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The sustaining of community arises from embracing of the existing cultures, ways, and traditions. The building of homes and buildings aligned with the earth is now desirable. Organic farming and water conservation now seem to make sense. Much of this was lost in the rush of the past century to modernize and develop. It is with renewed hope that we ponder what a wonderful future there might yet be as cultures and people of conscience come together for a new beginning.
For the past ten years Tomás Romero has been President of El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the arts, culture, and traditions of Hispanic New Mexico (www.elmuseocultural.org). He is also Associate Vice President at Santa Fe Community College. Tomás encourages readers to explore the history of NM, and recommends the following books, from which some of the quotations have been taken: An Illustrated History of New Mexico by Thomas E. Chavez, The Myth of Santa Fe by Chris Wilson, New Mexico, a Brief Multi-History by Rubén Sálaz Márquez, and A People’s History of the United States, chapter 8, by Howard Zinn. Advertise in the next Sustainable Santa Fe Resource Guide...
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