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Kari explains the core ethics and values of permaculture and looks at how that fits into Kalu Yala's sustainable design ideas. Read More
by Zac Long
Posted In: Adventures in the Tropics, Designing the Village, The Creation of a Culture, Voices of Kalu Yala
Zac Long Week 1&2: 80 hours 1/29/12 Kalu Yala is a sustainable work in progress. The goal for our company is to create a sustainable community in the valley of Panama. This community will be a place to live as well as a place to travel to or stay for a night while passing through. [...] Read More
Kalu Yala’s Spring 2012 semester kicked off with large ideas AND personalities. This semester’s group of interns hail from all over the globe — including Finland, France, and Korea. Peek the filmic prelude to their great beginnings in Panama, as they leave the pink corridors of Hispania and head to San Miguel and the Valley [...] Read More
In researching the potential for different agricultural techniques that could be employed in the Kalu Yala Valley one stood out to me in particular, Agroforestry. Right about now you may be asking yourself, just what is Agroforestry? In order to answer this, I will turn to a paper written by Robert D Hauff in 1999 [...] Read More
I believe that the land is the body of a community, and sustenance the veins. In order for humans to thrive, one must consider the health of the land as a whole. In order to truly nourish and heal our body and soul, we must realize the effect we have on the ecosystem we are [...] Read More
I cannot begin to express how good it feels to be back in Panama with Kalu Yala. I was a Biology Intern in Summer 2011 and during my internship, the company expressed that they were going to be expanding. This expansion included adding an Agriculture Program. I took this opportunity to show the company what [...] Read More
by Anne Walker Harrison
Posted In: A Home Grown Economy, Farm to Table Living, Our Global Community, The Creation of a Culture
How often does one find herself in a pristine, pastoral setting milling freshly “nubbed” corn and having the wisdom of a nationally recognized seed-saver imparted upon her? For most of us, the answer would be not very often. This flowery scene is the stuff of idealists or out-of-touch dreamers who would have us forsake our [...] Read More
by Anne Walker Harrison
Posted In: A Home Grown Economy, Farm to Table Living, Our Global Community, Wandering Thoughts
I have recently taken my annual journey back home to the United States for the rainiest of the rainy months in Panama. While here, I am set on exploring the wealth of well planned and executed projects that relate to our goals at Kalu Yala. The U.S. is brimming with exciting examples of sustainable principles [...] Read More
The purchase of three chickens this semester and their transformation from chicks to chickens in such a short period of time has resulted in the need for a coop. Fast. It won’t be much longer until our egg-pawning hen starts to lay eggs, and supplying all of them with a shelter where they can eat [...] Read More
by Kelsey Montgomery
Posted In: Adventures in the Tropics, Designing the Village, Farm to Table Living
Kelsey shares updates of the agricultural development in the valley including the use of permaculture.
Read More
Kari explains the core ethics and values of permaculture and looks at how that fits into Kalu Yala's sustainable design ideas. Read More
by Zac Long
Posted In: Adventures in the Tropics, Designing the Village, The Creation of a Culture, Voices of Kalu Yala
Zac Long Week 1&2: 80 hours 1/29/12 Kalu Yala is a sustainable work in progress. The goal for our company is to create a sustainable community in the valley of Panama. This community will be a place to live as well as a place to travel to or stay for a night while passing through. [...] Read More
Kalu Yala’s Spring 2012 semester kicked off with large ideas AND personalities. This semester’s group of interns hail from all over the globe — including Finland, France, and Korea. Peek the filmic prelude to their great beginnings in Panama, as they leave the pink corridors of Hispania and head to San Miguel and the Valley [...] Read More
In researching the potential for different agricultural techniques that could be employed in the Kalu Yala Valley one stood out to me in particular, Agroforestry. Right about now you may be asking yourself, just what is Agroforestry? In order to answer this, I will turn to a paper written by Robert D Hauff in 1999 [...] Read More
I believe that the land is the body of a community, and sustenance the veins. In order for humans to thrive, one must consider the health of the land as a whole. In order to truly nourish and heal our body and soul, we must realize the effect we have on the ecosystem we are [...] Read More
I cannot begin to express how good it feels to be back in Panama with Kalu Yala. I was a Biology Intern in Summer 2011 and during my internship, the company expressed that they were going to be expanding. This expansion included adding an Agriculture Program. I took this opportunity to show the company what [...] Read More
by Anne Walker Harrison
Posted In: A Home Grown Economy, Farm to Table Living, Our Global Community, The Creation of a Culture
How often does one find herself in a pristine, pastoral setting milling freshly “nubbed” corn and having the wisdom of a nationally recognized seed-saver imparted upon her? For most of us, the answer would be not very often. This flowery scene is the stuff of idealists or out-of-touch dreamers who would have us forsake our [...] Read More
by Anne Walker Harrison
Posted In: A Home Grown Economy, Farm to Table Living, Our Global Community, Wandering Thoughts
I have recently taken my annual journey back home to the United States for the rainiest of the rainy months in Panama. While here, I am set on exploring the wealth of well planned and executed projects that relate to our goals at Kalu Yala. The U.S. is brimming with exciting examples of sustainable principles [...] Read More
The purchase of three chickens this semester and their transformation from chicks to chickens in such a short period of time has resulted in the need for a coop. Fast. It won’t be much longer until our egg-pawning hen starts to lay eggs, and supplying all of them with a shelter where they can eat [...] Read More
by Kelsey Montgomery
Posted In: Adventures in the Tropics, Designing the Village, Farm to Table Living
Kelsey shares updates of the agricultural development in the valley including the use of permaculture.
Read More
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