We would like to express our gratitude to the parents and teachers of the different schools that participated in the incredible Earth Festivities 2023!
It was a wonderful experience that leaves us with unforgettable memories and seeds of knowledge for the children to carry the message to other places and future generations.
To the parents, we want to thank you for your constant support in instilling in your children values of respect and care for the environment.
To the teachers, our deepest gratitude for their dedication and passion in teaching environmental education. Their tireless work is fundamental to inspire students and transmit knowledge about the importance of protecting and preserving our planet.

As a follow-up to the project to add value to aromatic species from the semi-desert region in the state of Querétaro, a workshop was held to obtain oregano oil.
Oregano is an aromatic plant whose dried leaves are one of the most widely used condiments in the kitchen. In addition, a powerful essential oil with multiple beneficial properties for health is extracted from these leaves and fresh shoots.
Two elements stand out in particular in the composition of this oil: carvacrol and thymol, two phenols that, in addition to being powerful antioxidants, are responsible for making oregano oil effective in combating fungi and bacteria that cause numerous infectious processes.
We thank @oreganicdemexico for facilitating the equipment and the workshop in which the Ejidos of Agua Fría, Boquillas, Enramadas, El Pilón and Maguey Verde, belonging to the Municipality of Peñamiller, participated.

Ten years after such a prestigious award as the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Champions of the Earth, which recognized the work and career of Ms. Ruiz Corzo, we received from Nairobi, Kenya, the visit of filmmaker Duncan Moore, commissioned by UNEP to interview our Director and produce a short documentary, to be broadcast during the ceremony for the next laureates in September. It will be a pleasure to share it.

Today is World Environment Day, which we should assume as habits, practices and changes in our way of life 365 days a year, seeking to reduce our ecological footprint, consumption, energy expenditure and regenerate our environment. We have our planet under severe siege, our biological diversity decimated and even its temperature altered, with fever. But let’s celebrate life, and I am happy to share with you a glimpse into the intimacy of the Green Macaws that still subsist in the Sierra Gorda.

We visited the students of Mtra. Julieta Mar of Secundaria Técnica No. 3 in Jalpan de Serra, to share with them some of the work we do in beekeeping. Our technician Don Polo Moran, shared with the students the importance of bees as pollinators, as well as the basic elements required for those who want to start this noble activity. We are very pleased that young people are interested in the subject, and best of all, that they adopt these productive activities in order to promote the much needed generational change in the region.

June 2023
Book your stay at Cabañas Sierra Gorda and receive a 20% discount on your second night:
– Valid on private rooms and cabins
– Period of validity: until June 30
July and August 2023
Family trips with 20% discount
– Applies to 3 and 4 day tours.
– Minimum 5 people

On tour with friends from Ejido Ollita del Pino, in Xilitla county in San Luis Potosí State, and its magnificent cloud forest, now protected thanks to the World Land Trust and voluntary carbon offsets. They have protected the forest, demonstrating the Ejido fulfilling its obligations and carbon and biodiversity are where they should be, in addition to the provision of other environmental services such as hydrological recharge. With part of their resources, they decided to build a water storage tank for the benefit of the inhabitants of Ollita del Pino, and are in the process of building another.
It´s a pleasure to have them as partners.

Last Friday, Grupo Ecológico Sierra Gorda and workers from the Jalpan Sanitary Landfill carried out one more cleaning campaign, on the stretch of road that goes from Piedras Anchas to Malila. We traveled 1.5 km and collected approximately 700 kg of solid waste on the roadside and in clandestine dumps.
We make an urgent call to unite in the task of preserving our roads and natural environments clean. It is our duty to take care of the environment, therefore, we ask you to properly separate your waste and take responsibility for its final disposal. If you see someone littering in the street or on the roads, report it.
Remember, our roads and highways are a window to the world and we must keep them clean and cared for. Together Serranos and visitors can make a difference and ensure a more sustainable future for all. Thank you for your cooperation!

Highly intelligent, sociable, cheerful and vocal, the Green Macaws are true queens of these mountains, but unfortunately they face a long series of threats. Large areas of their forests have been cleared, humans continue to transform their habitat, they face droughts and the consequences of climate change, and the increasing pressure of tourism on their nesting and roosting sites, particularly canyoning. Let’s assume that either we citizens protect them or they are completely unprotected and we may lose them. We invite you to visit the exhibition “El Son de la Guacamaya” in the Historic Museum in Jalpan de Serra, Qro., and see the photographs by Ricardo Azarcoya and Roberto Pedraza,  bringing us closer to such wonderful birds.
Without a doubt, the Sierra Gorda would not be the same without them.

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