Solidarity Economy in Latin America/La Corporación Ecológica y Cultural Penca de Sábila

La Corporación Ecológica y Cultural Penca de Sábila is an organization focused on alternative forms of environmental management that are aligned with a feminist, environmentalist agenda. It has 5 programs–a food sovereignty and solidarity economy program, a territorial social and environmental management program, an environmental culture and politics program, a women and gender justice program, and a youth participation and organization program. In addition, it is home to as an institute, a document center, and an administrative area.

Details of the Work edit

Location edit

Medellín, Colombia

Timeframe edit

1988 – Present

Partnerships edit

  • Maestras y Maestros Gestores de Nuevos Caminos
  • RedVida
  • Alianza Columbia Libre de Fracking
  • Plataforma APC de las Americas
  • www.redesex.org
  • Mesa de Trabajo Mujer – Medellín
  • RED Nacional de Acueductos Comunitarios Colombia
  • Zarensare Enredando
  • Alianza por el Teritorio y la Vida Campesina – Valle de Aburra
  • Setem
  • Geneve tiers monde association de solidarité
  • Confiar – cooperativa financiera
  • Alternatiba
  • Dias
  • Heinrich Boll Stiftung – Bógota
  • Fondation Danielle Mitterrand

Values edit

Democracy, gender justice, environmental justice, social justice, food sovereignty, fair trade

General Categories edit

Environmental management, food sovereignty, social justice

Website/Social Media edit

Website edit

https://corpenca.org/

Social Media edit

Facebook edit

https://www.facebook.com/corpenca

YouTube edit

https://www.youtube.com/corpenca

Contact Information edit

Telephone edit

  • (+57 4) 284 68 68
  • (+57 4) 254 43 30

Email edit

corpenca@une.net.co

Additional Resources edit

Journalistic edit

  • https://alponiente.com/una-utopia-posible/
  • https://transformativecities.org/atlas/food2/

Academic edit

  • https://corpenca.org/ver/publicaciones/
  • https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/65917
  • http://tesis.udea.edu.co/handle/10495/17728
  • http://repositorio.udea.edu.co/handle/10495/17416
  • https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/peju/article/view/55411
  • https://medellin.unal.edu.co/revista-extension-cultural/images/revista/rec66/REC_66-148-157.pdf