Alberto Ruz Buenfil

Who is Alberto Ruz Buenfil?

Alberto Ruz Buenfil, is a native of Mexico whose work is dedicated to social change, environmental sustainability, and the performing arts. He co-founded two international theater groups as well as Mexico's first ecovillage, known as Huehuecoyotl. He led the 13-year Rainbow Peace Caravan, an international effort to promote sustainable design and permaculture, as well as theatrical performances, across seventeen countries of Latin America. He was also funded by Ashoka from 2002 to 2005, and received in the name of the Rainbow Peace Caravan, the prize "Escuela Viva" from the Brazilian President Lula da Silva and Minister of Culture Gilberto Gil, as one of the 60 most advanced projects in education in the country.

Ruz is the author of several books. At his return in 2009 from South America he was invited to be part of a team at the 'Direction of Culture' of Coyoacán, México DF, where he created the project 'Ecobarrios' and took it for three years to 10 different pueblos and barrios from that part of the city. Actually, since 2013, he is 'Director of Environmental Culture' in the state of Morelos.