Update from Peter Brown; Schools for Chiapas, ’08 partner

Update from Peter Brown; Schools for Chiapas, ’08 partner

Since the beginning of the sixth sun of the Mayan calendar on Dec. 21, 2013, everything has gotten very exciting in the Zapatista communities of the Mexican southeast.

On that first day of the new Mayan cycle, over 40,000 Mayan men and women silently and non-violently marched into the five major cities of the highlands of Chiapas in a uniquely eloquent statement insisting that “we are still alive”!  Of course, Schools for Chiapas never doubted that the Zapatistas are still actively working to strengthen their communities and build a new and better world for everyone because we live and work with these inspirational rebels on a daily basis.

IMG_1516Over the last year, our Mayan friends have been busily creating a new educational institution which is now known as “La Escuelita: Freedom According to the Zapatistas” and has been teaching the movement’s history to a new generation of Mayans.

On August 11, 2013 that little school will spend a full week teaching thousands of outsiders the same course, and the donation made by Elon Periclean Scholars Alumni Association will help pay of transportation and food of these Mexican and international visitors.  During the next year we would also like to organize a special course for Elon University in Chiapas or at your North Carolina campus.

The remainder of Elon University’s 2013 PSAA donation will be used to purchase, plant, and care for the many fruit tree orchards which are beginning to surround Zapatista autonomous schools in Chiapas, Mexico and which provide a living course in ecological agriculture for Zapatista students.

Below find the actual items involved with the orchards.

Organic Mother fruit trees

  1. Apple
  2. Orange
  3. Grapefruit
  4. Lemon
  5. Tangerine
  6. Peach
  7. Persimmon
  8. Avocado
  9. Walnut
  10. Mulberry
  11. Cumquat
  12. Loquat
  13. Neem
  14. Fig
  15. Bamboo
  16. Plum
  17. Grapes
  18. Blue berries
  19. Blackberries
  20. Pear
  21. Mango
  22. Cherry
  23. Cactus
  24. Rambutan
  25. Pomegranate
  26. Leeches
  27. Pecan
  28. Almond
  29. Zapote

 

  1. Orchard materials
    1. Organic mulching materials
    2. Plastic planting bags
    3. Organic fertilizer
    4. Organic minerals
    5. Spraying
    6. Worm beds for fertilizers
    7. Bamboo stabilizing poles

 

  1. Orchard Fencing and protection
    1. Fence poles
    2. Chain link
    3. Fence gate
    4. Light bird netting

 

  1. Fruit Pollination Services
    1. New queen bee
    2. Swarm of bees
    3. Base for bee hive
    4. Honey super-structure for bee hive
    5. Honey frames for bee hive
    6. Bee keepers gloves
    7. Bee keepers face protection
    8. Bee keeper tool
    9. Honey extractor

 

  1. Fruit Orchard Tools
    1. Shovel
    2. Wheelbarrow
    3. Trowel
    4. Clippers
    5. Grafting knife
    6. Grafting wax and binding tape
    7. Pruning saw

 

 

 

 

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