The Global Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Nathan's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
About Nathan
I am an interdisciplinary social scientist with a background in agroecology, human geography, and natural history. For the past fifteen years, I have worked in the Maya-Achà territory in Guatemala, on issues related to community development and sustainable agriculture; Indigenous knowledge and soil health; and the connection between small-scale food production, culture and wellbeing (buen vivir).
I am currently involved in participatory action research with the Association of Committees for Community Production (ACPC), a Maya-Achi organization implementing projects on coffee agroforestry, watershed restoration, and the development of homemade microbial bio-inputs/ fertilizers. I am also involved in ongoing research with the Welsh organization Cegin y Bobl, who are transforming local food systems by teaching schoolchilden how to cook and integrating local agroecological farms into school meal programmes, among other interventions.
Prior to my appointment at the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ I taught food systems and human geography at San Diego State University and at Schumacher College, where I led the master's programme in regenerative food, farming, and enterprise.Ìý
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Contact Nathan
nathan.einbinder@plymouth.ac.uk