By Olivia Perez Jimenez | Environmental Education Coordinator
We’ve been busy since we sent out our last report! Between concluding our series of Earth Festivals, carrying out tree planting campaigns, painting environmentally-themed murals, organizing an environmental awareness workshop for local educators, and holding our biannual retreat for environmental youth leaders, we are working hard to ensure that your donation is money well spent.
To give you an idea of the reach of our programs, over the past three months we have handed out 6,800 tree seedlings to be planted in green spaces in communities and schools. We also painted a total of 7 murals in local communities - 3 with information about preventing forest fires and 4 with messages about conserving water. In our environmental awareness workshop, we shared practical knowledge on sustainable living with 25 local educators. The workshop included sessions on the biodiversity of the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve, climate change, and project planning as well as a trip to our field school, “Rancho Tonatico”, where participants were given the opportunity to put into practice sustainable agriculture techniques.
The premier event of this spring was the retreat for environmental youth leaders, held at our headquarters in Jalpan de Serra and an adjacent recreational park on the shores of the Jalpan Reservoir. The retreat was attended by 40 high school- and college-aged youths from the region. Thanks to the generous support of donors like you, we were able to guide these youth through a range of informative and inspiring activities including forest walks, presentations on pressing environmental themes, practical demonstrations of sustainable agriculture, and participatory sessions on how to serve as environmental leaders in their communities.
On the part of the youths, educators, and communities who have benefitted from these activities, we would like to thank you, our donors, for supporting us. Your generosity is more important now than ever as we all partner together to create a culture of sustainability in the Sierra Gorda!
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