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Field reports, activity updates, and reflective essays. The Kilombo Tenondé Journal is a living archive of practice — and a place to think alongside us.

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Learning is an act of resistance: the story of Kilombo Tenondé

Tucked into the lush hills of southern Bahia, Brazil — about 123 kilometres from Salvador — a community has been doing something quietly radical for thirty years.

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[ field report ]
Field Report · 14 May 2026

Cacao yields, year three: what the records show

Three full harvest cycles on the south plot — and the soil data finally tells a clear story about understory shade.

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[ news ]
News · 12 May 2026

June class schedule — new open roda dates

Atenção galera de Salvador — nova data, quinta às 08h, dia 16 de junho. Aula aberta, todos os níveis.

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[ activity update ]
Activity Update · 07 May 2026

April impact report: 14 visitors, 2 new plots

A short transparent record of how the month went on the land, in the school, and in the books.

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[ thought & practice ]
Thought & Practice · 28 Apr 2026

ブラジル・サルバドールで「住むように旅した」10年間の話

観光地を巡って、写真を撮って、美味しいものを食べて。それももちろん素敵。でも、もっとその土地の人のように暮らしてみたい——。

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[ field report ]
Field Report · 19 Apr 2026

What the rainy season taught us about water lines

Six weeks of unusually heavy rain reshaped the south slope drainage — and our planting plan with it.

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[ thought & practice ]
Thought & Practice · 11 Apr 2026

On the politics of soil — a letter from the mestre

A short, personal essay about why the way we tend soil is, in the deepest sense, a political question.

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