Dear Reader
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We’re delighted to announce our next Haumea Ecoversity Guest Speaker:
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​Karla Sanchez, founder of Blackbird Cultúr-Lab—a regenerative farm and creative space in County Wexford, Ireland.

She’ll speak on:
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​“Values for Living Well: For Creativity, Curating and Farming”

🌍 Why this matters

Yesterday marked the International Day for Biological Diversity.
And yet:

• Wildlife populations have declined by 69–73% globally
• In Latin America, losses reach 95%
• 1 million species are threatened with extinction

This is not what living well with the Earth looks like.

At Haumea Ecoversity, we believe in cultivating an ecological worldview grounded in holistic eco-social principles—to guide our work, so our efforts support personal, collective, planetary, and intergenerational well-being.

That’s why we teach ecoliteracy and systems thinking through guiding frameworks like the Earth Charter—a UNESCO and IUCN-endorsed document shaped by global voices to inspire values-based action and cultural transformation.

We are in great need of a shared ecological vision and holistic, guiding eco-social principles to help align our creative, educational, and ecological work with a just, equitable and thriving future for all life.

This is why we’re delighted to welcome Karla Sanchez, a Mexican-born, Wexford-based curator, researcher, and regenerative farmer, as our second Guest Speaker for Haumea Ecoversity.

While Karla may not reference the Earth Charter directly, Karla and her husband Oisin Connelly have deeply explored holistic ecological values to reimagine living well, for their family, their curating, creativity, and farming. They are an inspiring example of eco-social cultural regeneration in Ireland. Through Blackbird Cultúr-Lab, they share these ecological values with other farmers, artists, and academics.

🎙 Meet Karla Sanchez “Values for Living Well: for Creativity, Curating and Farming”

Karla is a Mexican-born, Wexford-based curator, researcher, and regenerative farmer. Through Blackbird Cultúr-Lab, she explores how culture and ecology meet on the land and in practice.

🗓️ Tuesday 3 June
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🕖 7 PM Irish | 2 PM EST | 8 AM NZDT​
📍 Online via Zoom

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Joining our talks also supports our independent, peer-to-peer Haumea Ecoversity learning community

🎟 Only registered participants get access to the recording + transcript.

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Looking forward to seeing you there and the lively discussions afterwards

With care for all,

PS This conversation will feed your creative imagination and offer grounded inspiration for your work—whether you're making art, growing food, planting trees, caring for animals, soils, or fighting for the rights of nature - becoming fluent in eco-social values will help us collectively work and live well.
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Hope to see you there 🌾

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Thank You!

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