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Colombia
Woodburning Clay Stove and Inez
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The Sasardi Integrated
Reserve (RIS) is a one hour hike from Trigana Bay in the Uraba Gulf
in Acandi County, Choco, Colombia. It is approximately 140 hectares
and both primary and secondary forests can be found in the reserve.
The small community that resides within the RIS formed a non-profit
organization called The Darien Foundation to protect the rainforest.
They take a holistic approach to their mission including environmental
education, manufacturing of handicrafts, recycling of wastes and maintaining
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Darien Foundation leads a protection program of the Leatherback Sea
Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), which involves transfer of hatches
and stockyard care of the eggs until the newborn sea turtles move
to the sea. The Foundation also runs courses with the local community,
for international scholars and visitors about traditional knowledge
and use of local plants, appropriate technologies, and dendrology.
The Darien Foundation operates an International
Voluntary Working Camp for environmental volunteers. It also organizes
handicraft workshops for local communities to teach how to use forest
materials in a sustainable way as an alternative source of income.
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Composting Toilet
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Darien Foundation is part of the Ecovillage Network of the Americas
(ENA), a non-profit, public policy, research, education and networking
project operated by sustainable community workers and volunteers throughout
the Americas. ENA's focus is the needs of future generations for a
safe and healthy planet to inhabit. |
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