Mud, Memory and a Meal: Learning the Art of Bajareque
By Tracy L. Barnett Photos: Víctor Ibarra At the Zapopan´s Agroecological Park, the renovation of six bahareque panels in the community kitchen of the Teocintle Agroecological Collective became a hands-on lesson in traditional knowledge and the joy of collectively caring for a space where, for more than 13 years, this collective has been carrying out […]
Grief and Gratitude in a New Mexico Fire
Shortly before midnight on May 3, we directly and personally entered the growing multitudes of climate evacuees. Such an event was not unexpected. Our forests had become drier than kiln-finished lumber. If you struck 100 matches and dropped them to the ground, 90 to 94 of them would ignite a fire. Precipitation had become a long-lost friend. The link of a warming climate to such a cataclysmic event was evident throughout the region long before the fire drew its first breath.
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