The day we are writing this newsletter is marked in the Maya calendar by Imox—thespirit (or Nawal) of water. This calendar is composed of 18 months of 20 days each, plus afinal month of 3 days. Each of these 20 days is lined a specific Nawal—a spiritual force orarchetype representing the natural energies that shape all beings. Today’s Nawal, Imox, signifies beginnings: a current that flows before thoughts or structures take form. The post Cloud Chasers 2025 – Newsletter 3 appeared fir...| Community Cloud Forest Conservation
This week, the entire CCFC team was immersed in an international conference, filled with more than 70 inspiring people from across 11 different countries, from Peru to Mexico. Thename of the conference? Curso “Formación de Formadores en el Corredor Agroecológico:Abejas nativas sin aguijón, Redes y Procesos Territoriales.”Or in English: Training of Trainers in the Agroecological Corridor: Stingless Native Bees,Networks, and Territorial Processes. The post Cloud Chasers 2025 – Newslett...| Community Cloud Forest Conservation
We are Yoselin, Sara, Luis, Marloes, Job, Julia, Eliane and Kaatje, and we are currently writing this from our back garden: the Cloud Forest of Altaverapaz, Guatemala. The past month our team has gathered in Guatemala, welcomed by the country’s ‘eternal spring’. With some of us living here, others spending some weeks learning Spanish, and others freshly coming from the Netherlands; we are now finally complete! Complete, and ready to start working on our project to gain insights into Clo...| Community Cloud Forest Conservation
2020 Year in Review As we approach the end of 2020, we at Community Cloud Forest Conservation, are thankful for enthusiastic leaders, eager students and encouraging support. Continue reading or click one of the links listed below to jump to a section. Our 2020 Team Off campus work during Covid-19 WALC Scholarships A Gift of […] The post Year in review 2020 appeared first on Community Cloud Forest Conservation.| Community Cloud Forest Conservation
CCFC’s newest educational resource is proving itself in the field this week with students of Kids & Birds program. With these hand bird guides students can identify birds in the field and access their common names in Q’eqchi’, English and the scientific name. The post Bird ID guide proves its worth appeared first on Community Cloud Forest Conservation.| Community Cloud Forest Conservation
Kids & Birds students from Chacalte Chichen learning about aquatic life in the Mestela’ river at CCFC. The post underwater nature appeared first on Community Cloud Forest Conservation.| Community Cloud Forest Conservation
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For students that have already taken part in CCFC’s Kids & Birds basic curriculum, CCFC has developed a one day workshop on water, the role of forests in the water cycle and the importance of forest conservation for birds, water and people. The post Water, Forests and Conservation, a new unit for CCFC’s Kids & Birds program appeared first on Community Cloud Forest Conservation.| Community Cloud Forest Conservation
CCFC has a new bird guide for primary school students. Norma and Gloria Caal Bac present this wonderful bird guide to the students of Mestela school. Norma, a 12th grade teaching student, is doing her student teaching at Mestela school this year. Gloria is a CCFC Kids & Birds instructor. The post CCFC’s newest tool for bird identification gets into local schools appeared first on Community Cloud Forest Conservation.| Community Cloud Forest Conservation
In 2019 all participating Kids & Birds schools will receive a laminated trifold field guide for their class room. These field guides include local birds that students will recognize from their backyards and surrounding forests. The guide includes common names in Q’eqchi’ Maya where possible. The trifolds will be used by students inside and outside […] The post Central highland schools get new resource for bird identification appeared first on Community Cloud Forest Conservation.| Community Cloud Forest Conservation
Cloud Forests In the Q’eqchi’ Maya language it is said “the forest draws the clouds” and “the forest catches the clouds” (li kiche’ naxkelo / naxchap li choq).” This is exactly what a cloud forest does. Cloud forests draw clouds and cloud forests catch clouds. Or in the parlance of biologists, cloud forests filter clouds […]| Community Cloud Forest Conservation