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Committments
"The unfinished work of our heroes,truely must be our own."
Ben Harper
All of the projects of the Sexto Sol Center are guided by our commitment to specific ideals and action. These are:
- Reverence for the Earth and the innate intelligence in the web of life
- To promote collective action by people who need to solve shared problems or reach common goals
- The right sharing of the world’s resources, economic justice through fair trade
- To advocate for women’s full participation in the economy and civil society
- To improve the quality of life for children; eliminating barriers to education
- Reforestation, to protect the watershed, to create wildlife habitat, to improve the coffee harvest, and to empower local people to be caretakers of the land
- To disseminate ideas, appropriate technology and information that can make a tangible improvement in quality of life, reduce environmental impact of human activity
- To provide an alternative to the stereotypic view of the poor in developing countries so that discussion of development be based in a realistic assessment of challenges they face and strengths they possess.
- To participate actively in the discovery of appropriate approaches to sustainable development
- Dispel racism, Promote trust, and practice compassion
- Break mental chains that prevent progress
- Collaborate with like-minded individuals and organizations
