#cheran

[ixpitzin]

Made for someone dear to me.

Día de muertos - Cherán, Michoacán

[probablyasocialecologist]

In Mexico, Rebellion Seeds Revival of a Forest — and a Community

In 2011, the women of Cherán led an uprising against illegal logging. Now, the Indigenous community is thriving.

Before dawn on April 15, 2011, as loggers arrived to begin the day’s destructive work, the women took them hostage, locking them in the church and then setting off fireworks to signal to the rest of the town that the uprising had started. The loggers’ vehicles were seized and burned. It was the start of a war that lasted for more than a year, with locals using dozens of fogatas, or bonfires, through the mountainous forest to relay information about their enemy’s activities.

Such fierce and resourceful resistance runs deep in these lands: The Purépecha are one of the few Indigenous groups never conquered by the Aztecs. Local legends, not confirmed by historical sources, also tell of a woman named Eréndira, who stole the horses of Spanish invaders and led a rebellion against the Europeans.

By 2012, true to their reputation for repelling outsiders, the people of Cherán had kicked out the logging cartel and established their legal autonomy. They reverted to usos y costumbres, an Indigenous form of government by a 12-member council that is chosen by the community, and replaced the feared and corrupt police with the local ronda comunitaria. The high crime rate tumbled. The once-decimated forest began to make a comeback, thanks in part to a local vivero, or tree nursery, established as part of a community-led replanting effort and staffed mostly by women. Locals say the climate has nearly returned to normal, native plants are thriving once more, and wildlife populations, including deer and coyote, are rebounding.

[purplepencilproject]

A body by the sea

head split open.

In the straight glance of the eyes

that refuse to close even in death

there float: resistance, surprise,

distress, struggle, agony, despair

and an endless great dream

"Body" by Cheran

[elivanto]

After that one about Eli I find myself suddenly wanting a fanart of Thrawn carrying him in a huge Gucci bag and I both love and hate this.

I NEED THIS

[ntemid]

The Cheran Community of Mexico - Their Story of Rebellion

The Cheran Community of Mexico – Their Story of Rebellion

It is said that if you want something so bad, You have to keep trying until you get it! This is what “The Cheran Community” of Mexico did!   Photo credit: Remezcla   The Cheran community is one of the indigenous communities That has lived and lives right in the middle of the state of Michoacán, which is found in the western part of what is known as Mexico.   Photo credit: Transformative…

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[pokemoncoloursplash]

aro cheren recolour?

[doomtribble73]

A Mexican indigenous town's environmental revolt

When illegal logging turned their green, pine-covered hills into an ecological wasteland, the people of the Mexican indigenous town of Chera

"Residents now patrol the forests armed with 7.62-caliber rifles.

They have set up a "Great Council" modeled on their ancestors' system of government.

And communal companies now protect the environment and run one of Mexico's most advanced recycling programs.

"Things had gone too far. They were threatening to kidnap our children. Now we can live our lives in peace," said one community guard, who asked not to be identified for security reasons, toting her nine-millimeter pistol.

The community has reforested more than half the 12,000 hectares (30,000 acres) of pine trees that were lost—reclaiming an area the size of more than 17 Central Parks."

[ourwanderingbones]

Street art tours are always a fun way to get to know a city on foot, so we signed up for one. We met Joey Real, who started PV Street Art Tour shortly after moving here from San Diego a few years ago. As an artist himself, he thought it would be a fun way to get to know the community and get fit walking around. He pointed out different murals from many artists: Quetzal, Kika, Misael Lopez, Cheran, Lorenzo Gaz, and O3L. He led me to some very artsy and uniquely PV stores for some retail therapy. It was fun listening to his personal anecdotes about the city and he helped us answer a lot of questions. We learned so much!