Author: Jack Eidt

Ancient Maya Ruins of Tikal, Guatemala
Eco-Cultural-Travel, Rituals and Traditions

Maya Ruins at Tikal: A New Beginning at Winter Solstice

Twenty five hundred years ago, a group of peoples settled Tikal, surrounded by the lowland rainforests of the Petén Basin of northern Guatemala. Their descendants would create a remarkable civilization that populated cities and villages across much of southern Mexico, Belize and Guatemala. Today, it has returned to the forest but turned into a major archeological attraction.

urban agriculture rooftop gardens
Design, Sustainability

Agricultural Urbanism: Designing Cities as Edible Ecosystems

The world’s population is expected to rise to 10 billion by 2050. Yet with 80 per cent of the planet’s usable farmland already cultivated, the effects of climate change wreaking havoc across large areas of existing farmland, and more than 10 per cent of humanity going to bed hungry every night, growing enough sustenance for three billion new mouths is not going to be easy.