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Grow Clean Food & Harvest Water in Rural Oaxaca

Marking contour lines in the landscape

During a workshop at the Instituto Tonantzin Tlalli (the ITT, the Group's education center in Ejutla, Oaxaca), participants learn how to read the landscape and apply land restoration techniques. By digging drenches, or swales, following the natural contour lines of the land, runoff water is slowed down and permeates the soil, recharging underground acquifers.

Manual rope pump with solar power alternative

The rope pump exemplifies appropriate technologies that the Group promotes within rural communities - it is inexpensive, easy to build, practical, and has the potential to dramatically improve living conditions. The solar panels are used to pump large quantities of water to storage tanks at higher elevations. From there, gravity distributes water throughout the landscape of our education center, irrigating our organic gardens and providing water for use in the dormitory and kitchen.

Circular biointensive gardening beds

Participants during a sustainable agriculture workshop engage in hands-on activities to learn about organic gardening techniques. Biointensive beds are designed to cultivate as many vegetables as possible, in the least amount of space possible. A drip irrigation system that conserves water is layed on top of the bed. Participants learn about composting, seed saving, natural pest control, and diversifying for highly nutritious crops.

Organic nopal and medicinal herb garden

At the Instituto Tonantzin Tlalli, our education center in Oaxaca, we cultivate a variety of crops and demonstrate various agricultural techniques. Nopal, prickly pear cactus, is a staple ingredient in the Mexican diet - it is highly nutritious and easy to grow. In addition to growing a wide variety of medicinal herbs, we organize workshops on herbalism and natural healing. We believe in valuing traditional, local knowledge and complementing it with modern science.

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