Puerto Jiménez, Osa Peninsula - Costa Rica
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Regenerative Actions Happening Now in Puerto Jiménez, Osa Peninsula - Costa Rica
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1 recycling workshop planned for October 2025. • A simple on-site waste separation system established (organic, recyclable, non-recyclable). • Promotion and distribution of reusable market bags within the community. • Waste reduction practices embedded into events and daily activities on-site. • visitors, members and in-person stakeholders gained practical knowledge of how to separate waste and reduce non-organic materials at the source. • Increased commitment to minimizing non-organic waste during on-site activities and events. • Strengthening of a culture of circularity in the Osa Peninsula, where waste is reframed as a resource. • A replicable community-led model for waste reduction and recycling in rural areas with limited municipal support. • Reduction of plastic pollution and pressure on local waste management systems. • A living example of how grassroots hubs can inspire systemic shifts toward circular economy practices in bioregions. • A functioning community hub with 15+ active local members, supported by 100+ visitors and digital stewards. • 1 draft membership model created through multiple brainstorming sessions and meetings. • 1 infodeck developed to communicate the vision and invite funders. • Exploration of governance technologies, resulting in a hybrid model proposal. • core members have deepened their understanding of commons-based ownership and collective stewardship. • Breakthrough idea: combining tokenized shares with a commitment pool for governance, showing participants that preserving traditions and culture can weave with innovative solutions • A replicable model for transitioning private land into community-stewarded commons in Costa Rica and beyond. • Strengthened resilience of the Osa community by protecting cultural practices, food systems, and ecological stewardship. • A living example of how emergent strategy can lead to systemic innovations that balance land, people, and more-than-human life. • 18 - Roof leaks repaired • 154 - Feet of gutter cleaned • 3 - Toilets repaired with new or salvaged parts • 300 - Dollars distributed (spent) to local ferreterías (hardware stores) • 43% larger smiles upon visiting • 1 cubic meter of rich compost in the making • 2 garden spaces beautified and maintained • Okay, some of these numbers are estimates (and one of them is a little silly), but there’s more being done here, continually, than meets the eye or this report! • impacto ambiental • enseñanza e inspiracion • promover valores de solidaridad y cooperación • respeto, amor y valor por los lugares públicos • ejemplo a los mienbros dela comunidad • regalo seis masajes para personas miembros de la comunicad • regalo tres conciertos de música en eventos dentro de la comunidad • soy de acompañamiento para escuchar y sostener a miembro de la comunidad en su procesos (varios) • 18 participants, most of which are involved in permaculture or other agricultural methods, learned from experience how to improve production with various organic methods • Estimated 1/2 acre of banana and plantain crops improved to maximize yield. • 20% Increased participation at local farmers market from farmers who received support via Manos Cambiadas • 1greenhouse cleaned and repaired to improve crop production on an organic farm • 14 participants (including the owner of the focus farm) received plant starts of proven varieties of tomatoes, bananas, herbs, root crops.... • 8 signs painted to promote the Mercado Verde • 4 murals painted by local students to make the place more beautiful • 3 classrooms improved by replacing window screens • 12 meals provided to the volunteers • Over 30 community members joined in work parties this quarter, showing their love and gratitude for the space • Community bonds growing stronger by the day • 1 neighbourhood agreement co-created and installed among ~10 people. • Process involved ~100 messages, 1 meeting, and ~15 hours of administrative time (after 1 year of envisioning by a few neighbourhood members) • Shared story and practical model for neighbourhood-led ecological agreements. • High tide trail extended and cleared by 20-70 meters through ~2 hours of maintenance in the last quarter. • Noticeably more silence in the neighbourhood: reduced machine sounds, leading to more peaceful days and nights. • More open, collaborative communication among residents, including respectful scheduling of construction projects and mechanized maintenance. • Protection of public beach access for locals by maintaining and expanding high tide trails—directly balancing the pressures of privatization in the Osa. • Healthier nervous systems for humans and greater ease for wildlife, creating an environment of peace and natural harmony. • Contribution to a broader cultural shift away from extractive, unsustainable development toward collective stewardship of place. • Leveraged the intellectual, experiential, material and social capital of the co-sponsors of this initiative towards community incubation into the web3, blockchain, crypto space. • Added 5 new Bloom members to our local Bloom ….more than doubling our membership….all of whom are active members of the local community. • Built on already existent activites thus reducing the expenditure on the part of organizers • Catalyzed the active launching of our local Bloom chapter • Provided peer support among 8 community members to onboard onto Bloom and coordinate impact reports. • Positive message about nature for children • Color and life for the entrance of this town • Plants that brings butterflies and birds around • Received and distributed multiple bags of donated material goods (mostly clothes) and continuously upcycled otherwise unusable products. • Provided opportunities for clothes to go to families who need them and for attendees to engage in repair and renewal of otherwise discarded items. • Helped to surface and celebrate the beauty of “trash” and increased their lifespan. • Maintain a reuse product packaging space so small scale producers have access to reused and reuseable packaging. • Increased fertility in our gardens at the Coop and provided replicable examples • Diverted various waste streams including sewage, water, paper goods, termite infested wood, and coconut shells • Impacted the education of 4 people on a daily basis and 30+ people on a weekly basis in regards to waste disposal • Created a container for 4 long-term collaborators in the Brunca region of Costa Rica to come together and stregnthen their ties and collective sense-making • Flowed material capital (vehicle, chairs, tables, tent, site) to organizers of two important Bioregional events • Hosted 28 rural women for 2 nights at Los Higuerones • Created a process to allow neighboring Blooms to begin to flow our token FLOwers into the ecosystem • 10+ people participated in each activity • People learned new skills and had fun • Market attendance has benefited by people coming or staying longer for the activities • Increased community support and a sense of unity • I’ve had the opportunity to get to know the community members on a more personal level and learn what their gifts are • All ages and cultures coming together in one space to learn and create • Mejora de calidad de vida • Mejora de calidad de vida • Solidaridad • Accion • Trabajo en equipo • Conexión y Proposito • colaboracion colectiva 11 presentes • mejora de calidad de vida; para tres miembros mayores de la casa de acción de (manos cambiadas). accionando en la mejora de salud, higiene y comodidad diaria • solidaridad en acción; fortaleciendo lazos sociales • energía positiva • trabajo en equipo, 11 personas presentes generando un ambiente de alegría, buena cooperación, buena energía, generando valores como: respeto, empatía, organización y escucha activa • inspiración: generando inspiracion a que otras personas participen en las distintas actividades de manos cambiadas que se realizaran, creando una cadena de bondad y acción colectiva • 12 people helped with labor and design • Many gallons of water have been stored and used • We lowered the water bill. • The garden now receives water free of chemicals • The tank is also a bench for sitting • The tank replaced a rotten deck, creating a new space with purpose • A national meeting with Costa Ricans interested and knowledgeable in the topic • Connection with various international legal entities with expertise in establishing the Rights of Nature for different places over the world • Greater clarity about the process and resource needs • Becoming part of a greater collective that strives towards Rights of Nature for different places in Costa Rica. • Mapped the gifts and talents of 100+ people through different activities • The emergence of stronger collaboration between certain impact initiatives/ organisations in the area • An asset map for the region divided in different themes • Greater clarity about how Los Higuerones is perceived by its members • Centralisation and consolidation of the previous maps made by other research groups • 25+ people learned about medicinal plants and healthy eating habits. • 25+ people learned about some of the history of Puerto Jiménez. • An 18 year old from the community interviewed a 60+ year old from the community, • The talks promoted the farmers products and gave a backstory to who they are and what they stand for. • The speakers gained self confidence by speaking in front of a crowd. • Engaged in bimonthly organizing meetings among farmers market vendors to encourage greater agency and ownership over organizing • Having a regular rhythm for joining together as a community allows for ideas and plans to surface, be expressed and potentially be executed on. • - By engaging in loosely structured meeting spaces, those with little familiarity with these types of structures build their capacity to engage. • Engaged 28 school kids in drawing out of portrait of gifts for an asset mappping process • Guided children of the community through a visioning process of what is important to them and why. • Ensured those who represent the future of the Osa have their voices included in understanding its present. • Showed how education can take place through its building as well • Increased biodiversity on the streets by planting trees • Enhanced connection of people in the pueblo to the school • Strengthen connection between 20+people • Mapped over 30 agroecolgy initiatives on the Osa • Exchanged over 50 varieties of local seeds and plants ensuring their continuation. • Heard from 10+ speakers sharing the importance of agroecological practices in our region. • Educated 6 “regenerative influencers” on the obstacles and opportunities facing local farm families • Shared information about common plants in the garden and their medicinal and/or culinary uses • Provided a meaningful opportunity for newcomers into the area to dialogue with and get to know an important local weaver • Directed 80% of our retreat’s fresh food sourcing to local providers. • Increased the family economies of at least 3 households in significant ways • Provided 24 r3treat participants with the esperiencial story of where their food comes from • 30 people sang, danced and played instruments. • Local farmers and foreigners shared songs and jammed together. • The music uplifted the spirits of the people at the market. • New friendships were formed. • People cheered and supported eachother. • Preservation of indigenous/ ancient/ traditional / vital knowledge/ practices • organised 15+ activities • growing of the client base and solidarity among producers and visitors/ clients • Greater cohesion and appreciation among local producers of the market • By documenting the processes and practices employed in working with local ingredients, we help to demystify their usage and • Educated 10+ people about local crops, their growth patterns and culinary and medicinal usage • The Majority of the support team has now time to focus more on connecting with visitors • The majority of the support team has the space now to focus on meet and weave collaborations with people from local organisations that work on regenerating the region • We can now log how many local producers we support beyond the producers who are physically present during the market • We can better restock the inventory, because we know how much we sell of each product over time. • 5 children painted pictures and presented them to the farmers market audience. • They received applause for their work and were seen by the community. • This gives them more confidence to create and share. • This activity also encouraged families to stay at the market longer resulting in more connections, conversations and sales. • This activity helped form the foundational structure for bringing more classes and activites into the space. • greater involvement of producers and visitors in taking up activities/ tasks during /for the market • More time made available for selling and connection due to a digitized sales/ pay out system. • Greater clarity of inventory • The organising team can focus more on organising activities and engaging visitors • inspired many others how to create outfits yourself • learn how to crochet own clothes • keep traditional practices alive • more sovereignty and sustainable practices among participants • promote the sustainable fashion movement • more sense of rythm, motores, more connection to the body among participants • educating 6 students in sustainable living • Guiding students in learning how to transform scientific research results in usable on-the-ground outcomes • 4+ field trips to local initiatives/ farms to connect with locals • expansion of students perspective on healthy, wholesome living • collaboration with the University of Michigan to support our work regionally • clarity about the financial and collaborative structure • a team of 3 on-site people established with support from UCI • Convened a series of meetings to reactivate community collaboration • Engaged in numerous one-on-one conversations to discuss blockage to and oppo4tunities for greater harmonizing of groups • Developed a framework to promote and develop community governance/decion-making and funding • - organizing towards a september in-person convergence of 30+ leaders from the diverse communities to strategize a bioregional regeneration strategy map and assess common risks and opportunities • greater coherence among the bioregions part of the Brunca region • providing a model for the rest of Costa Rica in regional organising and coordination • strengthened collaboration among regional female leaders • - took part in an international learning journey of The Biofi Project and exchanges knowledge and experience with a group of 80+ international community builders, weavers and regenerative project stewards • - took part in an international learning journey of The Biofi Project and exchanges knowledge and experience with a group of 30+ international community builders, weavers and regenerative project stewards • deeper coalescence and with national bioregional projects, learning form each other by recognizing the different strategies, and the value of the diversity. • greater coherence among local people • enrichment of culture and social value • 10 members established • more structure that invites the diversity of people living in the Osa and look for connection and collaboration • Learned how to translate the idea of the bioregional financing facility into a comprehensive story and slideshow • Educated over 50+ people in how we envision this project to take place in the bioregion • The surfacing of a comprehensive story to take forward in organising our local community/ organisational allies • Clarity about the next steps in the emergent process of the Bioregional Financing Facility. • Created a 3rd series of Verdes to support cultural offerings at our weekly market • Supported 5 cultural creatives directly and 6+ market participants indirectly with Verdes • Allowed for 60,000 colones of Verdes to flow into the farmers market • Witnessed a number of recipients of the Verdes flowing them on to other collaborators at the market • Transformed coconut shells into a highly effective Biochar amendment for gardens • Produced 14 sacks of activated charcoal used to enrich the diverse soil types in our region. • Educated 20+ people on what biochar is, how it can help with soil fertility and how togo about doing it. • Represented our local bioregion in its first cohort of bioregion to create financing facilities • Attended and participated in weekly cultivator meetings to help develop and strengthen our Bioregional regeneration strategy • Between weekly sessions….engaged in advancing a framework for greater Bioregional coherence and connection • Capacítated 4 Mercado verde collaborators to more fully support the space that they use regularly • Created reciprocal relationships between active users of los higuerones and the site that is supporting their usage. • Facilitated a sense of achievement and pride in contribution among 2 market participants that had otherwise been passive users. • Hosted and co-organized 13 weekly farmer’s markets • Provided 20+ local farmers and artisans with opportunities to augment their household income • Continued to provide meaningful opportunities for consumers and producers to connect • Continued to create and host a “town square” space for people to come together • Provided tourists to the area an opportunity to engage with the local culture and people of the Osa • Brought together 32 participants from diverse communities on the Osa for a mixer dinner. • Bridged social capital between new investors in area and long term campesino leaders to generate greater understanding and connection. • Created an event where all participants felt uplifted, valued and connected. • educated 32 participants on the benefits of plant-based eating through a culinary sensory journey • Educated 16 people regarding traditional fibersheads of the Ngabe people. • Enhanced the cultural offerings available at our local Mercado Verde (weekly farmer's market). • Expanded out the flow of our market's Verdes (complementary currency) towards reciprocity to those offering enhanced programming at our mkt • Assisted 12 farmers with projects on their land that required more labor than what they had available • Provided skills and knowledge enhancement of the 28+ people who participated. • Continued to strengthen the mutual aid network we have developed in our community • Nurtured continued skill and knowledge sharing between participating farms • Through potluck lunches…expanded the culinary experiences of all participating ethnicities • Began the circulation of our market’s circular and complementary currency • Began circulating a $800 backed first edition of vouchers into our area’s farmers market • Provided up to 10,000 colones worth of reciprocity for each volunteer in our manos cambiadas program for material support provided by them • Engaged in action research around the use and multiplication of our complimentary currency’s activity. • Celebrated an agroecological culture for the Osa Peninsula • Educated 60+ people on the theme of agroecology and how it is being practiced in the Osa • Provided 10+ agroecological practitioners a platform/audience for sharing their agroecological success stories • Influenced the new mayor for the bioregion to think agroecological ly • Engaged 40+ community leaders from varios sectors in joining together and imagining into a collective future Osa • Helped break down silos between and among diverse sectors within our community. • Built upon a prior community encuentra and produced a collectively developed artifact for moving forward • Reduced the amount of new packaging being used by producers for the Mercado Verde • Reduced the number of jars, bottles, and plastic containers going to recycling center by deploying them for reuse. • Educated producers and consumers of the Mercado Verde on reducing and reusing in place of recycling • Provided an easily accessible way for people in our community to make a positive difference. • Helped foster greater connectivity between producers and consumers of Mercado verde • 30 people present at the screening received a deeper level of understanding about the life path of a local regenerative leader • an understanding of the impacts of displacing people from their homes in the name of conservation was expanded • Knowledge based on a self-sufficient life in the jungle was able to be shared with participants • Relationships among and between various ngo, institutional and community based groups were strengthened • Los Higuerones was able to further its mission as a Bioregional learning center • 5 hosts from the metropolitan area were able to be educated on how to offer a waste free event • Engaged 2 people in real time and others asynchronistically in a multi-capital framework of value • Synthesized a 2+ year journey in multi-capital exploration into a workshop • Engaging a multi-capital framework provides an opportunity to surface the contributions outside of the financial realm • Raised awareness of 30+ people on the environmental “luchas” of this bioregion. • Provided a platform for 3 campesino elders in the community to share the history • Created a public space to support the transmission of the need to act in service to our natural environment • Created a cross-cultural and inter generational container for co-commitment to protect the golfo Dulce • Educated 30 people in making tinctures and other herbal remedies • 24 markets, connecting 50+ people each market • provided over 50% of a households income to the majority of participating vendors • two cooking competitions that created innovative dishes with market produce • distributed $1000+ in produce with the season of solidarity where local customers donate money for market produce to locals in need. 1 recycling workshop planned for October 2025. • A simple on-site waste separation system established (organic, recyclable, non-recyclable). • Promotion and distribution of reusable market bags within the community. • Waste reduction practices embedded into events and daily activities on-site. • visitors, members and in-person stakeholders gained practical knowledge of how to separate waste and reduce non-organic materials at the source. • Increased commitment to minimizing non-organic waste during on-site activities and events. • Strengthening of a culture of circularity in the Osa Peninsula, where waste is reframed as a resource. • A replicable community-led model for waste reduction and recycling in rural areas with limited municipal support. • Reduction of plastic pollution and pressure on local waste management systems. • A living example of how grassroots hubs can inspire systemic shifts toward circular economy practices in bioregions. • A functioning community hub with 15+ active local members, supported by 100+ visitors and digital stewards. • 1 draft membership model created through multiple brainstorming sessions and meetings. • 1 infodeck developed to communicate the vision and invite funders. • Exploration of governance technologies, resulting in a hybrid model proposal. • core members have deepened their understanding of commons-based ownership and collective stewardship. • Breakthrough idea: combining tokenized shares with a commitment pool for governance, showing participants that preserving traditions and culture can weave with innovative solutions • A replicable model for transitioning private land into community-stewarded commons in Costa Rica and beyond. • Strengthened resilience of the Osa community by protecting cultural practices, food systems, and ecological stewardship. • A living example of how emergent strategy can lead to systemic innovations that balance land, people, and more-than-human life. • 18 - Roof leaks repaired • 154 - Feet of gutter cleaned • 3 - Toilets repaired with new or salvaged parts • 300 - Dollars distributed (spent) to local ferreterías (hardware stores) • 43% larger smiles upon visiting • 1 cubic meter of rich compost in the making • 2 garden spaces beautified and maintained • Okay, some of these numbers are estimates (and one of them is a little silly), but there’s more being done here, continually, than meets the eye or this report! • impacto ambiental • enseñanza e inspiracion • promover valores de solidaridad y cooperación • respeto, amor y valor por los lugares públicos • ejemplo a los mienbros dela comunidad • regalo seis masajes para personas miembros de la comunicad • regalo tres conciertos de música en eventos dentro de la comunidad • soy de acompañamiento para escuchar y sostener a miembro de la comunidad en su procesos (varios) • 18 participants, most of which are involved in permaculture or other agricultural methods, learned from experience how to improve production with various organic methods • Estimated 1/2 acre of banana and plantain crops improved to maximize yield. • 20% Increased participation at local farmers market from farmers who received support via Manos Cambiadas • 1greenhouse cleaned and repaired to improve crop production on an organic farm • 14 participants (including the owner of the focus farm) received plant starts of proven varieties of tomatoes, bananas, herbs, root crops.... • 8 signs painted to promote the Mercado Verde • 4 murals painted by local students to make the place more beautiful • 3 classrooms improved by replacing window screens • 12 meals provided to the volunteers • Over 30 community members joined in work parties this quarter, showing their love and gratitude for the space • Community bonds growing stronger by the day • 1 neighbourhood agreement co-created and installed among ~10 people. • Process involved ~100 messages, 1 meeting, and ~15 hours of administrative time (after 1 year of envisioning by a few neighbourhood members) • Shared story and practical model for neighbourhood-led ecological agreements. • High tide trail extended and cleared by 20-70 meters through ~2 hours of maintenance in the last quarter. • Noticeably more silence in the neighbourhood: reduced machine sounds, leading to more peaceful days and nights. • More open, collaborative communication among residents, including respectful scheduling of construction projects and mechanized maintenance. • Protection of public beach access for locals by maintaining and expanding high tide trails—directly balancing the pressures of privatization in the Osa. • Healthier nervous systems for humans and greater ease for wildlife, creating an environment of peace and natural harmony. • Contribution to a broader cultural shift away from extractive, unsustainable development toward collective stewardship of place. • Leveraged the intellectual, experiential, material and social capital of the co-sponsors of this initiative towards community incubation into the web3, blockchain, crypto space. • Added 5 new Bloom members to our local Bloom ….more than doubling our membership….all of whom are active members of the local community. • Built on already existent activites thus reducing the expenditure on the part of organizers • Catalyzed the active launching of our local Bloom chapter • Provided peer support among 8 community members to onboard onto Bloom and coordinate impact reports. • Positive message about nature for children • Color and life for the entrance of this town • Plants that brings butterflies and birds around • Received and distributed multiple bags of donated material goods (mostly clothes) and continuously upcycled otherwise unusable products. • Provided opportunities for clothes to go to families who need them and for attendees to engage in repair and renewal of otherwise discarded items. • Helped to surface and celebrate the beauty of “trash” and increased their lifespan. • Maintain a reuse product packaging space so small scale producers have access to reused and reuseable packaging. • Increased fertility in our gardens at the Coop and provided replicable examples • Diverted various waste streams including sewage, water, paper goods, termite infested wood, and coconut shells • Impacted the education of 4 people on a daily basis and 30+ people on a weekly basis in regards to waste disposal • Created a container for 4 long-term collaborators in the Brunca region of Costa Rica to come together and stregnthen their ties and collective sense-making • Flowed material capital (vehicle, chairs, tables, tent, site) to organizers of two important Bioregional events • Hosted 28 rural women for 2 nights at Los Higuerones • Created a process to allow neighboring Blooms to begin to flow our token FLOwers into the ecosystem • 10+ people participated in each activity • People learned new skills and had fun • Market attendance has benefited by people coming or staying longer for the activities • Increased community support and a sense of unity • I’ve had the opportunity to get to know the community members on a more personal level and learn what their gifts are • All ages and cultures coming together in one space to learn and create • Mejora de calidad de vida • Mejora de calidad de vida • Solidaridad • Accion • Trabajo en equipo • Conexión y Proposito • colaboracion colectiva 11 presentes • mejora de calidad de vida; para tres miembros mayores de la casa de acción de (manos cambiadas). accionando en la mejora de salud, higiene y comodidad diaria • solidaridad en acción; fortaleciendo lazos sociales • energía positiva • trabajo en equipo, 11 personas presentes generando un ambiente de alegría, buena cooperación, buena energía, generando valores como: respeto, empatía, organización y escucha activa • inspiración: generando inspiracion a que otras personas participen en las distintas actividades de manos cambiadas que se realizaran, creando una cadena de bondad y acción colectiva • 12 people helped with labor and design • Many gallons of water have been stored and used • We lowered the water bill. • The garden now receives water free of chemicals • The tank is also a bench for sitting • The tank replaced a rotten deck, creating a new space with purpose • A national meeting with Costa Ricans interested and knowledgeable in the topic • Connection with various international legal entities with expertise in establishing the Rights of Nature for different places over the world • Greater clarity about the process and resource needs • Becoming part of a greater collective that strives towards Rights of Nature for different places in Costa Rica. • Mapped the gifts and talents of 100+ people through different activities • The emergence of stronger collaboration between certain impact initiatives/ organisations in the area • An asset map for the region divided in different themes • Greater clarity about how Los Higuerones is perceived by its members • Centralisation and consolidation of the previous maps made by other research groups • 25+ people learned about medicinal plants and healthy eating habits. • 25+ people learned about some of the history of Puerto Jiménez. • An 18 year old from the community interviewed a 60+ year old from the community, • The talks promoted the farmers products and gave a backstory to who they are and what they stand for. • The speakers gained self confidence by speaking in front of a crowd. • Engaged in bimonthly organizing meetings among farmers market vendors to encourage greater agency and ownership over organizing • Having a regular rhythm for joining together as a community allows for ideas and plans to surface, be expressed and potentially be executed on. • - By engaging in loosely structured meeting spaces, those with little familiarity with these types of structures build their capacity to engage. • Engaged 28 school kids in drawing out of portrait of gifts for an asset mappping process • Guided children of the community through a visioning process of what is important to them and why. • Ensured those who represent the future of the Osa have their voices included in understanding its present. • Showed how education can take place through its building as well • Increased biodiversity on the streets by planting trees • Enhanced connection of people in the pueblo to the school • Strengthen connection between 20+people • Mapped over 30 agroecolgy initiatives on the Osa • Exchanged over 50 varieties of local seeds and plants ensuring their continuation. • Heard from 10+ speakers sharing the importance of agroecological practices in our region. • Educated 6 “regenerative influencers” on the obstacles and opportunities facing local farm families • Shared information about common plants in the garden and their medicinal and/or culinary uses • Provided a meaningful opportunity for newcomers into the area to dialogue with and get to know an important local weaver • Directed 80% of our retreat’s fresh food sourcing to local providers. • Increased the family economies of at least 3 households in significant ways • Provided 24 r3treat participants with the esperiencial story of where their food comes from • 30 people sang, danced and played instruments. • Local farmers and foreigners shared songs and jammed together. • The music uplifted the spirits of the people at the market. • New friendships were formed. • People cheered and supported eachother. • Preservation of indigenous/ ancient/ traditional / vital knowledge/ practices • organised 15+ activities • growing of the client base and solidarity among producers and visitors/ clients • Greater cohesion and appreciation among local producers of the market • By documenting the processes and practices employed in working with local ingredients, we help to demystify their usage and • Educated 10+ people about local crops, their growth patterns and culinary and medicinal usage • The Majority of the support team has now time to focus more on connecting with visitors • The majority of the support team has the space now to focus on meet and weave collaborations with people from local organisations that work on regenerating the region • We can now log how many local producers we support beyond the producers who are physically present during the market • We can better restock the inventory, because we know how much we sell of each product over time. • 5 children painted pictures and presented them to the farmers market audience. • They received applause for their work and were seen by the community. • This gives them more confidence to create and share. • This activity also encouraged families to stay at the market longer resulting in more connections, conversations and sales. • This activity helped form the foundational structure for bringing more classes and activites into the space. • greater involvement of producers and visitors in taking up activities/ tasks during /for the market • More time made available for selling and connection due to a digitized sales/ pay out system. • Greater clarity of inventory • The organising team can focus more on organising activities and engaging visitors • inspired many others how to create outfits yourself • learn how to crochet own clothes • keep traditional practices alive • more sovereignty and sustainable practices among participants • promote the sustainable fashion movement • more sense of rythm, motores, more connection to the body among participants • educating 6 students in sustainable living • Guiding students in learning how to transform scientific research results in usable on-the-ground outcomes • 4+ field trips to local initiatives/ farms to connect with locals • expansion of students perspective on healthy, wholesome living • collaboration with the University of Michigan to support our work regionally • clarity about the financial and collaborative structure • a team of 3 on-site people established with support from UCI • Convened a series of meetings to reactivate community collaboration • Engaged in numerous one-on-one conversations to discuss blockage to and oppo4tunities for greater harmonizing of groups • Developed a framework to promote and develop community governance/decion-making and funding • - organizing towards a september in-person convergence of 30+ leaders from the diverse communities to strategize a bioregional regeneration strategy map and assess common risks and opportunities • greater coherence among the bioregions part of the Brunca region • providing a model for the rest of Costa Rica in regional organising and coordination • strengthened collaboration among regional female leaders • - took part in an international learning journey of The Biofi Project and exchanges knowledge and experience with a group of 80+ international community builders, weavers and regenerative project stewards • - took part in an international learning journey of The Biofi Project and exchanges knowledge and experience with a group of 30+ international community builders, weavers and regenerative project stewards • deeper coalescence and with national bioregional projects, learning form each other by recognizing the different strategies, and the value of the diversity. • greater coherence among local people • enrichment of culture and social value • 10 members established • more structure that invites the diversity of people living in the Osa and look for connection and collaboration • Learned how to translate the idea of the bioregional financing facility into a comprehensive story and slideshow • Educated over 50+ people in how we envision this project to take place in the bioregion • The surfacing of a comprehensive story to take forward in organising our local community/ organisational allies • Clarity about the next steps in the emergent process of the Bioregional Financing Facility. • Created a 3rd series of Verdes to support cultural offerings at our weekly market • Supported 5 cultural creatives directly and 6+ market participants indirectly with Verdes • Allowed for 60,000 colones of Verdes to flow into the farmers market • Witnessed a number of recipients of the Verdes flowing them on to other collaborators at the market • Transformed coconut shells into a highly effective Biochar amendment for gardens • Produced 14 sacks of activated charcoal used to enrich the diverse soil types in our region. • Educated 20+ people on what biochar is, how it can help with soil fertility and how togo about doing it. • Represented our local bioregion in its first cohort of bioregion to create financing facilities • Attended and participated in weekly cultivator meetings to help develop and strengthen our Bioregional regeneration strategy • Between weekly sessions….engaged in advancing a framework for greater Bioregional coherence and connection • Capacítated 4 Mercado verde collaborators to more fully support the space that they use regularly • Created reciprocal relationships between active users of los higuerones and the site that is supporting their usage. • Facilitated a sense of achievement and pride in contribution among 2 market participants that had otherwise been passive users. • Hosted and co-organized 13 weekly farmer’s markets • Provided 20+ local farmers and artisans with opportunities to augment their household income • Continued to provide meaningful opportunities for consumers and producers to connect • Continued to create and host a “town square” space for people to come together • Provided tourists to the area an opportunity to engage with the local culture and people of the Osa • Brought together 32 participants from diverse communities on the Osa for a mixer dinner. • Bridged social capital between new investors in area and long term campesino leaders to generate greater understanding and connection. • Created an event where all participants felt uplifted, valued and connected. • educated 32 participants on the benefits of plant-based eating through a culinary sensory journey • Educated 16 people regarding traditional fibersheads of the Ngabe people. • Enhanced the cultural offerings available at our local Mercado Verde (weekly farmer's market). • Expanded out the flow of our market's Verdes (complementary currency) towards reciprocity to those offering enhanced programming at our mkt • Assisted 12 farmers with projects on their land that required more labor than what they had available • Provided skills and knowledge enhancement of the 28+ people who participated. • Continued to strengthen the mutual aid network we have developed in our community • Nurtured continued skill and knowledge sharing between participating farms • Through potluck lunches…expanded the culinary experiences of all participating ethnicities • Began the circulation of our market’s circular and complementary currency • Began circulating a $800 backed first edition of vouchers into our area’s farmers market • Provided up to 10,000 colones worth of reciprocity for each volunteer in our manos cambiadas program for material support provided by them • Engaged in action research around the use and multiplication of our complimentary currency’s activity. • Celebrated an agroecological culture for the Osa Peninsula • Educated 60+ people on the theme of agroecology and how it is being practiced in the Osa • Provided 10+ agroecological practitioners a platform/audience for sharing their agroecological success stories • Influenced the new mayor for the bioregion to think agroecological ly • Engaged 40+ community leaders from varios sectors in joining together and imagining into a collective future Osa • Helped break down silos between and among diverse sectors within our community. • Built upon a prior community encuentra and produced a collectively developed artifact for moving forward • Reduced the amount of new packaging being used by producers for the Mercado Verde • Reduced the number of jars, bottles, and plastic containers going to recycling center by deploying them for reuse. • Educated producers and consumers of the Mercado Verde on reducing and reusing in place of recycling • Provided an easily accessible way for people in our community to make a positive difference. • Helped foster greater connectivity between producers and consumers of Mercado verde • 30 people present at the screening received a deeper level of understanding about the life path of a local regenerative leader • an understanding of the impacts of displacing people from their homes in the name of conservation was expanded • Knowledge based on a self-sufficient life in the jungle was able to be shared with participants • Relationships among and between various ngo, institutional and community based groups were strengthened • Los Higuerones was able to further its mission as a Bioregional learning center • 5 hosts from the metropolitan area were able to be educated on how to offer a waste free event • Engaged 2 people in real time and others asynchronistically in a multi-capital framework of value • Synthesized a 2+ year journey in multi-capital exploration into a workshop • Engaging a multi-capital framework provides an opportunity to surface the contributions outside of the financial realm • Raised awareness of 30+ people on the environmental “luchas” of this bioregion. • Provided a platform for 3 campesino elders in the community to share the history • Created a public space to support the transmission of the need to act in service to our natural environment • Created a cross-cultural and inter generational container for co-commitment to protect the golfo Dulce • Educated 30 people in making tinctures and other herbal remedies • 24 markets, connecting 50+ people each market • provided over 50% of a households income to the majority of participating vendors • two cooking competitions that created innovative dishes with market produce • distributed $1000+ in produce with the season of solidarity where local customers donate money for market produce to locals in need.
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