58 Indigenous Land Management for Growing Food Locally

58 Indigenous Land Management for Growing Food Locally

Author: Dave Gardner May 16, 2020 Duration: 1:10:54

What can we learn from indigenous people about caring for the land on which we depend for our food? This episode is a recording of the keynote address by indigenous permaculture designer Michael Alcazar at the 2020 Pikes Peak Foodshed Forum. The forum was hosted by Green Cities Coalition and Pikes Peak Community College on February 8, 2020.

Indigenous permaculture designer Michael Alcazar is a master educator with over 30 years of designing, teaching, facilitating, building, and coaching experience. His various life experiences have uniquely given him the opportunity to explore areas of art, building, design, anatomy and physiology, health and human services, as well as Permaculture - all from the perspective of his indigenous ancestral lineage of traditional ecological knowledge and application.

Thanks to event sponsors Pikes Peak Community College, Pizzeria Rustica, and the PBS POV series.

LINKS:

Michael Alcazar's Slides

Pikes Peak Community College – Office of Sustainability

Pizzeria Rustica

POV on PBS

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