Environment Programs

In 2006/2007 Proyecto Itzaes is launching our Science in the Village Program, together with our educational outreach partners; The Nature Conservancy Mexico, Pronatura, and with academic support from Professor Rodolfo Dirzo, Stanford University and UNAM. Working together with families from each community, the Science in the Village Program provides hands-on learning opportunities specific to each locale and encourages community members to record and archive (in Maya and Spanish) traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) .

Projects include:

• Traditional gardens in each village, including seed collection of species of concern and the archiving of TEK
• Interactive science curriculum
• Community initiated projects

For more information contact: Cindy Wilber at cwilber@stanford.edu

Beach Clean Up
In 2004, Rotary International, Palo Alto & Los Altos CA Rotary Clubs together with Club Rotario Nuevas Generaciones, Mérida, Yucatán collaborated with PI in Chicxulub Puerto to initiate the Guias Ecologicas Program.

Proyecto Itzaes children and their families worked together with Rotarians to provide beach trash cans, illustrated to demonstrate organic or inorganic trash for the port village. PI beach clean ups have been valuable teaching and learning experiences for children, families and the entire community.