Ayniglobal Blogs
Making Sense of Signs from Nature and Patterns in Everyday Life
“When we have arrived at the question, the answer is already near.”~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
When we pay attention to the connection of life with nature […]
Putting People Above Profit
What the People’s Summit Demands from Governments and Corporations
From Dec. 8 through Dec. 11, 2014, the People’s Summit gathered in downtown Lima, Peru, at the Parque de Exposicíon. The collective’s intention was to […]
Ayni in Cuba
Why Normalizing Relationships is Necessary and Why American Capitalism May End One of the Greatest Social Experiments of Modern Times
If the current shift in Cuban policy serves U.S. national interest, will it eventually also serve Cubans? Was it ever in our best interest to […]
Losing the Sacred Lake: Environmental Degradation of Lake Titicaca and the Impact on Its Surrounding Indigenous Communities
Urbanization is jeopardizing the health of Lake Titicaca and all the indigenous people who rely on it for their livelihood.
Considered the origin of human civilization by the ancient Incas, Lake Titicaca is a 3,200-square-mile lake that borders Peru and Bolivia at an elevation of […]
People’s Summit 2014 – Lima, Peru: Preparations for a Global Social Movement
Monday, December 1 marked the beginning of the 20th session of the Conference of Parties (COP20) in Lima, Peru. The People’s Summit is preparing to respond from December 9-12.
While world leaders from 195 different countries came together in the San Borja district in Lima, not far from the COP20 conference location, the People’s […]
Everyday Reciprocity
Connecting with spirit and place
Spirit is an invisible force made visible in all life.— Maya Angelou
It is easy to connect to the mystery of spirit and place when we […]
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Lima, Peru December 2014
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be held in Lima, Peru this year December 1-12, 2014.
The UNFCCC in Lima, Peru could not be held in a more appropriate location this year. Peru continues to face an environmental crisis that notably […]
Create Your Reciprocity Circle
A reciprocity circle can have positive disruptive effects.
Action is required to make ideas real. However, the give and take of daily life is often complicated by details and unexpected events. But, when […]
Peru’s Indigenous Unite to Preserve Rights
Peru’s indigenous communities are caught in a battle for self-determination, about land, natural resources, and their way of life.
Peru’s indigenous communities are caught in a battle for self-determination, about land, natural resources, and their way of life. Their fight is against mining, oil […]
Mario Vargas Llosa
What would Mario Vargas Llosa, the Peruvian Nobel prizewinner in literature, say about Ayniglobal? I would hope he would say that the nonprofit organization we […]
Social Business: Not Just a Dream, a Reality – Founding of a Q’ero Run Tour Company
Getting poor people, and especially improvised indigenous people out of poverty is difficult. First, it’s important to understand that poverty is not a choice, nor […]
Peru’s Melting Quelccaya Glacier and the Impact on Peru and its Quechua Communities
According to world renowned glaciologist, Dr. Lonnie Thompson, the world’s largest tropical ice sheet, Quelccaya, which is located in the Andes of Southern Peru, is […]
Defining a Generation: What Makes Transformation Powerful Enough to Change History?
Once every thousand years, an individual comes along and changes the course of history. But individuality in a global interconnected post-modern digital era is different. […]