Understory provides resources and services for communications and ecological design. We promote sensible, human-scale development in the Americas - for the 21st century and beyond.

MAY DAY 2008 IN MINNEAPOLIS

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May Day, the Spring festival and ritual of blooming after a long Minnesota winter, is upn us. Understory is proud to have a presence, with director Reed Aubin as staff artist at In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre, creators of the parade and ceremony. For more information, see the web page.

MADERAS FARM SCHOOL and ROSAS DE VOLCANES

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Two Land-Based Initiatives in Nicaragua

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A collaborative of single women working together to increase economic opportunity through land-based micro-enterprise. A farm school pledged to develop local capacity for restoring agricultural biodiversity.

Two projects addressing rural poverty in Nicaragua through leadership training and sustainable, subistence-level horticulture.

ENGLISH-SPANISH SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE DICTIONARY

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FEATURED BOOK: FIELD GLOSSARY / GLOSARIO DE CAMPO

Spanish and English Terms for Ecology, Agriculture and Building

160-page pocket dictionary & reference

LANGUAGE FOR A SUSTAINABLE CULTURE

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An Essay - Preface to the Field Glossary

by Reed Ellis Aubin

SPONSORS PUT FIELD GLOSARY IN THE HANDS OF LATIN AMERICAN LEARNERS

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Understory offers supporters the opportunity to directly support our work in Latin America by sponsoring copies of the Field Glossary to be delivered to sustainable agriculture practitioners South of the Rio Grande, who otherwise wouldn't be able to access this Language-learning tool. It's a chance to efficiently distribute a valuable educational resource to some needy folks, supporting the work of Understory in the process. For a limited time, $9.00 per copy will get these books distributed.

VOLUNTEER AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES

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Volunteers Needed to Research Spanish-Speaking Agriculture Organizations

Are you interested in working in the Spanish-speaking world with sustainable agriculture projects?

Understory is building a database of organizations and projects working with sustainable agriculture in Latin America and among Spanish-speaking populations in the United States.

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