🌴🌴Buen Vivir: Colombia's philosophy for good living' by Dimitri Selibas !Buen Vivir is the opposite of capitalistic consumerism! "indigenous and farming communities in southern Colombia are increasingly mobilising to grow healthy food, promote supportive local economies, use ancestral seeds and protect the environment, with shagras and the mindala system forming the cornerstones of this revival. - - ... the local Guardians of the Seed Network currently shares and cultivates more than 2,500 traditional, heirloom and non-genetically modified food species with rural farmers and urban consumers.... seeds are a sacred part of understanding Buen Vivir, and that the spiritual relationship people have with food is nurtured through cultivating and caring for what you eat." - - ... Buen Vivir is the opposite of capitalistic consumerism. Those who follow it aspire for a democratic society where happiness is not bound by material accumulation. It focuses on solidarity, reciprocity and citizenship, thus sharing many elements with recent concepts like degrowth and slow economy." - - ... "This is an education you can't find in schools," said Criollo, who believes that the most important part of Buen Vivir is that it is intergenerational. "The land nourishes us, it feeds us, it teaches us, it takes care of us, and so we leave it as our inheritance for the next generations." http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20210207-buen-vivir-colombias-philosophy-for-good-living