Call to action in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, Cusco, Peru
To Protect the Amazon Rainforest and Beyond, We Must Start in the Andes
"If the Amazon rainforest are the lungs of the planet, then the Andes are its lifeblood."
~De Haan is a senior scientist at the International Potato Center, a research facility based in Lima, Peru, that seeks to reduce poverty
and achieve food security in developing countries.
~De Haan is a senior scientist at the International Potato Center, a research facility based in Lima, Peru, that seeks to reduce poverty
and achieve food security in developing countries.
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Lucia Ccana Santa Cruz, Amaru, at the headwaters of a region that includes three sacred lakes, used for agriculture, drinking water and ceremony. The Amaru community maintains forests of queuna, pine and cypress trees and is located adjacent to the International Potato Park. In this video, Lucia explains the Amaru beliefs about the sacred life of the Wilkamayu or Vilcanota River.
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"For example, temperature rises are affecting the size and spread of the thousands of kilometers of glaciers
that stretch the Andes. This would impact not only the ecosystems of
coastal mountains and valleys, but also the Amazon’s multiple river
basins. In rivers close to the Andes, such as the Vilcanota in Peru and
the La Paz in Bolivia, glacial melt provides as much as 50%
or more of the water. Reduced glacial melt could cause some rivers to
dry up in the dry season, leaving riverside communities without a vital
source of irrigation unless investments are made into water harvesting.
Studying the impact of rising temperatures on glaciers and meltwater in
the Andes could lead to valuable insights not only for the future of the
Andes-Amazon region, but also for other tropical mountain regions,
where climate change is likely to impact downstream water supplies." ~by Stef de Haan
October 17, 2019
time. com https://time.com/5702556/climate-change-andes-mountains/
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autopoiesis, llc Partner, kathryn langstaff founded, Yanapakusunchis, E.I.R.L,
a Peruvian benefit corporation, to support the indigenous communities
in the Valley Sagrado de los Inkas in regenerating their culture and the
Wilkamayu (Rio Villcanota).
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resilience and deliver innovative solutions. Autopoietic systems are generative. We use endogenous design thinking, model whole systems, and activate mission-aligned capital to create regenerative projects at a variety of scales. We look forward to working with you to embed ecologically inspired design practices within your buildings, communities, landscapes, and
organizations. We support leaders to create wholistic regenerative design and planning to restore ecosystems and culture.
From our recent study of the Bullitt Center, rated by World Architecture News as the "World's most sustainable building," we
are inspired to transform the potential for investors, foundations, developers and individuals who value the precautionary principle, thriving human communities and natural ecosystems while providing tangible solutions to climate change.
We also work with a wide range of collaborative partners to provide the following services:
- Regenerative design and planning for biocultural resilient buildings, communities, and landscapes;
- Complex systems modeling linking ecological, social, built, and financial dynamics;
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- Delivering mission-aligned capital.
autopoiesis llc Partners have helped secure more than $300 million in sustainable capital; co-authored the foundational
book Ecological Design; co-led the international Economics of Change project to transform real estate investment to include
social and ecological "externalities"; pioneered a variety of triple bottom line investment models; led the creation of the
Reliable Prosperity framework for restorative bioregions; and spent twenty years each delivering regenerative projects to
businesses, non-profits and foundations, governments, and tribes. We know what it takes to initiate and facilitate long-
term, interdisciplinary collaborations that restore people and place.
We look forward to helping you shape and implement your next breakthrough project! Contact us today.