Valle Del Elqui, Chile’s mellow toned, mystical and tranquil gem received 13 international entrepreneurs from Startup Chile. The Ignite Experience was a weekend of exchanging knowledge, inspiring and being inspired by the community and the children of Tierra y Valle. Tierra y Valle is a cultural and sustainability education center connecting children to nature and […]
The colonial town of Antigua is vibrant with energy from tourism, an emerging startup and tech world, and authentic guatemalan culture if you look in the right places. On the afternoon of friday, February 9th, the Project Nuevo Mundo team stepped into the gorgeous Impact Hub Antigua space on 2nd avenue. Our mouths dropped as […]
Almost one year ago Nuevo Mundo Foundation, the non-profit arm of Project Nuevo Mundo, was donated 6 acres of lush cloud forest in the small and remote village of Lanquin, Guatemala. Lanquin is located near the natural marvel Semuc Champey in the Alta Verapaz region northeast of Guatemala City. After almost a year of preparations, […]
A collaborative, participatory, networking event hosted by Project Nuevo Mundo took place at EcoSystm, an eco-conscious coworking space in San Francisco this week. Over 40 leaders representing different exemplary organizations in the transformational enterprise community came and contributed their voice. It was a huge success. Eco-systm is an eco-conscious coworking space with an artistic edge, complete with living, breathing […]
Project Nuevo Mundo will be hosting the permaculture workshop area at Foreverland Music and Arts Festival next weekend, September 19-21 outside of the San Francisco Bay Area. We’ll be hosting the Sacred Spaces Village zone and activating attendees with hands on permaculture workshops, ecology-centered panels and talks, and some engaging workshops on different aspects of our transitional culture’s current and […]
Over the weekend of 14-15 June 2014, Project Nuevo Mundo was proud to participate as a “problem sponsor” in the HackSummit – a hackathon to support social enterprises and non-profits, hosted by DevNetwork. A hackathon is a new type event, generally taking place over a few days, in which a large number of people meet […]
Returning to the Roots “Dyeing with Plants” Project Nuevo Mundo`s 2013 Earth Odyssey Bus Caravan After the long journey from San Diego, The Earth Odyssey caravan landed on Lake Atitlan, Guatemala for two months to implement some incredibly regenerative projects. In collaboration with JUSTA and 22 permaculture specialists, we broke off into 3 teams and […]
SPORACTION “Turning Sun into Food” Project Nuevo Mundo`s 2013 Earth Odyssey Bus Caravan After the long journey from San Diego, The Earth Odyssey caravan landed on Lake Atitlan, Guatemala for two months to implement some incredibly regenerative projects. In collaboration with JUSTA and 22 permaculture specialists, we broke off into 3 teams and completed 3 […]
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This Gaia Education Certified Ecovillage Design Course explores and weaves together the four basic areas of sustainable community development, and is a participatory and experiential event. In addition to classroom time, discussions, media experiences, celebrations and rituals, we will take a practical hands-on approach to the curriculum, applying this course to help grow our eco-village. […]