Regeneration
Paths to Regenerating the Dry Forest in Barichara
Barichara's dry forest is unique in Colombia and degrading fast. Five strategies for turning that round.
Chronicles of regeneration
Chronicles of regeneration in the Northern Andes: dry tropical forest, syntropic farming and the people sowing water and life in this territory.
Community
When the Land Brings Us Together: a Regenerative Gathering
Funimos spent several days visiting Barichara's regenerative projects. What they took away was not a method but connections.
Community
Sowing in the Ruins: a Community Garden
Among old stones, a group of women built a community garden. They began by asking the land's permission.
Regeneration
Doña Celina: Sowing Love and Hope in Lubigará
After decades of monoculture, Celina Ballesteros is bringing a patch of land in Lubigará back to life.
Culture
Guane Pottery: a Tradition That Endures
In Lubigará, Medarda Torres shapes clay the way her great-grandparents did. Children came to her workshop to learn the craft.
Community
Casa Común: Reinventing Economies Through Trust
Margarita Higuera tells how Casa Común came about: a collective experiment in building an economy on trust.
Regeneration
Syntropic Farming: Healing the Land with Love
Four women are regenerating the soil of Lubigará by imitating a forest's succession. More cooperation than growing technique.
Regeneration
Green Belt: the Dry Forest Is Heritage Too
Barichara is famous for its stone architecture. The Green Belt asks the same for the forest that sustains its water.
Regeneration
Hands That Sow Water and Life: Regenerating the Dry Tropical Forest in Barichara, Colombia
At Origen del Agua, Jessica Lisiewski is turning degraded land into living forest and teaching where the water comes from.
Regeneration
Life Lessons from the Guardian of a Forest
Don Jesús Barragán has given his life to the Móncora Bioparque. His story shows how a dry landscape becomes living forest.