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A stream in the forest

Designing equitable, accessible Cultural Landscapes, where the country's incredible wealth of arts, abundant nature, and deep rich Heritage are seamlessly brought together as one. To revive the national legacy through bold sustainable solutions that protect and conserve social wellbeing and the environmental, with authenticity, and integrity.  
      

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We are proud to have the prestigious endorsement of UNESCO the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in Guatemala since 2018. UNESCO offers us a vital framework all of our work. Our commitment to inclusivity and accessibility aligns with UNESCO’s 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions.

 

Committed to promoting peace, equality, and social and environmental justice, we are guided by the Declaration of Human Rights and Sustainable Development Goals, in alignment with the core principals of the sustainability, conservation, and preservation of the, cultural, and heritage assets of our country.

Located in the Buffer Zone between the protected Mayan Biosphere and Lake Petenza, we are at the forefront of both local and global climate challenges. As nature and our ecosystem face unprecedented pressures, we have united to take action, promoting sustainable living, restoration, rebuilding efforts, protecting and nurturing our natural world.

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Building shared neutral spaces, skills, strategies, and communities to be flourishing,  inclusive, resilient, and sustainable. We are breaking parameters by reframing the relationship of cultural heritage, natural heritage, and the the arts in Guatemala, we have merged these three critical areas, our goal is to close the gap between, to see them not as separate but rather as intrinsically tied essential aspects of our shared humanity

We believe it is essential to combat the alarming rates of chronic food insecurity and severe malnutrition, by fostering food sovereignty through the establishment and increase of community and household gardens- To create readily available supplies of fresh produce to boost nutritional intake, greater health, as well as improves the local exchange economy and diversifies local income opportunities.

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GENDER EQUALITY

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS

Many women and girls in our community remain confined to traditional domestic roles. There is a significant need to create more opportunities that empower women and harness their untapped potential active contributors. Advocating for equal rights, the development of women-led business models, fostering women-led local economies and industries, while fortifying civic participation, ensuring that women have a stronger voice in civil society, local, and public policy as a result..

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The Alliance for Environmental & Cultural  Development  Guatemala is a sociocultural non for profit grassroots organization with partnership and fiscal sponsorship  in  Association with  Adica Peten.   

 
Antigua                                       New York                    Peten 

1 Avenida Norte #12                        PO Box 432.                            Casiero la Nueva Esperanza,
Antigua Guatemala 03001               Ghent NY 1207                        San Pedro, San Jose, Peten 


 

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