Citizens in Quito transform their food environment to ensure access to healthy and nutritious food
Citizens wield their right to food by participating actively in their neighborhoods and demanding safe, healthy & traceable food
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I am passionate about: My urban garden, biking in the city and good movies
A little known fact about me is: I'm eager to engage in transdiciplinary teams
Show my name on the attendees list for events I am attending: Yes
Location: Quito, Ecuador
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nataly-pinto-alvaro-117b7836/
Twitter: @natisbatis
Director of the food systems program
Rikolto
"To keep in balance, eat well, move, love and relax"
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Citizens wield their right to food by participating actively in their neighborhoods and demanding safe, healthy & traceable food
Dear Karina,
I finally come back to you about the study of the wet markets in the Galápagos Islands. My friend advised to contact José Poma: j_epomaloja@yahoo.es He works at the ministry of agriculture and since the study has not been published yet you can make a direct request to access it. All the best luck in this final run.
warm regards,
Nataly
Dear Matthew Wilson glad to hear from you. Thank you for your kind words. We observe that because of COVID19 more families are learning how to cook traditional -nutrient-rich- dishes, including myself. In modern times we tend to have speedy lives, we do a lot of stuff and have less time for contemplation or for sharing a delicious meal which is heart-warming. My high school friends shared that they didn't cook anymore and now they are learning. So I'm hoping that we take this experience to reflect upon this. About knowledge creation, there are two things that I can share. First, talking about formal education we plan to use a mechanism that all the universities have in Ecuador that is called: link with the community and that has proved to be strong to respond to community needs. The second thing is to work on informal education, something that we call popular education and that helps people learn by doing and that's when we connect with lifelong learning. I recommend taking a look at the work developed by Paulo Freire. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1754-8845.2012.01122.x?scroll=top&needAccess=true&journalCode=reie20
Let me know how you see it.
Kind regards,
Nataly
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