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The program this week was a video produced by Oliver Goshey, the Founder and Director of Abundant Edge. This is the culmination of years of passionate research, travel and experimentation and regenerative design and natural building techniques. Goshey is passionate about promoting healthy lifestyles that repair and advance healthy ecosystems through holistic design and development strategies that consider the needs of all forms of life. This is the incredible story of a small, hidden Mayan village in the Guatemalan highlands that transformed a monoculture plantation into a diversified agricultural system that supports the original families that worked the plantation and their descendants. This unique example of regenerative community works with nature to create abundance with the river and natural resources that flow through the land. Quixaya, the Heart of Water which transforms the use of passive irrigation and the use of three micro-climates. The community structure that provides and incentives cooperation. So for a long time their grandparents and their parents lived in this community. The main cash crop watercress which is a very low maintenance crop. They cultivate, cut them and distribute them to the markets themselves to generate their own economy. The second are the human zones growing a variety of crops. The greens, vegetables and fruits are now a stable in the family food chain. The last of the three zones is the dry zone. These dry zones are not under active irrigation from the river system that the way other areas are. These dry zones are underneath forest cultivation with an under story of coffee, avocados and the production of lumber. So much more to share but view it for yourself. The video was a unique perspective on growing cash crops to sustain the small village and how the village was formed. The 15 minute video was both inspiring and unique. If you are interested in viewing the video on YouTube type in the words Abundant Edge and search for the Quixaya Heart of Water. Very impressive.
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