Greenpeace comes to Rancho Campeche!

In Environmental news, Greenpeace came to Rancho Ecologico Campeche last week! Angela and Juande, from Greenpeace Spain, and I put together a two day camp for kids from El Limon and my developing Brigada Verde group at Rancho Campeche. It has definitely not been easy getting kids to participate in environmental activities around the community, regardless of the snacks I bring, but this past two day campamento brought a new energy to Duveaux and my group. We made small fundas (bags) out of rice sacs to use at the colmados instead of the toxic plastic ones they give out. We did environmental trivia in the D.R., learned how to make a compost and played games to learn about deforestation. By the end of camp, kids were motivated and excited to send a solicitud to our local ayuntamiento to get a truck to come through the community and pick up trash. As things go right now, dona's are burning trash like it's the new black and people toss trash on the road like confetti. So, hopefully we can bring the three R's (or at least two; there is not much recycling in this country) back in style and get people composting. As for now, I am going to reduce the amount of electricity I am currently consuming!