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15 May 5pm Pacific time!

Meet the panelists

Meet the Panelists:

Environmentalist panel 15 May 5pm Pacific Time

Thank you for your interest in attending the WOC Environmentalists Panel! Please complete this form to RSVP.

Event Details
When: Wednesday, May 15th, 2024 from 5:00-8:00pm
Where: UCSC Cowell Ranch Haybarn (Ranch View Rd, Santa Cruz, CA 95064)
If you are interested in tuning into this event via livestream instead, you may watch live at bit.ly/livepanel24. There is no need to RSVP.

Doors open at 4:45pm ~ complimentary hors d'oeuvres will be served until 5:15pm.
We will begin serving dinner at approximately 6:30pm until 7:50pm.

Join the UCSC People of Color Sustainability Collective (POCSC) for an empowering panel that celebrates the voices, visions, and efforts of women of color environmentalists. Our panelists include inspiring women from UC Santa Cruz and external organizations. After the panel, connect with folks as all in attendance will have the opportunity to enjoy a special dinner with the panelists.

All UCSC community members of all identities and their guests are invited to attend. This event is free!
Please RSVP, space is limited.

Covid-19 Guidelines: Masks have not been required for most indoor settings at UC Santa Cruz facilities, but their use is still strongly recommended. We strongly recommend that all attendees wear a mask inside the venue when they are not eating. Thank you for helping us ensure the safety of students and guests at the event.

If you need accommodations or have questions, please email Jasmin Toledo at [email protected].
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Meet Our Panelists:

An Ancient Maya Practice Could Be the Key to Growing Vegetables on Mars?
Researchers are exploring whether intercropping—a technique of growing different types of plants in close proximity to one another—could be the secret to agriculture on the Red Planet

An Ancient Maya Practice Could Be the Key to Growing Vegetables on Mars Researchers are exploring whether intercropping—a technique of growing different types of plants in close proximity to one another—could be the secret to agriculture on the Red Planet

Crazy Idea of Maya Milpa on Mars?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/an-ancient-maya-farming-technique-could-be-the-secret-to-growing-crops-on-mars-180984276/

Anabel Ford, with the help of Justin Tran, was able to present a poster at the Ethnobiology conference at the Missouri Botanic Garden April 26th. The poster featured the provisioning of food and shelter for the ancient Maya.

Milpa-- An Important Tropical Management System

Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura: FAO reconoce a la Milpa Maya como un Sistema Importante del Patrimonio Agrícola Mundial  | FAO en México | Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación Roma, 3 de noviembre de 2022.- El sistema Ich kool: Milpa Maya de la Península de Yucatán, México, es nombrado un Sistema Importante del Patrimonio Agrícola Mundial (SIPAM). Este reconocimiento es el resultado de la aprobación de los documentos de candidatura enviados a la Secretaría SIPAM as....

A review of Maya Forest Gardens connecting Nebraska and the Maya forest!

Maya Farms…in Nebraska? – Home, Interrupted - Feet in 2 Worlds In America’s agricultural heartland, a small group of immigrant farmers look to ancient methods to help modern farming respond to the climate crisis. Producer Anja Nilsson reports from Nebraska on Maya farmers from Latin America who employ farming methods that conserve water, increase biodiversity...

https://www.breakingbelizenews.com/2024/04/09/u-s-embassys-deputy-chief-of-mission-visits-el-pilar/

U.S. Embassy’s Deputy Chief of Mission visits El Pilar By Zoila Palma Gonzalez: On April 8, 2024, U.S. Embassy’s Deputy Chief of Mission Hayward Alto visited El Pilar Archeological Site, exploring its rich Mayan history and cultural significance. Mayor Earl Trapp of San Ignacio/Santa Elena met with Hayward, who congratulated him on his re-election.

https://popular-archaeology.com/article/changing-paradigms-for-sustainability/

Popular Archeology - Changing Paradigms for Sustainability The celebration of a Maya gardener highlights how we need to change our thinking for a sustainable world.

SATURDAY 1/14 –
8am SB Farmer’s Market Cota and Sta Barbara ~ Rain or Shine
co sponsored by SB Permaculture
Honor of the Maya forest gardeners with SB Farmer’s Market

https://www.news.ucsb.edu/2022/020796/honoring-maya-forest-gardener

Honoring a Maya Forest Gardener Master Forest Gardener Narciso Torres of Belize to receive the Chancellor’s Medal

New research, led in part by a UC Santa Barbara archaeologist who has studied Maya food ways for decades, suggests that chaya (Cnidoscolus aconitifolius) also may have been an important source of protein for the indigenous people.

https://www.news.ucsb.edu/2021/020460/leafy-lifeline

A Leafy Lifeline Researchers show chaya a potential protein source for ancient Maya

New video lecture on El Pilar and Forest Gardens in English with Institute of Maya Studies:

http://www.instituteofmayastudies.org/anabel-ford-oct-2021/

Anabel Ford Oct 2021 – Institute of Maya Studies The Cultivated Landscape of the Maya Forest: Exploring Solutions Past with Anabel Ford The cultivable landscape of the ancient Maya flourished in the shallow friable soils of the limestone uplands, avoiding soils that the conventional Western agricultural systems deem arable not recognizing the cult...

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Bird peppers are a spicy addition to any meal. But beware, they are very hot! These peppers are close to the original source of chills in Mesoamerica. Most domesticated chilies grow down and can be other colors, but these chilies grow up and are only red and green!

Getting ready for spring showers? Maya archaeologists aren’t! Many projects in the Petén and other areas of the traditional Maya region are taking advantage of the annual Winter/Spring dry season to research and learn more about the world of the ancient Maya.

In addition to eating a wide variety of plants from the forest garden, the ancient Maya regularly ate the white tailed deer that roamed the edges of forests and fields. Although many other societies explicitly domesticated their animals, the Maya had no need to as they domesticated their landscape.