Archive for May, 2008

Open Farm Tech with Marcin Jakubowski

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

Marcin Jakubowski is one of the premier pioneers of open source appropriate technology and agricultural innovation. Guided by Gandhi’s principles of swadeshi, Marcin has made great strides in moving towards community-based development and local autonomy. One of his first great innovations is an open source compressed earth block press, which he discusses at length in this podcast.

Listen to this podcast to learn about his ideas and innovations, and visit his blog to follow developments on his farm as they occur.

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Apicultura en Ayopaya Bolivia

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Hoy conversamos con Arq. Greby Caillavy sobre el proyecto de apicultura que Agroinnovaciones Bolivia esta realizando en la Provincia de Ayopaya, en Cochabamba Bolivia. Arq. Greby habla sobre los estudios que Agroinnovaciones ha realizado, la relacion que se pretende establecer entre el bosque y la abeja, y las estrategias que nuestra empresa esta implementando para lograr un buen desarrollo de la cadena apicola.

Agradecemos a CIOEC Bolivia, al proyecto Ecobona, y especialmente a Intercooperation por su apoyo en la ejecucion de este proyecto.

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Conserving the World’s Languages with Luisa Maffi (Part II)

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

In this second part of our interview with Luisa Maffi, we talk about the process of language shift and the activities that indigenous communities around the world are engaging in to preserve and recover their languages.

As with so many other things, the future of the world’s languages will be determined by our values: the values of people in majority linguistic groups, the values of people whose linguistic heritage is endangered, and the values of everyone who falls somewhere in between.

Get involved! Visit www.terralingua.org

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Biocultural and Linguistic Diversity with Luisa Maffi

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Luisa Maffi is the Director of Terralingua, an organization dedicated to the conservation of the world’s biocultural and linguistic diversity. In Part I of this two part series, Dr. Maffi explains the goals and purpose of Terralingua, and then paints a picture of crisis and extinction for our world’s languages. The relationships between language, culture, and biodiversity are profound and poorly understood, and Dr. Maffi’s experience and education come to the fore in this interview.

Stay tuned for Part II, coming in about a week’s time. And yes, it is good to be back podcasting once again.

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 28:03 — 12.8MB)

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