El Charco del Ingenio

Wednesday, May 4, 2022 - 3:00pm

CDT

Organizador: Educación Colaborativa

Mario Hernández Peña

El Charco del Ingenio es un proyecto de la sociedad civil organizada desde 1991

Cuya misión es proteger y preservar el patrimonio biocultural, desarrollando un Jardín Etnobotánico dedicado a la conservación y el estudio de la flora regional, así como a la construcción de una cultura ambiental en la sociedad.

Mario Hernández Peña es Director General del Jardín Botánico y Área Natural Protegida “El Charco del Ingenio AC”. En el 2017 recibe el Reconocimiento a la Excelencia en el Desarrollo Profesional por la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León. Durante el 2017 recibe del Rotary Midday de San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato el reconocimiento como Ciudadano del Año. Actualmente es Presidente de la Asociación Mexicana de Jardines Botánicos.

Upcoming Events

Saturday, October 11, 2025 - 3:00pm

CST

Viva Palestina 2025

Location:

1º de Mayo #58, Colonia Aurora, San Miguel de Allende

In October 2024, we had our first artistic and cultural project to continue speaking about Palestine and to raise our voices in favor of the liberation of the Palestinian people and against the genocide being committed in Palestine.

Monday, October 13, 2025 - 1:30pm

CST

Film Screening

Sound Track to a Coup d' Etat

Followed by discussion with Brad Rockwell

Location:

La Biblioteca, Teatro Santa Ana, Insurgentes 25, Centro, San Miguel de Allende

2025 Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary

Remarkable largely unknown footage of a dramatic turning point in world history covering events over three continents concerning a tragic coup in the Congo. Featuring: Maya Angelou, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy... Read more

Wednesday, October 22, 2025 - 12:00pm

CST

Organized by The Reentry Resource Program

"The Freedom of Fierro" Documentary Discussion

You are invited to join a discussion with filmmaker Santiago Esteinou and Cesar Fierro about the new documentaryThe Freedom of Fierro.

César Fierro has just become a free man, and he needs to rebuild his life after being wrongly sentenced to death in Texas. César spent 40 years in prison before being released... Read more

Monday, November 3, 2025 - 1:30pm

CST

How the West Was Stolen: The U.S.-Mexican War of 1846-48

Joe Belden

Location:

La Biblioteca, Sala Quezal, Insurgentes 25, Centro, San Miguel de Allende

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This mostly forgotten war led to Mexico losing over half its territory and the United States expanding to the Pacific. The lecture examines the political and economic background of the conflict, what led to it, and the roles of such factors as Texas annexation in 1845, slavery, racism, the Democratic and Whig parties, and Manifest... Read more