Share Environmental Knowlegde

PROJECT: We are looking for volunteers who are interested in working closely with locals and students from a local university. Volunteers will develop activities and actions to help to reduce levels of deforestation in the local area, restore degraded areas within a natural forest through different actions, such as the opening of firebreaks, maintenance of areas and reforestation of areas with a high rate of degradation; some restoration activities and environmental workshops will also be conducted in rural and urban areas in the surroundings of Zacapoaxtla.

ACTIVITIES:
1. To participate in reforestation activities.
2. To make workshops on environmental education.
3. To make practices on Eco techniques with the students (efficient use of fire, electricity, water, reuse of waste, etc.)
4. To train environmental promoters.
5. To share the good practices and successful stories in other countries on topics such as: environmental education, solid waste management, alternative energy and green technologies.
6. To assist in field activities, through the opening of firebreaks, that will mitigate the presence of forest fires in the dry season.
7. To participate in reforestation in local degraded areas.
8. To support activities to strengthen the English language through a conversation club with students of the university.

HOSTING: Volunteers will be hosted in a private house with all facilities, dormitories, showers, hot water, kitchen.
LOCATION: Zacapoaxtla, Puebla, Mexico; is located in the Sierra Madre Oriental, which has beautiful valleys and rivers, it is a city with 50,447 inhabitants.
LEISURE ACTIVITIES: Zacapoaxtla offers great tourist attractions that volunteers can enjoy in their free time. They can visit the archaeological site of Cuetzalan, Cantona and some other magical towns nearby, the ecotourism center of Apulco, the waterfall “la Olla y la Gloria”, San Gabriel ecotourism center and different areas that local volunteers will be happy to show you.
CLOSEST STATION: Zaragoza Bus station in Puebla, Mexico.
CLOSEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: Mexico City International Airport.
OTHER POSSIBLE AIRPORTS: Puebla city, International Airport.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: None
VEGETERIAN FOOD AVAILABLE: Yes
OPEN FOR FAMILIES: No
OPEN FOR DISABLED VOLUNTEERS: No

EXTRA FEE: 0 This project has no extra fee for volunteers.
SPECIAL NOTES: For volunteers who are interested to learn Spanish, there will be a Spanish course organized before the project starts, it will be organized in the city of Morelia. Cost: 110 Euros. It includes lodging for 7 days at a Youth Hostel in Morelia city, materials, theory and practice activities for 15 hours with a professional teacher. (Meals are not included).