directory » eco-justice
Eco-justice groups in San Miguel de Allende focus on projects and campaigns that raise
awareness about the right to a safe, healthy and sustainable environment equally for all people.
This may include the ecological, physical, social, aesthetic and/or economic environments.
CASA
Calle Santa Julia #15, Colonia Santa Julia
415 154 6060 or 415 154 6090
ecoss@casa.org.mx
A nonprofit organization that serves the poor, particularly adolescents, rural women and their families, through health, social service, education, and environmental outreach programs.
Casita Linda
Building Hope One House at a Time
Casita Linda is a housing program that provides a decent house for those families living in extreme poverty in the rural communities in the Municipality of San Miguel. They build adobe houses with the active participation of the recipients, a team of three workers, and volunteers.
CEDESA
Center for Agricultural Development
Km 1 Carretera a Dolores Hidalgo-El Llanito
Dolores Hidalgo (spanish) Teresa Martínez 418 182 0489, ccedesa@yahoo.com.mx
San Miguel (english/spanish) Holly Yasui 415 152 8166, cedesa.english@hotmail.com
CEDESA is a grassroots campesino organization addressing land and water issues,
eco-technologies, organic farming and soil conservation, alternative and natural health,
cooperative agricultural production, community marketing, and rural tourism. Sustainable
development and eco-technology projects include rainwater-harvesting, gray-water recycling,
ecological dry toilets, drip irrigation systems and wood-saving stoves. Their
Tierra Generosa project produces and markets locally produced organic foods.
Center for Global Justice/Centro para La Justicia Global
Research & Learning for a Better World
admin@globaljusticecenter.org
Instituto Tierra y Cal, A.C.
Jim Hallock, jimhallock@tierraycal.com
Jeff Rottler, jeffrottler@tierraycal.com
The mission of Instituto Tierra y Cal is to improve the quality of life in low-income and marginalized rural communities by providing training and ongoing technical assistance in the use of compressed earth block construction and other appropriate sustainable building and environmental technologies. Workshops on compressed earth (Earth Block) and sustainable building are are offered in various locations, including one near Atotonilco.
The Rotary Club of San Miguel de Allende - Midday
Meetings every Tuesday at 12:30 pm at Hotel Real de Minas
info@rotarysma.org
Membership: David Bossman, dbossman11@yahoo.com
Projects: Loy Geddes, lizpowell@aol.com
The Rotary Club, with financial assistance from Rotarians in the US, have several ecological projects including
water testing equipment for CEDESA,
rain water collection and storage systems for the communities of Los Torres, Lomas Cruz del Palmar and Montecillo de Nieto,
and support of Casita Linda.
Tianguis Orgánico de San Miguel de Allende
Parque Juárez
Saturdays 9am-2pm
info@tosma.org
TOSMA guarantees local organic farmers using the participative IFOAM standards and hosts an open-air market for producers to sell directly to consumers. The Organic Tianguis is held every Saturday in Parque Juarez from 9 AM to 2 PM.
Vía Orgánica A.C.
415-152-8042
Vía Orgánica A.C. is an non-profit organization in San Miguel de
Allende in support of health, justice, sustainability, peace and democracy.
This sister organization of Organic Consumers Association (OCA),
a national network of organic consumers in the United States,
has organic grocery stores in Querétaro and San Miguel de Allende
as well as an organic farm and conference center outside Atotonilco.
Vida Verde-Green Life
vidaverdesma@gmail.com
Vida Verde is a group of concerned Mexican and U.S. citizens who believe it is our fundamental right to eat safe food and protect natural seeds from extinction. Members are committed to the growing worldwide movement to maintain biodiversity.
Yaax Wool, A.C.
Privada Miguel Prado #7C, Colonia Guadalupe
circuloverdeyw@gmail.com
Jesús Gutiérrez Ochoa (director) jesusyw@gmail.com
Yaax Wool is contributing to building communities based on fairness and justice. Projects include development of community production within the Fair Trade network, environmental education and restoration of community ecosystems, attention to maternal and child health, and promotion of community culture.
