Current Project Profiles

SPANISH FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING - SUMMER 2008

Learn Spanish this Summer

Understory is offering Spanish Classes beginning with a 6-week session this June and July in Minneapolis.

Beginner and Intermediate classes are offered, with a focus on practical Spanish for doing things in a sustainable world: building, growing food, cooking, interacting with neighbors, and more.

Classes will be divided between core grammar/capacity building, and expanding vocabulary. Fun will be had.

MAY DAY 2008 IN MINNEAPOLIS

May Day, the Spring festival and ritual of blooming after a long Minnesota winter, was marked in Minneapolis on May 4. Understory is proud to have contributed, 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 accounts and pics of the event, see the hobt web page.

MADERAS FARM SCHOOL and ROSAS DE VOLCANES

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

FEATURED BOOK: FIELD GLOSSARY / GLOSARIO DE CAMPO

Spanish and English Terms for Ecology, Agriculture and Building

160-page pocket dictionary & reference

NOT A KERNEL TO EAT

The story of Paco, a Mexican farmer, as he loves and loses his corn.

Available for the Spring/Summer 2008 Season. Contact us for details and booking information.

Shows available for:

  • Young Children (grades K-6)
  • High School and Middle School
  • Individuals who are too old for school

Performances in English or Spanish

Please send us an email or call 360.774.6237 for more info. or to schedule a performance.
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