Dressing the Mountains in Green / Vistiendo las Montanhas de Verde
Location: Agua Santa, Riobamba, Chimborazo, Central Highlands, Ecuador
Project area: approx 500 hectares
Date Project Started: 2003
Project leader: Juan Patricio Pilco Hipo
Introduction: Dressing the Mountains in Green – Vistiendo las Montanhas de Verde is a reforestation initiative started by Juan Patricio Pilco Hipo, supported by his family and community of Agua Santa.
The community are indigenous Puruhá a Quechua speaking people.
Volunteers including the local military, planting trees during a ‘minga’ – community participation day.
Pura Vida Ecological Family Smallholding / Granja Ecologica Familiar Pura Vida
Location: Maria Auxiliadora, Riobamba, Chimborazo, Central Highlands, Ecuador
Project area: 1 hectare
Date Project Started: 2008
Project leaders: Luis Rodrigo Pilco Hipo /Juan Patricio Pilco Hipo
Introduction: Pura Vida Ecological Family Smallholding / Granja Ecologica Familiar Pura Vida is an agro-ecological project started by Luis Rodrigo Pilco Hipo, supported by his brother Juan Patricio and the rest of the Pilco family.
The family are indigenous Puruhá a Quechua speaking people.
Patricio Pilco and his mother in the garden at Pura Vida Granja Ecologica