism, Eco-village, Land Reform, Moviement Sem Terra, MST, Permaculture

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Amazigh Oasis Agroforestry

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Oasis Agroforestry Systems Developed by the Amazigh People of Morocco

Tags agroforestry, amazigh, antiatlas, berber, food forest, gegeoff lawton

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The author of theses texts is Dara Casey O Siochru, agroforestry, natural builder, herbalist and facilitator.

Currently living in the school for regenerative culture Catfarm Education, and working on a book about what the ecovillage movement has to learn from other movements of radical transformation from around the world, which I hope to have uploaded by next year.

Exploring Alternatives was made with the intention of spreading the ideas and actions of people who are working to create a better world.

The website costs about 10€ a month to keep running. If you think the project worthwhile, and would like to financially contribute, feel free 🙂

Dara Casey O Siochru
IBAN: DE57100110012622720387

paypal.me/exploringalternative

Or if you would like to contribute with feedback, this would also be greatly appreciated.
dacasey@tcd.ie

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Aztec Agriculture

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Chinampas – the highly productive ‘floating islands’ of the Aztecs.

Tags Aztec, Chinampa, Mexico, permcultura, sustainable agriculture, Xochimilco

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Mayan Agriculture

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History of the Milpa and a contemporary transformation from the Mayan farmer Armando Poot Chable

Tags Milpa, Modern Milpa, Permaculture, Pitahaya, sustainable agriculture, Tihosuco

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New Relationship with Nature

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Part one of a longer work looking at the Eco community movement.
This text looks at the history of modern societies relationship with nature, and the alternative relationship that is being established by the Eco movement.