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Gaviotas is a relatively famous eco project. It has been going since the early 1980's. They began planting a Caribbean pine tree in the otherwise barren llanos of eastern Colombia.

The presence of the forest has altered the local climate by generating an additional 10 percent rainfall, which also supports Gaviotas' water

bottling initiative.



You can read more about them here:…

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Hey check these out:

http://www.lifeboxcompany.com/


The Life Box is cardboard box material impregnated with tree seeds.
After use, rather than being thrown away the boxes are planted.
The resulting trees and the carbon they sequester are later trackable.

These guys melt salt and with the heat they can run turbines. Check it out:
http://www.solar-reserve.com/index.html

Here is an article about it (In spanish, sorry)

http://www.desdeabajo.info/index.php/ediciones/160-edicion-137/898-hay-hambre-colombia.html



The biggest proposed solution underway is ReSA (Red de Seguridad Alimentaria, Nourishment safety network?)

They assist farmer families so they can cultivate the land and be self… Continue