Arte Escola by Tera Kuno is a community-based initiative in the Brazilian Amazon connecting agroecology, environmental education, art, and food sovereignty. Through living classrooms in the forest, farmers, educators, artists, and youth co-create regenerative practices that restore ecosystems, strengthen local livelihoods, celebrate traditional knowledge, and cultivate resilient futures rooted in care and reciprocity.

Six years of growing regenerative food systems
For the past six years, we have been developing ways of producing food in regenerative agroforestry systems—not only from a technical perspective, but also by cultivating the social relationships that make these systems thrive.

During this time, more than 5,000 people have participated in our educational activities, from university students and researchers to local families, farmers and children through workshops, field visits and immersive learning experiences.
Some of the most meaningful outcomes cannot be measured or planned. After a seed-saving workshop, one visitor told us:

"I allow myself to imagine that a better future is possible."

In another example, children from the local community who joined our workshops began applying what they learned in the vegetable gardens of their public schools.

These are just two of many stories that remind us that regeneration is about people as much as it is about ecosystems.

Now we are ready for the next step.
We want to build a larger educational kitchen that can become the heart of our Forest School—a place where more people can cook, learn, exchange knowledge and experience how healthy food begins with healthy soils. Creating more space means creating more opportunities for encounters, learning and collective action.

Thank you for helping us make this next chapter possible.