EARN A 1 ACRE FARM IN THE MAYA
MOUNTAINS!
@
The STAND CENTER
Sustainable Tropical Agriculture &
Natural Development
Center for Experiential Learning
Belize, Central America
learn.live.grow.give.
We are a family, a community,
a not
for profit organization
and a permaculture farm.
We are the seeds of tomorrow,
pushing our courageous
cotyledons up out of the dank fertile rotting mess
society has left us as our inheritance.
When life hands you a sack of shit,
grow some
tomatoes!
We are you...your voice, your soul song,
singing its melodious
sonnet of love
for this intricate economy of ecology.
We are your hands, digging
deeply...gently...
into our Mother earth to extract her good gifts
without
raping her essence.
We are your heart, pulsating
wild love for our wondrous world,
caressing her and mending her
in all the ways we know.
We are your mind, seeking
ancient wisdom to cultivate,
wild seeds of hope finding refuge from the
ever
encroaching concrete jungle!
Do you hunger for these things?
Do
they feel like shimmering shadows of
something you long for but have
forgotten where to find?
Do you find societies narcissistic demands for your time
and attention
draining your vitality
and leaving your aching bones
too dry to follow
that gypsy song
into the forest garden you know.you belong in?
Does freedom
feel like a mirage, always at the tips of your
fingers, yet never touched?
Here is your chance...
you need
nothing more than resolve, courage, faith, and trust.
NOW IS YOUR TIME TO BREAK
FREE! We left the confining comforts of
economic slavery a decade
ago....knowing in our hearts our kindred would
follow...and yet, our hearts grieve
to see our sisters and brothers too
institutionalized to step out of
the open door into their birthright.
As we raise our own children
feeding themselves in
the rainforest, we call to them.
They are too attached to the same familiar
luxuries
that have ripped our culture
and soul life down to a bleeding
skeleton....
without a petroleum based reality,
without Walmarts and Starbucks and and free
WiFi...
without these fancy health food stores that fill their packages
with cleaner yet still highly processed, mass farmed
foods devoid of living essence that
can only come from
eating our food minutes off the branch.....
without these
sparkly lures, a real life, connected to one another
and to the dirt and the water and
the sunshine that sustains us.....
just feels like too much of a sacrifice.
But I call
out to my true TRIBE... those rainbow warriors
and wild humans who gather together
to celebrate life
for a brief magical moment...
those souls who at the end
of the gatherings,
wonder WHY we all choose to leave our forest home so
quickly....
It was these feelings that inspired us, more than a decade ago,
to find
a home for this lost tribe I had finally rediscovered....
And we have!
So.... I call out to you
in a song many of you already know.....
I hear the voice of my Grandmother
calling me
I hear the voice of my Grandmother
calling me
Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!
Listen...listen,
Listen...listen....
May the rivers all run clear,
May the mountains go unspoiled!
May the air be pure,
may the trees
grow tall,
may the earth be shared by all....
So, If you know you have what it
takes to turn raw land
into a garden and to feed yourself...here is our challenge!
EARN A 1 acre ETHO-FARM!
All you
have to do is BUILD A HOUSE,
PLANT A GARDEN, and share and
connect with
our community!
It really is that simple!
If you
have what it takes to cultivate raw land into
something that can provide for you
...and YOU CAN HAVE IT!
We will share our own knowledge
with you as you hone your own skills.
To find out more, visit our
Community\Organization web page.
(www.stand-center.com)
Click on ETHO-Farm challenge!
Community begins with You!
