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Viva
Sierra Gorda |
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Become a friend,
get involved,
and take a stand
for a sanctuary
like no other
Long Live
Sierra Gorda
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“Sierra Gorda ...a place little short of spectacular – a glimpse of
the Old West that has vanished virtually everywhere else in North
America.”
Scott Weidensaul, Return to
Wild America: a yearlong search for the continents natural soul. ©
2005, p.180
ACTION ALERT - WE WON |
Exposition in Colonial Queretaro City
"The
heart of Mexico, The Sierra Gorda of Queretaro A World
Biosphere Reserve"
November 08 - March 09
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Take part in the journey towards sustainability and biodiversity
The WELLNESS of
family and community:
Children, adults, and elders are changing household behaviors
towards conservation, restoration, and the sustainable management
of limited renewable natural resources in response to education and
outreach to raise awareness and create new habits and skills.
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Join the efforts of the local population to balance the quality of life
(recycling, soil retention, water quality, reforestations, organic
agriculture, cooperative enterprises) and increase respect for nature.
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The WELLNESS of the individual—
Local citizens
are changing the fate of a whole bio-region in Central Mexico.
You can help raise awareness,
self-esteem and skills among youth and adults, especially women, for
a sustainable livelihood through our local partners.
Today, traditional activities such as
embroidery and prepared foodstuffs are adding value to the region’s
economy in addition to new trade skills and ethical ecotourism.
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The WELLNESS of nature—
Natural protected
areas are our inheritance, the source of environmental services
vital to our survival. Together we must act to protect and sustain
one of the most biodiverse reserves of our continent.
By supporting Sierra Gorda you promote
the involvement of all the individuals, families, communities and
governmental authorities to protect the jaguar, green macaw, black
bear and the unseen wildlife.
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“Here in the Sierra Gorda we know that it is not
convenient to do away with the trees; with my 85 years I can tell
you that over time I have seen that where there are woods there are
springs and there is life.
The youth go to the [USA] to seek fortune and
when they come back they don’t know
how or they don’t want to work
the fields.
Our region requires
knowledge, awareness and roots, we have to conserve a
love for the Earth that gave us birth, because if we as
Serranos don’t do something for this land, others aren’t
going to do it either.”
A testimony by Don
Teodomiro Benítez, resident.
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Sierra
Gorda:
A green jewel in Central Mexico.
Mega-photo
exposition by
Fulvio Eccardi |
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Long live Sierra Gorda:
• Buy Sierra Gorda
Products to support the regional economy through our website links:
www.vivasierragorda.org
• Live the experience
through Sierra Gorda Ecotours
• Contact us to
organize Sierra Gorda speaker events, fundraisers or specific
proposals
• Donate to Viva Sierra
Gorda, a Project of Earth Island Institute
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Sierra Gorda’s successful
social strategy for
long-term conservation spans 20 years and is in the process of
measuring its impact in order to share this experience with the
world.
Be a part of it.
Join Viva Sierra Gorda by becoming a Friend,make your
contribution to:
Viva Sierra Gorda/Earth Island Institute
Mail to:
2150 Allston Way, Suite
460
Berkeley, California
USA 94704 - 1375
Email:
laura@sierragorda.net
www.vivasierragorda.org
Viva Sierra Gorda is a
project of
Earth Island Institute
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“And so [Sierra Gorda] was a revelation to me: a cloud forest of majestic
oaks, cedars and firs a hundred feet tall, draped with mosses and
spangled with bromeliads – a soaring, humbling place.
This is the real treasure of the Sierra Madre.” Scott
Weidensaul, Return to Wild
America: a yearlong search for the continents natural soul. © 2005.
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Viva Sierra Gorda is a project of
Earth
Island Institute.
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