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Tuesday was Valentine’s Day and there was no shortage of love in the San Miguel house. While Valentine’s Day is more widely celebrated in the United States, we brought a few Valentine’s Traditions with us to San Miguel. The direct translation of Happy Valentine’s Day is “Feliz Dia de Enamorados;” however, in San Miguel they [...] Read More
by Sarah Tyler
Posted In: Adventures in the Tropics, Display on Agriculture, The Creation of a Culture
“Life on the Frontier” is a glimpse into the lives of Kalu Yala’s adventure-driven, Spring 2012 Interns as they begin their epic voyage in this unique social experiment — building, conducting research, charting their observations, establishing community relations, and finding comfort in their new humble abode. Once again, we welcome you to the junglescapes of [...] Read More
For more than one week now, western Panama has seen violent demonstrations and riots between two opposing forces. First are the indigenous community of the Ngobe-Bugle, Second are the national Panamanian police forces. The protesters have managed to shut down a section of the Pan-American highway(which links the country to Costa Rica). All this has [...] Read More
by Aki Saunamäki
Posted In: A Home Grown Economy, Crafted Investing, Our Global Community, The Creation of a Culture
Sustainability economist and author of the book Prosperity without Growth, Tim Jackson thoroughly addressed the problem of the ecological limits of a finite planet in one of his recorded conference speeches that I happened to find a couple of days ago online. I was fascinated by this public speech and will definitely put his book [...] Read More
In this blog post I hope to continue to expand upon the potential of Agroforestry in the Kalu Yala Valley and specifically investigate a piece of legislation that could be of great help in a push for an expansion of the Agroforestry Project. However, I must first give a quick recap of the Agriculture Teams [...] Read More
During our recent eight day stay in the Kalu Yala Valley, I realized one of the most powerful gifts in the work we are doing. Of course there is the obvious reward of the manual labor; there is something inherently soul-satisfying in seeing hard-work come to fruition in form and function to serve a true and long-lasting [...] Read More
“The lilies of the field toil not, neither do they calculate, but they are probably excellent structures, and indeed Nature is generally a better engineer than man … Nature seems to be a pragmatic rather than a mathematical designer; and, after all, bad designs can always be eaten by good ones.” – from Structures: Or [...] Read More
The Amazing Adventures of Boss Man and the Machete Mobbers! The Machete Mobber (not all) From left to right: Machete Moos (Rob Taylor), Tarzan (Zac Long), Dr.Chop (Max Cooper), Machete Queen (Brigitte Desvaux), Chicklit (Kylie Bechdolt), Nacho (Joe Mckittrick), Tropic (Alex Goff), Feature (Ian Chesser), Frau Mabba (Anne Shingler) and Bombs (Kari Remmen). Chapter II: [...] Read More
It all started with a girl’s enthusiasm towards birds. Terra Hope Filmer. She is a biology intern. I get to spend a lot of time with her because I share a room in the city with her as well as the tent in our base camp. Her passion towards nature and all sorts of creatures [...] Read More
Tuesday was Valentine’s Day and there was no shortage of love in the San Miguel house. While Valentine’s Day is more widely celebrated in the United States, we brought a few Valentine’s Traditions with us to San Miguel. The direct translation of Happy Valentine’s Day is “Feliz Dia de Enamorados;” however, in San Miguel they [...] Read More
San Miguel is blessed with a beautiful landscape, the Pacora River, a dominant feature of the town. This picturesque river regularly attracts both locals and visitors from the city and in turn, trash is often struin along banks. Although the river is littered with trash, much of the community wants to make a change. They [...] Read More
by Sarah Tyler
Posted In: Adventures in the Tropics, Display on Agriculture, The Creation of a Culture
“Life on the Frontier” is a glimpse into the lives of Kalu Yala’s adventure-driven, Spring 2012 Interns as they begin their epic voyage in this unique social experiment — building, conducting research, charting their observations, establishing community relations, and finding comfort in their new humble abode. Once again, we welcome you to the junglescapes of [...] Read More
For more than one week now, western Panama has seen violent demonstrations and riots between two opposing forces. First are the indigenous community of the Ngobe-Bugle, Second are the national Panamanian police forces. The protesters have managed to shut down a section of the Pan-American highway(which links the country to Costa Rica). All this has [...] Read More
by Aki Saunamäki
Posted In: A Home Grown Economy, Crafted Investing, Our Global Community, The Creation of a Culture
Sustainability economist and author of the book Prosperity without Growth, Tim Jackson thoroughly addressed the problem of the ecological limits of a finite planet in one of his recorded conference speeches that I happened to find a couple of days ago online. I was fascinated by this public speech and will definitely put his book [...] Read More
In this blog post I hope to continue to expand upon the potential of Agroforestry in the Kalu Yala Valley and specifically investigate a piece of legislation that could be of great help in a push for an expansion of the Agroforestry Project. However, I must first give a quick recap of the Agriculture Teams [...] Read More
During our recent eight day stay in the Kalu Yala Valley, I realized one of the most powerful gifts in the work we are doing. Of course there is the obvious reward of the manual labor; there is something inherently soul-satisfying in seeing hard-work come to fruition in form and function to serve a true and long-lasting [...] Read More
“The lilies of the field toil not, neither do they calculate, but they are probably excellent structures, and indeed Nature is generally a better engineer than man … Nature seems to be a pragmatic rather than a mathematical designer; and, after all, bad designs can always be eaten by good ones.” – from Structures: Or [...] Read More
The Amazing Adventures of Boss Man and the Machete Mobbers! The Machete Mobber (not all) From left to right: Machete Moos (Rob Taylor), Tarzan (Zac Long), Dr.Chop (Max Cooper), Machete Queen (Brigitte Desvaux), Chicklit (Kylie Bechdolt), Nacho (Joe Mckittrick), Tropic (Alex Goff), Feature (Ian Chesser), Frau Mabba (Anne Shingler) and Bombs (Kari Remmen). Chapter II: [...] Read More
It all started with a girl’s enthusiasm towards birds. Terra Hope Filmer. She is a biology intern. I get to spend a lot of time with her because I share a room in the city with her as well as the tent in our base camp. Her passion towards nature and all sorts of creatures [...] Read More
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