At the Sierra Gorda Ecological Group’s facilities, a virtuous meeting was held between state authorities represented by the State Water Commission and the Secretariat of Sustainable Development, the municipalities and the federal authority through CONANP, regarding wastewater treatment, a long-awaited action in the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve. Today the fruits of an Sierra Gorda Alliance´s work managed by GESG is coming about with consensus by the inhabitants of the communities and the municipal authorities as well as the Government of the State of Querétaro. Bravo!

Grupo Ecológico Sierra Gorda IAP has been considered among the “15 Top Innovators” by UpLink – World Economic Forum, the platform that helps generate and scale innovative solutions to the pressing problems we face.

The local emissions offsetting protocol where landowners and biodiversity are the partners and beneficiaries, gives value to our work, the partnership with State Government, and can be replicated in Mexico and internationally.

We had the pleasure of inviting a correspondent from the British Broadcasting Corporation to the workshop of our embroidery friends from La Colgada, Pinal de Amoles, where several of them were able to talk to him and be interviewed. Coming soon to BBC News Mundo, stay tuned!

Our colleague and expert beekeeper Don Polo Morán, offered a new training on honey extraction, directed to the beekeepers who graduated in March from the training course for new #beekeepers, and who were provided with hives and colonies to start their activity. We are very happy, because despite the drought that Sierra Gorda is suffering, our fellow beekeepers have shown that by working we can obtain a honey harvest; the secret is to make sure they are fed!

We received the members of the nascent company Aromavivo, an emerging micro-enterprise formed by women from the ejidos and communities of the semi-desert that will add value by producing products derived from oregano and damiana, a social enterprise that seeks to organize the local collectors and the processing, benefiting hundreds of families in the semi-desert of Querétaro. Next time you´re here, look for the natural products that you can find in Sierra Gorda.

Did you know that nature has a healing power that is within everyone’s reach? Learn about it in our next workshop on forest therapy that will take place in one of the ancestral forests of the Sierra Madre Oriental from October 16 to 18. Information and registration at contacto@sierragordaecotours.com

From another afternoon with the incredible Green Macaws on a narrow ledge in the canyon where they rest in the Sierra Gorda. Since I was a kid, heights are not my thing, so from the narrow trail with the canopy below, sitting against the ledge and clinging to the camera tripod, as if my safety were assured, I had a hard time. But photographing them is the best, with their colors, interactions, permanent noise and the life and energy they give off. Their survival is in check due to the tourist pressure and the exceptional drought we are going through.

From another afternoon with the incredible Green Macaws on a narrow ledge in the canyon where they rest in the Sierra Gorda. Since I was a kid, heights are not my thing, so from the narrow trail with the canopy below, sitting against the ledge and clinging to the camera tripod, as if my safety were assured, I had a hard time. But photographing them is the best, with their colors, interactions, permanent noise and the life and energy they give off. Their survival is in check due to the tourist pressure and the exceptional drought we are going through.

Grupo Ecológico Sierra Gorda IAP had a stand at the EXPO Turismo Sustentable, which took place on September 10 and 11 in Tulum, Quintana Roo, with the purpose of promoting an effective alternative to reduce the carbon footprint and combat climate change through the protection of forests rich in biodiversity in the Sierra Gorda. And, we thank the Dreams Sapphire Hotel for the invitation and with whom we currently have a partnership for the promotion of this initiative inside their facilities.