An Array of Utopian Flowers
-
LA River Revitalization: The Story of Master Plan Gone Awry
Posted on April 2, 2021 | 1 Comment - Biotonomy: Designing Nature-Based Autonomous Buildings and Cities
Posted on March 26, 2021 | 1 Comment - Paul Bowles Documentary: ‘Let it Come Down’
Posted on March 26, 2021 | 1 Comment - Foray into Fungi: The Art of Farming
Posted on March 18, 2021 | 1 Comment - Trees Please: Saving and Serving the Urban Forest
Posted on February 25, 2021 | 2 Comments
-
WilderUtopia in 102 Languages
‘Medicine Walk’ Featured in SBLitJo
Santa Barbara Literary Journal released ‘Bellatrix: Volume 3’ in June 2019, which among adventurous fiction, poetry, essays, and lyrics, features an excerpt of Jack Eidt’s psychic-animism fiction, Medicine Walk. Buy the book!
Maya K’iche’ Archive
Volcanoes Loom Over Vibrant Colors of Antigua Guatemala
Posted on February 28, 2017 | 1 CommentSurrounded by volcanoes, coffee plantations, and picturesque villages, the once-ruined former colonial capital, Antigua Guatemala, remains the most charming city in the Republic, a vibrant and somewhat overly commodified mix of Ladino-Spanish, Kaqchikel-Maya, and multinational Gringo cultures coming together.Stories of a Maya Rebirth: Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth
Posted on September 8, 2012 | 1 CommentThe documentary "Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth" presents an alternative worldview to industrial capitalism consuming the earth, following six young Maya into their daily and ceremonial life, revealing their determination to resist the destruction of their culture and environment.Popol Vuh: The Ancient Maya Dawn of Life and Overcoming the Forces of Awe
Posted on July 23, 2012 | 10 CommentsThe Popol Vuh (Maya K'iche' for "Council Book" or "Book of the Community") features a creation myth, the Dawn of Life under the spectre of a flooded world, followed by the epic mythological stories of two Hero Twins: Hunahpu (Blow-gun Hunter) and Xbalanque (Young Hidden/Jaguar-Sun) as they confront the Lords of Death and Disease in the underworld caves of the "Place of Awe."Guatemala: “Genocidal” General Elected to Fight Drug War
Posted on November 8, 2011 | 4 CommentsGuatemala's former President Pérez Molina, accused of being an intellectual and material author of torture, disappearances, executions, massacres and indeed genocide. He ended up resigning for corruption charges three years later.Maya K’iche’ Reject Resource Exploitation in Guatemala
Posted on November 2, 2010 | 2 CommentsOn a historic day, residents from the municipality of Santa Cruz del Quiché - one of Guatemala’s most important hubs and the birthplace of the Maya K’iche’ people – unanimously rejected the exploitation of natural goods and resources, in particular through mining and hydroelectric activities.
![EcoJustice Radio discusses the dangers palm oil plantations present to tropical rainforest biodiversity and Indigenous communities in Southeast Asia, Central and South America, and Africa. We talk with Olivia Chaffin, […]](https://www.wilderutopia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/DSCF7319_Child-workers-36x36.jpg "Recipe for Abuse: Palm Oil, Child Labor, and Girl Scout Cookies"){kind=small}
![An agreement announced in November 2020 paves the way for demolition of four hydroelectric dams on the Lower Klamath River, the largest dam removal in U.S. history. This would reopen […]](https://www.wilderutopia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sammy-Genshaw-Guardians-of-the-River-36x36.jpg "Dam-Free: Indigenous Peoples Reclaim the Klamath River"){kind=small}