WE Advisory Council
The Advisory Council is a voluntary initiative that serves as the ambassador body for WiserEarth, building the bridges into the community and fostering a sense of accountability for the staff. We are currently putting a team of leaders together. If you are interested, please contact peggy [a] wiserearth.org
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Created: Aug 03, 2009
Updated: Nov 13, 2009
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Permacultura America Latina (PAL) is a 15-year old, Santa Fe, NM-based 501(c) 3 non-profit organization supporting grassroots sustainable development initiatives and low impact economic practices in poor and indigenous communities throughout Latin America. PAL manages and provides technical and financial support to our affiliated permaculture schools and demonstration centers abroad. Permaculture, rooted in the belief that a "culture" can only be "permanent" if it has sustainable forms of agriculture, presents pragmatic, sustainable development alternatives for long-term rehabilitation and enrichment of environments depleted by conventional forms of building, agriculture, and overgrazing. PAL's systems-design approach recognizes the most appropriate technical, traditional, and indigenous methods of food production, protection of biodiversity and land rehabilitation, and our organization serves as the link between the eight sustainable research centers we have helped to establish in Latin America. These centers are active at national, regional and local levels.
PAL's work has led to the creation of seed banks, demonstrative farms, educational centers, innovations in renewable and village technologies, natural building models and technical manuals, new agricultural opportunities for women, and extensive education and empowerment of people of all ages. Our educational program reaches tens of thousands, and our students and projects have won numerous awards. Our village and social technologies are being replicated in hundreds of projects throughout the continent.
PAL serves as the link between seven sustainable research centers in Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Guatemala. We maintain a financial support system of private donors and foundations across the USA and Europe, and network, coordinate, provide technical assistance, and represent the centers' projects at an international level. We also translate, write, and publish environmental books and magazines in Spanish and Portuguese, and provide university student exchanges with our Brazilian centers.
http://www.permacultura.org/who.html
PAL's work has led to the creation of seed banks, demonstrative farms, educational centers, innovations in renewable and village technologies, natural building models and technical manuals, new agricultural opportunities for women, and extensive education and empowerment of people of all ages. Our educational program reaches tens of thousands, and our students and projects have won numerous awards. Our village and social technologies are being replicated in hundreds of projects throughout the continent.
PAL serves as the link between seven sustainable research centers in Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Guatemala. We maintain a financial support system of private donors and foundations across the USA and Europe, and network, coordinate, provide technical assistance, and represent the centers' projects at an international level. We also translate, write, and publish environmental books and magazines in Spanish and Portuguese, and provide university student exchanges with our Brazilian centers.http://www.permacultura.org/who.html
