Regenerating Life
autopoiesis means "self-organizing living systems"
|
autopoiesis, llc applies a living systems approach to the regeneration of communities, ecosystems, and economies. We work in three related areas: design for life from building to site scales; integrated, community-driven territorial planning from bioregional to national scales; and systems transformation through process design, convening, mapping, modeling, and trans-disciplinary research.
|
|
Introducing Yanapakusunchis, E.I.R.L.
Yanapakusunchis, E.I.R.L, "We help each other" in Runasimi, the language of the Quechua people, was recently established by Kathryn Langstaff as the autopoiesis llc affiliate in Peru to support the indigenous communities in the Valle Sagrado de Los Inkas to regenerate their culture and ecosystems from glacier to Wilkamayu, "sacred river".
Call to action in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, Cusco, Peru
To Protect the Amazon Rainforest and Beyond, We Must Start in the Andes
"If the Amazon rainforest are the lungs of the planet, then the Andes are its lifeblood."
~De Haan is a senior scientist at the International Potato Center, a research facility based in Lima, Peru, that seeks to reduce poverty
and achieve food security in developing countries.
~De Haan is a senior scientist at the International Potato Center, a research facility based in Lima, Peru, that seeks to reduce poverty
and achieve food security in developing countries.
|
Lucia Ccana Santa Cruz, Amaru, at the headwaters of a region that includes three sacred lakes, used for agriculture, drinking water and ceremony. The Amaru community maintains forests of queuña, pine and cypress trees and is located adjacent to the International Potato Park. In this video, Lucia explains the Amaru beliefs about the sacred life of the Wilkamayu, Rio Vilcanota or Urubamba River.
|
"For example, temperature rises are affecting the size and spread of the thousands of kilometers of glaciers that stretch the Andes. This would impact not only the ecosystems of coastal mountains and valleys, but also the Amazon’s multiple river basins. In rivers close to the Andes, such as the Vilcanota in Peru and the La Paz in Bolivia, glacial melt provides as much as 50% or more of the water. Reduced glacial melt could cause some rivers to dry up in the dry season, leaving riverside communities without a vital source of irrigation unless investments are made into water harvesting. Studying the impact of rising temperatures on glaciers and melt water in the Andes could lead to valuable insights not only for the future of the Andes-Amazon region, but also for other tropical mountain regions, where climate change is likely to impact downstream water supplies." ~by Stef de Haan October 17, 2019
|