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CONVERSATIONS WITH ALDO LEOPOLD: PRACTICING LAND ETHICS

Landscape photo of Pitchfork Ranch

PRACTICING LAND ETHICS PART 4 OF 4: CONVERSATIONS WITH ALDO LEOPOLD https://youtu.be/65SPirCuWLc Starting Conversations is celebrating the Gila Wilderness Centennial with a special series featuring Steve Morgan, Chautauqua performer, as Aldo Leopold in conversation with three scholars working directly in forestry, environmental restoration, and land ethics. Aldo Leopold’s influence and legacy extends beyond the Gila […]

CONVERSATIONS WITH ALDO LEOPOLD: PRACTICING LAND RESTORATION

Autumn landscape photo with a stream running through, and a mesa in the background, the leaves on the trees are yellow

PRACTICING LAND RESTORATION PART 3 OF 4: CONVERSATIONS WITH ALDO LEOPOLD https://youtu.be/c7k4OMxBzIc?si=HoVgC-SlFRQvvyHj Starting Conversations is celebrating the Gila Wilderness Centennial with a special series featuring Steve Morgan, Chautauqua performer, as Aldo Leopold in conversation with three scholars working directly in forestry, environmental restoration, and land ethics. 100 years after the Gila Wilderness was founded and […]

CONVERSATIONS WITH ALDO LEOPOLD: THE INDIGENOUS INFLUENCE

Photo of Gila Wilderness Landscape, mesa and mountain in the background

THE INDIGENOUS INFLUENCE PART 2 OF 4: CONVERSATIONS WITH ALDO LEOPOLD https://youtu.be/0d-zRZynJmE Starting Conversations is celebrating the Gila Wilderness Centennial with a special series featuring Steve Morgan, Chautauqua performer, as Aldo Leopold in conversation with three scholars working directly in forestry, environmental restoration, and land ethics. Aldo Leopold was stationed in New Mexico from the […]

ACEQUIA AQUI: TECHNOLOGY AND CRAFT

Rio Grande in the South Valley of Albuquerque. Photo by Abby Boling.

Technology and Craft is the third part of our Starting Conversations: Acequia Aqui series. As part of our partnership with The Paseo Project (Taos, NM), this program is celebrating Paseo Project’s recent publication: “Acequia Aqui: Water, Community and Creativity.” This booklet highlights selections from the Acequia Aqui project that took place between 2018 and 2020. It’s an artistic and community driven project that aims to give voice to the historic acequias of Taos to illuminate the importance of this vital resource and cultural wellspring. You can view a digital version of this booklet on ISSU.

ACEQUIA AQUI: WATER, COMMUNITY AND CREATIVITY

Two men working together to clean out an acequia also known as an irrigation canal used to water crops.

In partnership with The Paseo Project, the New Mexico Humanities Council is pleased to host a live Starting Conversations discussion in celebration of the publication of Acequia Aqui: Water, Community, and Creativity. For this conversation we will be joined by two contributing writers, Miguel Santistevan and Sylvia Rodriguez, who will address the urgent topics of acequias in New Mexico, their histories, and their futures.

ACEQUIA AQUI: STORYTELLING AND POETRY

Photo of a group of children in front of a projected photo of iridescent water drops

Storytelling and Poetry is the second installment of our Starting Conversations: Acequia Aqui series. As part of our partnership with The Paseo Project (Taos, NM), this discussion series is celebrating Paseo Project’s recent publication: “Acequia Aqui: Water, Community and Creativity.” This booklet highlights selections from the Acequia Aqui project that took place between 2018 and 2020. It’s an artistic and community driven project that aims to give voice to the historic acequias of Taos to illuminate the importance of this vital resource and cultural wellspring. You can view a digital version of this booklet on ISSU.

ACEQUIA AQUI: PLACEMAKING AND PLACEKEEPING

Photo of an acequia irrigation gate

The history of acequias in New Mexico weaves a rich tapestry of multicultural practices that illustrate human migration, resilience, and connection to the land and water. The wisdom inherent in the historic acequias continue to tell these stories in the communities of New Mexico, but they have been at risk of disappearance in recent years as a result of climate change, increased real estate development, natural resource extraction and more. Acequia Aqui is an artistic and community driven project that aims to give voice to the historic acequias of Taos to illuminate the importance of this vital resource and cultural wellspring.