Mexico

In México, marine turtles played an important role in the economic development of some villages located on the coast. However, due to an irrational exploitation, this is one of the endangered species in our country. The activities to protect this specie consists of collecting natural nests, taking care of nests in the incubation corrals, taking care of the babies and freeing them to the ocean. This is not an easy work, as it requires night and day activities (even though there will be shifts to avoid a 24h/day presence).

Nuestra Tierra has different strategies to involve the local community in Environmental Education, and to show them some alternatives actions to protect the environment. One strategy is the recycling paper project. With this project Nuestra Tierra shows people how to protect nature and to develop their creativity at the same time. At first volunteers go to learn about the problematic of the trees, then they are going to learn to produce the material for the courses in public spaces, as well as the paper recycled to mount exhibitions.